Racial inequality in banking is a huge problem. Killer Mike thinks he has a solution
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Michael Render — the Atlanta rapper better known as Killer Mike — says he got an early lesson in personal finance from his mom and grandfather, who bought him and his sister stock in Delta and Coca-Cola, two of Atlanta's largest employers, before he was old enough to drive.

We don’t think you fight fire with fire best ; we think you fight fire with water best. We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism. We’re stood up and said we’re not going to fight reactionary pigs and reactionary state’s attorneys like this and reactionary state’s attorneys like Hanrahan with any other reactions on our part. We’re going to fight their reactions with all of us people getting together and having an international proletarian revolution.

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  • read_freire [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    the type of music white people say they prefer over “normal rap music about money and bitches”

    brockhampton ass mfers

    sucks their fans suck but it's not like it's much better with 'non-woke' rap. the entire game is and has been about selling records to white teens (i.e. the folks w/ the most disposable income and most time to stan you)

    idk I'd just rather listen to rtj & brockhampton than another homophobic/misogynistic Trouble song

    at least now those elitist kids are listening to those two and not rhymesayers or whatever

    if I hear one more motherfucker talk about his favorite Gibbs album being Pinata on the other hand...

    • purr [undecided]
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      4 years ago

      it is true that regardless of what the type of rap is being sold, its targeted towards white kids with money, but i will say that in my experience ive found non woke rap that eventually becomes pop-y to at least be a little more authentic, raw, more interesting and relevant to my personal black experience, but still, very problematic.

      id say that money and bitches music is on average more problematic than woke rap, but woke rap also has a history of being very misogynistic, homophobic, etc so i dont think i can use "more" as a qualifier.

      i think im reacting less to the RTJ fans being stupid ass white kids and more to the fans being stupid ass white kids with a chip on their shoulder, who think theyre edgy or just woker than thou for listening to music that is purposefully made to be extremely accessible to the white rich teen.

      also just as a black person i dont find RTJ rapping about reagan in 2012 that special or edgy or especially cool. like my black parents were reagan babies, my whole neighborhood has reagan babies, this shit isnt some new stuff i read yesterday (not saying killer mike read it yesterday too but sometimes his raps are very "HAVE YOU HEARD THIS" and as a black person it just feels like he's not talking to me because of course ive heard it)

      • read_freire [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        that jives for sure. especially the edit. I do dig that song but...yeah it's not like it was groudbreaking content

        also I hadn't stayed up to date w/ the brockhampton sex pest shit they can pound sand, I rescind my endorsement

        I'm just glad Kemba hasn't blown up, I don't want woker-than-thou fans to ruin that for me either