How many black people work for Vice/Noisey/Complex/SPIN/Rolling Stone? (UPDATE :BUZZFEED included)

[Rapmastermind]

damnnnnnnn
as an old head - i really feel sorry for this generation of hip hop headz

our culture was sooooooo beautiful
and it was written & told by us! writers, editors, publishers etc...
so i decided to drop a few brothers & sisters from way back in the dayz that bless the culture



nelson george

james bernard

bonz molane

cheo hodari coker

kevin powell

kierina mayo

reginald c dennis

toure

datwon thomas

selwyn seyful hinds

I was just getting ready to say this. In the 80's and 90's there was way more black writers in Hip Hop. Something happen around the 2000's and the Hipsters straight took over. It's like Hip Hop journalism was gentrified. KanYe was 100% right. It's not that white people or writers can't enjoy Hip Hop cause Music is universal but the messages in Hip Hop are specific to the Black Experience. The "Yeezus" reviews are perfect example. You had all these white writers saying if you didn't get it you don't understand music on a broader level, how pompus is that sh!t, lol. But Hip Hop in the streets was like "No Ye, you can do better, and we heard better". Like Tupac talked so much shyt about White people and racism. I'm sorry I don't see how a White Person can truely identify with Tupac's overall message because it was about Black Empowerment. It's not that a white person can't sympathize or even empathize but I don't see how they could understand it truely.

Sure Hip Hop is inclusive because Black people aren't like White People. We let people into the culture and let them use Hip Hop to tell there story but Hip Hop will always be about the Black American struggle period. I never tried to get with these magazines myself because I was discusted by some of the commentary I would read. The Drake Ghostwriting Drama was is exactly why I would never write for them. You had Hispsters trying to rewrite the rules of being a true Emcee. Blacks should start up their own Hip Hop magazines and channels again. The goal shouldn't be to work for Rollling Stone, Pitchfork etc. It's clear they don't care about Black people's opinions or their staff would reflect that.

 

[Larry Lobster]

kierina mayo

Smash

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Productivity? On The Coli?

For y'all who can write. If y'all get it started, I will support.

I write, what's good? I'm trying to do this. 5k facebook friends...around 1200 twitter followers.
1000+ fb followers as well...

 

[kingofnyc]

Smash

nothing better than an articulate intellectual mature sister

good black ..... dont crack

 

[Lord Beasley]

i dont have a problem with white or any other ppl being in hip hop, so long as they know wtf they're talking about.

these shyt online articles look like wannabe danielle steele novels tho

 

[Unknown Poster]

That's why you can't take anything any of these publications say seriously

I literally don't read any of these because it's nothing but a bunch of vultures trying to tell us about our own culture... I started giving noisey the side eye when they hired that white dude to host their video series where they go around Atlanta and shyt like that... shyt had me cuz it was on some Black Nat Geo shyt with SUBTITLES like the migos nikkas weren't speaking English.

And his Ben Franklin Gates ass keeps a running cac commentary going on what they're doing

"And now we're at KOD, which is a strip club where women shake their butts for money! Let's go in."



That shyt obviously isn't for *us*

Jinx over at complex is my nikka tho

I get the same vibe from those documentaries too. Its obvious they have a super low opinion of black people thqt almost borders on inhumane.

 

[Unknown Poster]

What productive information? Its a known fact these blogs and magazine are run by white folks people cant be that naive.

Alot of people arent in the know like we have been. I think many people still assume these companies are more diverse than they actually are.

 

[scarlxrd]

nothing better than an articulate intellectual mature sister

good black ..... dont crack

If I'm not mistaken, there's a thread on here bashing her and Ebony for that Cosby article. But then again, might have been in TLR so

 

[Pazzy]

People may disagree with me but I don't think skin color matters when it comes to opinions about music. Like it's basically prejudice to assume that a black persons opinion about rap would be more credible simply because they are black than a white persons. Mind you, ive seen plenty of black people who like rap songs that I think are trash but then it's all a matter of taste.

I don't think we should give power to opinions when we all know that shyt is subjective. An album review is simply just someones opinion. Some people will like it. Some don't. This is a case of where you gotta decide for yourself.

 

[Prince Mongo]

People may disagree with me but I don't think skin color matters when it comes to opinions about music. Like it's basically prejudice to assume that a black persons opinion about rap would be more credible simply because they are black than a white persons. Mind you, ive seen plenty of black people who like rap songs that I think are trash but then it's all a matter of taste.

I don't think we should give power to opinions when we all know that shyt is subjective. An album review is simply just someones opinion. Some people will like it. Some don't. This is a case of where you gotta decide for yourself.

You're missing the point. It's about the journalists not relating to the target demographic of hip hop at all, therefore allowing uniformed critiques to be considered legitimate reviews and diluting hip hop culture as a whole

 

[Mr Rager]

@1984 @Enzo

If ya'll really want to try to get something off the ground, count me in.

 

[tuckgod]

nothing better than an articulate intellectual mature sister

good black ..... dont crack

fukk her.

 

[ML29]

 

[Ribbs]

Craig wants his recognition brehs

 

[Unknown Poster]

I'm now following him on twitter due to this thread.
I want to get his opinion on this matter.