Rap Music as a Safe Space for Hetero-Masculine Love

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That most masculine of subcultures, the world of hip hop, ironically provides an acceptable outlet for men to express platonic affection for one another: through rap lyrics.

Progressiveness In Rap Music

Unfortunately, I have a case of terminal whiteness (Things Ozy Has Literally Said: “That 99 Problems is a nice song!”), so I haven’t talked much about rap music here, what with the not knowing anything about it or anything. However, recently, a couple of interesting anti-kyriarchy and rap music things have shown up on my [...]

Niggas or Ninjas

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Shawn Maxam talks through his dilemma about word choices and entertainment.

Was Tupac Shakur a ‘Good Man’?

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Kaleb explores the complicated character of Tupac Shakur through his most famous songs.