What is MTV doing and what is the hegemonic culture industry promoting in gangsta rap? It is the glorification of violence for the sake of violence, the violence itself, like consumption for the sake of consumption, hypermasculinity writ-large with an adapted potency.
I believe that white people need to check themselves, account for their privileges, and undergo whatever interaction with communities of color with t… - Bocafloja
I believe that white people need to check themselves, account for their privileges, and undergo whatever interaction with communities of color with t…
- Bocafloja
It isn't like we don't work with you because you are white, or not want anything to do with you. It is more like you have to check your privileges, t… - Bocafloja
It isn't like we don't work with you because you are white, or not want anything to do with you. It is more like you have to check your privileges, t…
I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive. - Bocafloja
I believe gangsta rap, as such, in its foundation is simply anti-systemic and transgressive.
I believe that music offers us possibilities for analysis, at least in my case, more profound in many ways, but at the same time that profundity is a… - Bocafloja
I believe that music offers us possibilities for analysis, at least in my case, more profound in many ways, but at the same time that profundity is a…
On the aesthetic level, decolonized music presents itself as a direct antagonist to the traditional values promoted by the culture industry. - Bocafloja
On the aesthetic level, decolonized music presents itself as a direct antagonist to the traditional values promoted by the culture industry.
I believe the advantage music has is the capacity to multiply itself, the capacity to keep itself in space and access itself at different times and i… - Bocafloja
I believe the advantage music has is the capacity to multiply itself, the capacity to keep itself in space and access itself at different times and i…
The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descen… - Bocafloja
The countries made themselves independent from Spain, but only changed owners, who stayed in positions of power were the criollos, the Spanish descen…
We should remember what a rapper like Tupac Shakur was doing, to a certain degree, who came from an experience of politicization very close to being … - Bocafloja
We should remember what a rapper like Tupac Shakur was doing, to a certain degree, who came from an experience of politicization very close to being …
We have to remember examples of many artists of conscious rap who have been coopted by the Department of State of the United States to be cultural am… - Bocafloja
We have to remember examples of many artists of conscious rap who have been coopted by the Department of State of the United States to be cultural am…
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