Trashorbit

Who’s listening to him?

Them…

It’s true. I know you know that a lot of white dudes love so called “Gangsta Rap’, but did you know they account for 75% of total record sales. And why…

“White America has always had a perverse fascination with the idea of black males as violent and sexually insatiable animals. A prime source of racism’s emotional energy was an obsession with protecting white women from black brutes. Since the days of Birth of a Nation up through Native Son and now with gangsta rap, whites have always been loyal patrons of such imagery, drawn to the visceral fear factor and antisocial fantasies generated by black men. Less appreciated is the extent to which African Americans have bought into this idea. At least since the era of blaxploitation, the African American male has taken pride in his depiction as the quintessential man in the black hat. It is a desperate gambit by a group deprived of real power—even on our worst days, we can still scare the shit of white suburbanites.”

That was taken from an article here by  Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Frankly the first picture of the frat boy assholes is incredibly offensive. Wha’ts more offensive is that my white friends have been teasing me for years for listening to so called “white guy rap” like Tribe called Quest, De la  Soul, Del La Funky Homosapiens etc…

They all need to check out the “Independent Lens” documentary “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rymes” by Byron Hurt. His film expores the myths behind hip hop and you can listen to Chuck D. tell you how much he digs De La Soul. So fuck you cracker!

This is where hip hop started in case you thought Eminem was the founder.

Check out a brief bio and some lyrics here.