Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty

Wrote one who was speaking politically to young Black people, but for folks who saw themselves as outsiders in the music industry. Very few of the most prominent and successful artists now see themselves as outsiders. I would venture to say that they don't necessarily see themselves as representing hip hop. You know, they're pop music stars, right? And they're treated as such.

Wrote one who was speaking politically to young Black people, but for folks who saw themselves as outsiders in the music industry. Very few of the most prominent and successful artists now see themselves as outsiders. I would venture to say that they don't necessarily see themselves as representing hip hop. You know, they're pop music stars, right? And they're treated as such.

You know, when I talk to my students, the 19 and 20 year olds about what hip hop is and holding hip hop accountable, you know, they're looking at me strangely because I'll give a good example of where the industry is now. I mean, the Drake Kendrick Lamar thing, which drew so many eyeballs and attentiveness, right? And the fact that what it ultimately was was an interpersonal beef.

You know, when I talk to my students, the 19 and 20 year olds about what hip hop is and holding hip hop accountable, you know, they're looking at me strangely because I'll give a good example of where the industry is now. I mean, the Drake Kendrick Lamar thing, which drew so many eyeballs and attentiveness, right? And the fact that what it ultimately was was an interpersonal beef.

You know, when I talk to my students, the 19 and 20 year olds about what hip hop is and holding hip hop accountable, you know, they're looking at me strangely because I'll give a good example of where the industry is now. I mean, the Drake Kendrick Lamar thing, which drew so many eyeballs and attentiveness, right? And the fact that what it ultimately was was an interpersonal beef.

Imagine if that had been actually framed around what was happening politically in the country at the moment. If that was framed around what was happening in Gaza at this moment. That kind of energy is going towards the very things that the industry needs, right? it to be framed around in order for the industry to keep moving forward. You know, so hip hop for me at the moment is just a term.

Imagine if that had been actually framed around what was happening politically in the country at the moment. If that was framed around what was happening in Gaza at this moment. That kind of energy is going towards the very things that the industry needs, right? it to be framed around in order for the industry to keep moving forward. You know, so hip hop for me at the moment is just a term.

Imagine if that had been actually framed around what was happening politically in the country at the moment. If that was framed around what was happening in Gaza at this moment. That kind of energy is going towards the very things that the industry needs, right? it to be framed around in order for the industry to keep moving forward. You know, so hip hop for me at the moment is just a term.

You know, when we talk about contemporary artists, it's just a term that's used. It's pop music. Things that made hip hop hip hop, that made us want to teach hip hop, In the case of Jason, in order to actually DJ and do things like that, those kind of things don't hold hip-hop together anymore.

You know, when we talk about contemporary artists, it's just a term that's used. It's pop music. Things that made hip hop hip hop, that made us want to teach hip hop, In the case of Jason, in order to actually DJ and do things like that, those kind of things don't hold hip-hop together anymore.

You know, when we talk about contemporary artists, it's just a term that's used. It's pop music. Things that made hip hop hip hop, that made us want to teach hip hop, In the case of Jason, in order to actually DJ and do things like that, those kind of things don't hold hip-hop together anymore.

So it's not surprising, as hip-hop has become so corporate, it also has become so tone-deaf to the kind of critiques that need to be made around accountability, whether it's about violence in the music or sexuality and misogyny, quite frankly, rape narratives that circulate in hip-hop culture.

So it's not surprising, as hip-hop has become so corporate, it also has become so tone-deaf to the kind of critiques that need to be made around accountability, whether it's about violence in the music or sexuality and misogyny, quite frankly, rape narratives that circulate in hip-hop culture.

So it's not surprising, as hip-hop has become so corporate, it also has become so tone-deaf to the kind of critiques that need to be made around accountability, whether it's about violence in the music or sexuality and misogyny, quite frankly, rape narratives that circulate in hip-hop culture.

So you could have asked the question 25 years ago, what exactly is Sean Combs' skill set? What is he actually bringing to the table, right? Not a good rapper. It was an ongoing narrative about the folks who worked in the studio, who did the producing. And he popped in and turned a knob here and turned a knob there and got a production credit, right?

So you could have asked the question 25 years ago, what exactly is Sean Combs' skill set? What is he actually bringing to the table, right? Not a good rapper. It was an ongoing narrative about the folks who worked in the studio, who did the producing. And he popped in and turned a knob here and turned a knob there and got a production credit, right?

So you could have asked the question 25 years ago, what exactly is Sean Combs' skill set? What is he actually bringing to the table, right? Not a good rapper. It was an ongoing narrative about the folks who worked in the studio, who did the producing. And he popped in and turned a knob here and turned a knob there and got a production credit, right?

What Sean Combs was always at his best was hip-hop's party starter. From his earliest days, that was his thing, right? He brought the party to hip hop. He was one of hip hop's best hype men. I mean, he was the hype man for the culture and translated that into a brand that in many ways remains unmatched, right?

What Sean Combs was always at his best was hip-hop's party starter. From his earliest days, that was his thing, right? He brought the party to hip hop. He was one of hip hop's best hype men. I mean, he was the hype man for the culture and translated that into a brand that in many ways remains unmatched, right?

What Sean Combs was always at his best was hip-hop's party starter. From his earliest days, that was his thing, right? He brought the party to hip hop. He was one of hip hop's best hype men. I mean, he was the hype man for the culture and translated that into a brand that in many ways remains unmatched, right?