SupaDupaFresh
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Lol trust. Tariq has never gotten a dime out of my pockets, but he's interesting to observe and how he maintains his support is fascinating to witness. He maintains a balance of genuineness (paying for funerals, school drives, etc) with hustling.
He's no different from rappers who 95% of they career will sell drugs, genocide and debauchery of his own people but every now and then will have a song bout 'we will overcome' and his fans will say some shyt about 'wHy ThEy Be HaTiNg On HiM?! hE's AlL aBoUt PoSiTiViTy
I see how people say he's a grifter, but I think it's deeper than exploiting the pain of racism for a check. He knows how to generate an audience and make a dollar out said audience, but he's making his content about blackness. I could understand how this comes across as exploitation and don't blame those that hate him for this
It don't matter if he chose "blackness" as his content or his avenue of making money. It doesn't make his approach and what he essentially does any more exploitative. He has no true convictions. He's shown time and again that he has no real respect for his audience or black people in general willing to embrace and mislead his audience with right wing propaganda if it will earn him a cult-like following and a check. He's not pro-black, and his content is useless.