On Entertainment, Accountability and the Lines Drawn in Hip Hop Culture
New Orleans rapper Dee-1 has been enthralled in a conflict of opinion with Rick Ross, Meek Mill and Jim Jones around lyrical accountability. And because I know Dee, I'm invested in the resolve.
I’m often wary about writing about trending cultural topics for this publication, especially related to entertainment. Not because I don’t regularly indulge in Black pop cultural news (I absolutely do), but because I often feel like the work I’m supposed to be doing here should be more “substantive”, evergreen ideas that have a lifespan that extends beyond the “hot button” entertainment commentary of the day. And also I recognize that there are far more than enough reputable (or at least more popular) outlets that offer that kinda content where fans of this platform can get that type of news and information.
But occasionally there are watershed moments in the Black arts and entertainment space that unearth aspects of internal dialogue I’ve had with myself and hold up a mirror to much of our communal ideologies. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve keenly been observing the back-and-forth debate around accountability in Hip Hop messaging and lyrical content between Dee-1 and Rick Ross/Meek Mill/Jim Jones.
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