While some people believe Hip Hop should remain a black thing, talk show host, Arsenio Hall says Hip Hop should be about race. He feels it should only be about whether or not you can do the job...whether you can rap or not. I feel the same, but there are a lot of people out there, like Lord Jamar (member of the rap group, Black Nubian), who feels differently. Jamar feels white people are guests in Hip Hop, and that they should always remember that, and not feel too comfortable. I think that is backward thinking...that is reverse discrimination. Blacks in America have always wanted equality, but if you want to get that fully, you have to be able to embrace the dominant race, and not discriminate against them when they want to do what you do.
Those are just my thoughts on this, read Arsenio Hall's words below.
“I was listening to a kid from Cleveland the other day, Machine Gun Kelly…I don’t think I knew he was white. I don’t think it’s important. I think it’s about good music. Eventually if you get a CD or if you’re on the internet [and] look at Spotify you might see a picture in the bottom left and you learn that somebody’s white. I don’t think being a poet—I don’t think color is important. And I hope that in a reverse sense Eminem has kinda just crushed all the bull. Because if you can do this you can do this...
...I think where we are now is good because aren’t we really about good music. Is there anyone who would say ‘That’s a white girl and I’m not fuckin with it. Or that’s a white boy. I don’t want—.” I hope we’re way past that. Plus, you’d be dealing with reverse discrimination. And there’s nobody more forgiving than black people in America. So, I don’t think anybody’s tripping over the color of an artist. Not in the back community.” (Vlad TV Interview)
Those are just my thoughts on this, read Arsenio Hall's words below.
“I was listening to a kid from Cleveland the other day, Machine Gun Kelly…I don’t think I knew he was white. I don’t think it’s important. I think it’s about good music. Eventually if you get a CD or if you’re on the internet [and] look at Spotify you might see a picture in the bottom left and you learn that somebody’s white. I don’t think being a poet—I don’t think color is important. And I hope that in a reverse sense Eminem has kinda just crushed all the bull. Because if you can do this you can do this......I think where we are now is good because aren’t we really about good music. Is there anyone who would say ‘That’s a white girl and I’m not fuckin with it. Or that’s a white boy. I don’t want—.” I hope we’re way past that. Plus, you’d be dealing with reverse discrimination. And there’s nobody more forgiving than black people in America. So, I don’t think anybody’s tripping over the color of an artist. Not in the back community.” (Vlad TV Interview)
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