I don't even really blame him, as much. He's a young naive dude doing what he thinks it's going to take to get him out the hood.
The disgust on my end is watching a dude basically dance around and recite ignorance ass lyrics about committing violence against other people of color, while trying to impress and earn the approval of a bunch of white people (and LA Reid), as a result of a certain corporate structure and environment that they have created. I dunno man, the visual of that is just disturbing.
But just goes to show how the corporations have taken a culture that started on the streets and hijacked it for profit and monetization. This whole charade is a result of the corporations systematically feeding us bullshyt ignorance and tricking us into thinking it's what we objectively enjoy. Sad part is, kids go around reciting these dumb ass lyrics all day and acts of violence and trapping are "cool" to them and it's something they aspire to emulate. Hip hop is the single most destructive force for impoverished minorities right now because it not only numbs them to the reality of their situation (the fact that the cards are stacked against them) and acts as a blindfold to what's really going on, but it actually has a whole generation of people WANTING to be the next Bobby Shmurda, when he's just another pawn used to perpetuate this cycle of ignorance. The hood's idolization of pop culture and hip hop is so dumb. These corporations gladly stepped in and obliged by essentially saying "well if you're gonna look up to these rappers and their music as heroes, let us feed you the most ignorant shyt possible from behind the scenes and that way they do the dirty work for us and keep you at bay in your little project tenement while you shmurda dance for some free government cheese and milk"
noooo, this nikka did not just do the one leg jig hop in 2014.
Just to be clear, when IS his performance (or a performance like it) acceptable/not acceptable?
Is it that he shouldn't be performing like Bobby Shmurda at ALL in front of ANYONE or is it that he shouldn't be performing like Bobby Shmurda THERE at Epic?
Had it been a room with LA Reid and a bunch of black execs, would the video have been a problem or do the white execs make the difference? If it had been all black execs and ONE white exec, would that have changed anything?
nobody sells records now what's your point?
your comparing a multi platinum nikka with a critically acclaimed from 2 years ago album to bobby schmurdaNot true at alll, look at kendrick and schoolboy.
your comparing a multi platinum nikka with a critically acclaimed from 2 years ago album to bobby schmurda
and schoolboy still hasn't reached gold yet