These are two very different modes of cultural interaction. Charli’s approach invites participation: the memes exist for remixing, the portrayed scene and its participants exist to be followed and engaged with on social media—the culture of Brat is open and participatory, giving anyone a ticket to join the global digital party. Kendrick, on the... See more

This, Kendrick has decided, is his contribution to the culture as a hiphop persona: the good-hearted, well-intentioned son of unforgiving Compton streets, striving to stay true to himself in a ghetto life where trying to do so feels like making head against the wind. Given the treatment of African Americans in the United States, much less people of

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WHY JIM JONES AND EVERYBODY HATES NAS AND THE BLACK CONSCIOUS ARCHETYPE… You have to understand what Nas represents first.. Nas represents purity in a culture That is no longer pure And this gets him a lot of hate just for... See more