Side note: Mac Phipps went to literal PRISON for TWENTY-ONE MOTHERFUCKING YEARS because the legal system, along with the rest of US society, takes violence in rap music literally, even as it takes violence in white music figuratively. This is not a frivolous concern.

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1. Just good ole white Christian music, where the talented creative performers are having a bit of a laugh.

2. This is definitely that violent, degenerate hippity-hoppety nonsense, why don't these thugs do something about their culture?

3. Ha ha, just a fun little bit of fancy!

4. Seriously, these rappers keep confessing to their literal crimes in their horrible... can you even really call it music?

5. This is obviously a CRITIQUE of violence, and in no way should this be taken seriously.

6. Listen, I"m not racist, but-

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2/ To that end, I wonder if (without Googling) you can tell which of the following song lyrics are a) more of that dangerous violent thug mentality that is endemic specifically to hip hop, or b) simply light-hearted, ironic, or critical imaginative pieces by talented white musicians. No cheating!

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1/ In an amazing bit of serendipity, I've been listening to various podcasts, and this episode from "Louder Than a Riot" popped up. It deals exactly with the different way in which Black music is (literally!) criminalized for dealing with the same themes that white music does:

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https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923405080/lyrics-on-trial-mac-phipps-pt-2

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https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510357/louder-than-a-riot

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