Finally having a chance to listen to this amazing interview on race today. Give it a listen: And for ME, as a white dude, as a rapper, I’m like, ‘how do I participate in this conversation? How do I get involved on a level where I’m not co opting the movement? Where I’m not making it about me, but also realizing the platform I have and doing it in an authentic and genuine way?’ Because race is uncomfortable to talk about. And white people, we can just turn off the TV when were sick of talking about race. We can just be like, ‘oops, no, I’m done.’” A year ago, I wrote about Macklemore being put before Kendrick Lamar. 6 months later, I was disappointed by his silence on the events that were taking place in the black community, having made a song called White Privilege. But Im glad he finally went on record on took an explicit stance on racism in America, and where his identity puts him in the narrative of the gentrification of hip hop.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:32:11 +0000
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