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Hip-hop turned 50 this year!
Of course you heard.
There have been awards-show tributes.
But one thing is crucially missing from the mass celebration: meaningful critique.
How can we say hip-hop was ever progressive if it was always so deeply homophobic and misogynistic?
asks scholar Jason England, assistant professor of English at Carnegie Mellon.
Hip-hop has always had a radical posture.
That doesnt mean it was radical in action.
But at what cost?
Thats even more the case for women rappers, especially Black women rappers.
Cardi B has to be a stand-up comedian on top of rapping.
Megan Thee Stallion has to be the most beautiful woman in the world.
Doja Cat sings, dances, raps, and is a weird art girl.
Guys like Drake and Travis Scott?
