Rap has been deserted by many white fans and middle-class blacks, apparently tiring of the "gangsta" attitude to women, racism, violence and bling - the gold rings and medallions that have made hip-hop a byword for -vulgarity.So the "more speech"/free market approach to offensive speech works?
"The public has made a choice. They're saying, 'We do not want the nonsense that we see and hear on radio, and we are not putting our money there'," said KRS-One, a rap legend from the Bronx. "Rap music is being boycotted by the American public because of the images that we are putting forward."
Sunday, July 1, 2007
What happened to rap music?
It seems people got tired of the attitude:
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feminism,
free speech,
music,
racial politics
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