Why are Black rappers aligning themselves with the right? | Tayo Bero

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Still, hip-hop legends like Jay-Z continue to peddle this demented lie because that is the very function of capitalism: keep the poorest in society busy providing cheap labor while they chase an impossible dream.
47% : 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.
46% : 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.
41% : We know that Black wealth hoarding can't save us and that recreating the violent architecture of capitalism - but with Black people in the positions of power, of course - does nothing for the plight of everyday African Americans.

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