![]() White artists are often lauded for their courage in speaking out against injustice, while black artists are often overlooked or penalized for the same actions. To declare that Eminem's freestyle about Trump is a turning point in hip-hop is lazy, uninformed. To suggest that Eminem's mediocre bars were anything other than tepid demonstrates a a shamefully low bar for the craft of hip-hop and for what constitutes bravery. "Best political writing of the year, period." "After 27 years of doubts about rap I am now a fan," sports and political commentator Keith Olberman tweeted. Hip-hop fans, athletes, and mainstream media, praised the lukewarm freestyle as urgent, necessary, powerful and genius. He indicted the president for his most egregious transgressions: perpetuating racism, emboldening white supremacy, his irresponsibility with North Korea, the attacks on black NFL players, his abandonment of Puerto Rico. When Eminem released his freestyle as part of the BET Hip Hop Awards' annual cypher, it turned out to be a 4-plus-minute a capella tirade against President Donald Trump. ![]()
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