It is 2013 and it seems like equality is the most important thing for us as Americans. Everything has to be equal, and if its not we need to change it. But, the principles that out country lived on for so long has made this hard. There is still a divide between men and women, between straight and gay, and there is still a divide between blacks and whites.
Rapper Scarface, who is one of the most influential people in Hip-Hop EVER basically said that white people are trying to take Hip-Hop from the black community. I thought it was ignorant, and I thought that he was out of line for saying something like that. Like he was just pulling the race card to be controversial. After listening to his interview I would say that I would have to agree with him.
Scarface starts off by talking about how its not fair for people who can not relate to a certain style or culture to determine the type of music that this style or culture listens to. And they have a misconception of the music. They compare Jay-Z talking about guns to Chief Keef talking about guns and there is a huge difference. They may not understand the difference, or they may just understand it and continue to put of music that make the black community look stupid.
Another thing that really hit home during the scarface interview is the comparison that he made to Rock-n-Roll. How it was a black thing and how whites took it over. How now-a-days if u see a black person make that type of music they are out of place. Can the same thing happen to rap?
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