I've been waiting for Kendrick to say something about Palestine. I'm glad that at least someone did. Hip hop has needed a bigger voice putting something like this out imo.
Weirdly Kendrick doesn't talk a lot about (very) current events given his characterization as a conscious rapper. It always seems to come like 2+ years later
There's something to be said about him being the Obama of rap. But in fairness, not a lot of rappers are talking about Fred Hampton at all. He's better than the vast majority of rappers, and certainly the best who's at that level. Not a high bar to clear for sure, but it's important to keep things in perspective.
Killer Mike is the Obama of rap in the way we understand Obama now, Kendrick might be the Obama of rap in the way most people looked at Obama 6 years ago.
You're not far off. His dad was also a cop so he's supportive of police too. His music kind of has this revolutionary aesthetic and vibes though, I felt kind of betrayed when I learned his real politics.
Yeah I wasn't necessarily expecting one, but for some reason I hoped he would at least have something considering... everything. He got close in Not Like Us just wish he would connect it all. Definitely wasn't expecting it to come from drake.
How so? He put the snippets with his Black Israelite uncle on Damn as a way to reinforce the theme of problematic elements of Black culture and his immediate environment. It wasn't ever supposed to be an endorsement. I don't see how any brand of zionism really fits with Kendrick's public persona at all. And the angle of him being a Five Percenter, Black Israelite, or Black Hebrew just doesn't check out either, all those groups are extremely antisemitic meanwhile you got him sticking up for the Jewish community that was betrayed by Drake when he code switched on them too? Just doesn't square at all.
I've been waiting for Kendrick to say something about Palestine. I'm glad that at least someone did. Hip hop has needed a bigger voice putting something like this out imo.
Weirdly Kendrick doesn't talk a lot about (very) current events given his characterization as a conscious rapper. It always seems to come like 2+ years later
There's something to be said about him being the Obama of rap. But in fairness, not a lot of rappers are talking about Fred Hampton at all. He's better than the vast majority of rappers, and certainly the best who's at that level. Not a high bar to clear for sure, but it's important to keep things in perspective.
I thought that was Killer Mike
Killer Mike is the Obama of rap in the way we understand Obama now, Kendrick might be the Obama of rap in the way most people looked at Obama 6 years ago.
I used to love Killer Mike and RTJ. I still like the music but I haven't listened in a while. He's very strange, politically.
He strikes me as a "we can reform capitalism and remove its racist tendencies" guy but I have a limited view of his politics if I'm being honest.
You're not far off. His dad was also a cop so he's supportive of police too. His music kind of has this revolutionary aesthetic and vibes though, I felt kind of betrayed when I learned his real politics.
RTJ 1-2 are still 🔥 though
He says the answer to capitalism isn't to abolish capitalism, it's black capitalism.
Cus regular capitalism works out so great for poor white people.
He's a landlord
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Isn't Killer Mike the Bernie of rap?
That depends on how much you hate Bernie
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Yeah I wasn't necessarily expecting one, but for some reason I hoped he would at least have something considering... everything. He got close in Not Like Us just wish he would connect it all. Definitely wasn't expecting it to come from drake.
He's corny. He's calling Drake a colonizer for going to magic city, and has nothing to say about the actual colonizers.
~~He's probably a Black Israelite. He rapped about it in one of his songs ~~
jk, I didn't listen to the songs carefully enough
How so? He put the snippets with his Black Israelite uncle on Damn as a way to reinforce the theme of problematic elements of Black culture and his immediate environment. It wasn't ever supposed to be an endorsement. I don't see how any brand of zionism really fits with Kendrick's public persona at all. And the angle of him being a Five Percenter, Black Israelite, or Black Hebrew just doesn't check out either, all those groups are extremely antisemitic meanwhile you got him sticking up for the Jewish community that was betrayed by Drake when he code switched on them too? Just doesn't square at all.
oh nvm, I never listened to the whole album or the songs that carefully
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He's put out multiple songs in the last week talking about praying to God with his son before bed.
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OP asked why Kendrick didn't say anything about Palestine
I very misremembered his bars but this is directly related to the conversation at hand