At the Roots Picnic, Jay-Z didn't look like a rapper running out of time. He looked exactly like what he has been for decades: one of the most gifted and accomplished artists Hip Hop has ever produced 🗣️
Hip Hop has spent much of its existence celebrating youth while treating aging like a problem to be solved. Every few years, the conversation returns in a slightly different form. Older rappers should step aside and leave room for the next generation.
The problem with that argument is that reality keeps refusing to cooperate. Jay-Z's appearance at the Roots Picnic serves as the perfect example, highlighting how an OG artist can still captivate an audience and occupy a place at the center of Hip Hop's cultural conversation.
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Yukmouth On 2pac, Biggie, Master P, Mac Dre, Too Short, Luniz History https://t.co/cNet9MkACZ via @Dregs_One excellent interview @THAREALYUKMOUTH 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This woman said: I was out to eat with my 9-year-old and 4-year-old at a small restaurant and had to keep telling them to sit down and stop playing. A group of Black men behind us could see I was struggling. One turned around and calmly said, “Did you hear what your mother said? Sit down.”My kids sat down immediately.Some people might’ve been offended, but I respected it. That’s the village. That’s the power of a Black man’s voice and presence. The rest of dinner, my kids were well behaved.
Jay-Z speaks on the future of rap 👀
“If you're trying to make young music and you're not young, it's gonna be inauthentic and people can feel that.”
“I love what the Clipse are doing right now and how it's authentic to them...”
(via @nytimes)
Un 28 de abril de 1967, Muhammad Alí se negó a ser reclutado por el ejército de EEUU para ir a masacrar Vietnam.
Le retiraron el título mundial de boxeo, fue condenado a 5 años de prisión y una multa de 100000$.
"Mi enemigo son los racistas blancos de EEUU, no los vietnamitas".
Japanese kicker Kansei Matsuzawa, nicknamed "The Tokyo Toe” at Hawaii, celebrates signing with the #Raiders, the team he watched as a tourist in 2018 which made him want to play football.
“This team inspire me. This saved my heart. Just the beginning!”
I would absolutely make music even if no one was listening.. Hell I did it before.. but let me tell you something.. It’s GREAT to have people listening! I’m grateful for that 100