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- From: lovegod@wam.umd.edu (Donald Andrew Agarrat)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Rap (Yes, you're still in soc.motss) (Re: Marky Mark
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.004035.914@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 00:40:35 GMT
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- In article <manz.721820292@ee.ualberta.ca> manz@ee.ualberta.ca
- (Brett {Druid Queen} Manz) writes:
-
- } I really have no opinion on his status as an `artist,' but I
- } find your comment about his co-opting a legitimate art form
- } rather unsupported. Are you saying that rap is an artistic
- } domain exlusive to Black people?
-
- Brett, there are probably like two people hear who know anything
- about rap. Most Gay men don't like rap. Well, let me clarify
- this. Most Gay men don't like legitimate rap. Marky Mark is
- not a legitimate rapper. I don't think any White man can be a
- legitimate rapper. But, there are also illegitimate rappers who
- are Black. In order to understand this, you have to understand
- rap. It's a Black thing and most Gay White men can't relate to
- it and don't understand it.
-
- It sickens me to see White people like Marky Mark and Vanilla
- Ice "White-satize"* rap music just to make it more palatable for
- the White masses. But, rappers like Hammer and Young MC have
- just helped them along.
-
- Someone who I think is a legitimate White rapper is MC Serch
- (formerly of 3rd Bass).
-
- But rap remains intrinsically Black. You all could not handle
- the real stuff ...
-
- Donald - It's time for some action!
-