It seems Ice Cube has become quite the conservative media darling lately, sitting down with not just Carlson, but Joe Rogan and Piers Morgan as well. He’s joining a long list of rappers – Kanye West, Da Baby, Kodak Black, Lil Pump – who have all put themselves in dangerous proximity to conservative politicians even as rightwing populism threatens to destroy their communities.
I love the terminology they use.
DANGEROUS PROXIMITY.
Even the byline tries to upset black people by accusing them of being faggots if they are Conservative.
Ice Cube has joined a long list of rappers who have cuddled up with conservative pundits and politicians
Here's the worst one:
Kanye campaigned for Trump, and both Lil Wayne and Kodak Black publicly supported the former president after being pardoned by him on his last day in office. In 2020, Trump even brought a supportive Lil Pump out to a Michigan rally (where Trump introduced him as “Lil Pimp”), while Da Baby was also very vocal about supporting Trump’s second bid last year.
We can try to excuse this behavior or dress it up as “opening a dialogue” or “crossing the aisle” as much as we like, but that is not what this is about. So what do these rappers have in common with rightwingers who wouldn’t otherwise touch them with a 10ft pole?
Excuse this behavior? How DARE my uppity nigger leaves the plantation and thinks for himself. That is UNACCEPTABLE!
In discussions about money, gender identity, public health and a variety of social issues, rappers and rightwingers have a lot more in common than you’d immediately think. Many people from both groups share hypermasculinity, conservative Christian values, and a distrust of social institutions (justified or not); and on this common ground sits a messy and dangerous alliance full of people who ordinarily would hate each other, but have come together to make vulnerable people their enemy.
"Normally hate each other."
Ice Cube, for example, is a well-documented anti-vaxxer, and has expressed bigoted views on gender identity, as have many of his colleagues like Da Baby, Boosie and others.
Time to attack the black! They aren't really part of us leftists!
And when it comes down to the raw cents and dollars, modern-day wealth solidarity between mainly Black rappers and powerful conservatives isn’t entirely surprising. Ownership in hip-hop is whiter than ever and the nature of the music itself has become increasingly capitalistic. Rap is no longer the embodiment of African American resistance it once was. Now, it’s a hyper-commercialized cultural assembly line that’s somehow been re-designed to glorify the very issues it once pushed so hard against.
Time to attack the black! They aren't really part of us leftists!
This is the weird part. They warn against alliance with right wingers, but then reject them from being associated as leftists. What remains for them that is practical?
Or is this the author's roundabout way of saying shut up and rap?
We can try to excuse this behavior or dress it up as “opening a dialogue” or “crossing the aisle” as much as we like, but that is not what this is about.
Aw, the poor Lefty doesn't like the rhetoric being thrown back.
And when it comes down to the raw cents and dollars, modern-day wealth solidarity between mainly Black rappers and powerful conservatives isn’t entirely surprising. Ownership in hip-hop is whiter than ever and the nature of the music itself has become increasingly capitalistic. Rap is no longer the embodiment of African American resistance it once was. Now, it’s a hyper-commercialized cultural assembly line that’s somehow been re-designed to glorify the very issues it once pushed so hard against.
This is the part where the article explains that Ice Cube doesn't understand south LA as well as a British graduate of finishing school
I love the terminology they use.
DANGEROUS PROXIMITY.
Even the byline tries to upset black people by accusing them of being faggots if they are Conservative.
Here's the worst one:
Excuse this behavior? How DARE my uppity nigger leaves the plantation and thinks for himself. That is UNACCEPTABLE!
"Normally hate each other."
Time to attack the black! They aren't really part of us leftists!
HAhahahahahahahahahahahaa.
Any man not a prancing fag is "hypermasculine."
This week they are normalizing dancing around to Beyonce at a gas station.
If your neighbors are anti-homo, ya might not wanna do that. I'm told we're supposed to respec their culture.
This is the weird part. They warn against alliance with right wingers, but then reject them from being associated as leftists. What remains for them that is practical?
Or is this the author's roundabout way of saying shut up and rap?
Aw, the poor Lefty doesn't like the rhetoric being thrown back.
This is the part where the article explains that Ice Cube doesn't understand south LA as well as a British graduate of finishing school
By the convenient definition at this moment, yes.
the left hates when their niggers get uppity.