Rapgenius got a 15 MILLION dollar investment

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So this doesn't raise a few red flags with yall? Maybe you're looking at this as an isolated incident. Look a bit deeper Nothing exists in a vacuum. This is an oft repeated trend. And it saddens me that I already know this story ends. Peep how r&b is being phased the f^ck out right now. Just like jazz, blues, techno, house, etc, we create it, nurture it, but let outsiders package it, market it and sell it which in turn makes the culture superficial because the orignators & the actual purveyors have no control. The inmates aint running the prison fam. The corporations run it at their discretion - which is why you see some of the foolishness we have today. Unfortunately, the corporations have help in erasing the culture. We do it to ourselves. Hip hop is the only culture that sh!ts on its forefathers. You'd never hear The Black Keys or Jack White shyt on Howlin Wolf or Robert Johnson. Gaga is always biggin up Grace Jones. Mick Jagger is always giving props to Muddy Waters or Buddy Guy. But that's besides the point. lol

We have a history of relinquishing the reins of OUR culture. Hip Hop is just a microcosm of all the problems in the black community. We're pure consumers, yet produce nothing. What music distribution company do we own? What licensing do we own? What industries do we have a stranglehold or monopoly on? Maybe, what, haircare products? A lot of our predominately black universities were founded by whites. Do we own any of the stadiums that our favorite football teams play in? How many black and brown owners do we have in professional sports? Now tell me how many black and brown players do we have. Our fav star althlete doesn't even own the rights to his own jersey. Diddy doesn't even own that vodka he's selling. I have my criticisms of Tyler Perry, but the cat owns his own studio - that's the kind of example we need to see more of. He's an inspiration to me. I'm rambling my ass off but we gotta start seeing the silent moves that are made. Sh!t is all by design fam. Just look a little bit deeper.
 

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I cool with Rap Genius but the problem with it is that some people will soon read it thinking it's the gospel when it's not. We all break down lyrics to rap songs and songs in general. But our interpretation may be be what the artist intended. It's basically the wikipedia of Hip Hop Lyrics.
 

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15 million :whoo:

damn i didnt know it was poppin like that. i always figured it was more of a website for fun, not a profitable company.
 

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I think we have the Hueys and the Malcoms bubbling already amongst us but there's a subconcious fear we have because any figurehead of any movement we've had has been murked out, locked up, scilenced or snitched on. lol Cats are a little bit hesitant on that tip. I think with today we need to create, organize, own and pool our money and idea into our own economic streams and keep it flowing there as well. A report came out recently that black folk in America generate over 1.1 trillion in buying power. That's a lot of power. Imagine if that was kept amongst ourselves and funnelled back to industries and institutions we created and owned.
 

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† ZULU †;1711627 said:
Why cant we all just get along? Cause no one ever got along with us.

:ehh: :ohlawd: :mindblown:

But foreala, When I smoke one I go on that site once in a while to get a different interpretation of some songs that I'm currently listening to. I take it as face value and dont think deeply into it.

How in the fukk is that site worth 15 milli though?
 
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