Post Malone doesn’t get it.
Maybe he’s willfully ignorant. Maybe he’s genuinely clueless. But the more he speaks, the more it’s clear he understands little about race and the privileges he’s afforded as a white Hip Hop artist.
His latest gaffe occurred in an interview with GQ. Despite all the success he’s had in his relatively short career, including his single “Rockstar” going #1 on Billboard Hot 100, Malone still complains about being a “white rapper.”
“I definitely feel like there’s a struggle being a white rapper,” he told GQ. “But I don’t want to be a rapper. I just want to be a person that makes music. I make music that I like and I think that kicks ass, that I think the people who fuck with me as a person and as an artist will like.”
The interviewer immediately pushed back with a series of questions that forced Malone to come to grips with the political and social dynamics of race in the music industry. As one can read in his brief answers — a quick “yeah” or “yes, of course” — and the writer’s characterization of Malone’s struggle to respond to the questions, he desperately wants to avoid this.
If it were up to him, he’d probably never address the subject again in his life and dismiss all “culture vulture” claims as blind hate, as he did in the below video, instead of addressing why he gets this criticism.
The problem is Malone entered Hip Hop of his own volition. No one forced him. He’s the one who eschewed his heavy metal and rock roots to make his move in the industry with a Hip Hop song, “White Iverson,” and it paid off in a big way.
Although Malone owes his career to Hip Hop for providing him a lane, it often seems like he wants little to do with it. It’s right there in his answer to GQ: “I don’t want to be a rapper. I just want to be a person that makes music.” Hip Hop gave him a way in, but he really doesn’t want to be defined by it.
Before “Rockstar” skyrocketed up the charts or Quavo jumped on “Congratulations,” Malone was already making moves to distance himself from Hip Hop. His true feelings about the genre were confirmed in late 2017 when he participated in an interview with a Polish outlet called NewOnce.
“If you’re looking for lyrics, if you’re looking to cry, if you’re looking to think about life, don’t listen to Hip Hop,” he said.
Malone tried to backtrack and proclaim his respect for Hip Hop after this interview became part of the news cycle, but his spin was just that — spin. That actual answer was a genuine thought, especially when you consider that he wasn’t speaking to any major publication. He was on tour in Europe speaking to a Polish outlet. This wasn’t supposed to blow up, so he wasn’t minding his P’s & Q’s.
It’s hard not to see a lot of Kid Rock in Post Malone. Much like Malone, Rock got his start in Hip Hop. He experienced a career breakthrough during the rap-rock glory days of the late ’90s and early 2000s. But he slowly moved away from his rap roots and completely reinvented himself as a country-rock artist. He even started proudly brandishing the Confederate flag as part of his image.
Malone may not be on the path to criticizing Colin Kaepernick and supporting Donald Trump like Rock, but his goal of moving away from the “rapper” tag is quite similar. And it’s something a white artist can get away with, unlike a black artist.
Think of how Lil Uzi Vert or other “mumble rappers” are put in a box that they arguably don’t fit in. Fans, labels, media, etc. designate them as rappers and so they are treated as such. Maybe a different genre is more apt for these artists. Maybe an entirely new one needs to be created. But that’s too difficult, so they get lumped in the Hip Hop/Rap (or R&B) category because they’re black.
But when (because it’s sure not looking like “if” anymore) Malone crosses over to make his country or rock album, no one will bat an eye. It’ll be a stylistic shift akin to Justin Timberlake. He’ll get classified as whatever new genre he identifies with on iTunes. He’ll get radio play on non-Hip Hop stations. And that’s why Malone doesn’t get that his “struggle” is nothing more than a mild inconvenience.
If Malone wants to rid himself of all Hip Hop ties, more power to him. Things will keep moving without him, and his career will be a footnote in the genre’s history. But instead of complaining about his supposed plight as a white rapper, he should hold the title with the utmost respect. Only he knows if he’s been trying to “game the system,” but his apparent disdain for the “rapper” label makes him look like the dreaded vulture he’s often accused of being. And for that reason, the hard questions won’t stop.
That Kid Rock comparison is scary accurate.
This is fucking ridiculous. WHO CARES? If you don’t like it don’t support it. Period. This site is losing it.
Leave dat boy alone. He dindu n.uffin he a good boy. Why everything always gotta be political? Can’t he just make good music without all that social justice warrior shit you demand from whitey all the time. It’s getting tiresome.
Oh look more overt racism. Another white kid pissed off black artists won’t cater their lyrics so as not to offend to his cross burning ku klux klan loving ass. Do you really get so offended by it? Do your feefees get hurt when an emcee shouts out Farrakhan or Castro in their song? It’s perfectly fine to accuse Malone of vulturing because he is.
How am I supposed to listen to “Congratulations” now lmao.
In 10 minutes hhdx will post a lil pump or lil yachty article and a 5/5 review of the new lil skies.
But Post Malone is a problem?
What about Jay z and Puff ruining hip hop with the jiggy era? What about the 50 cent retard era where you only needed a hook? All these guys ruined hip hop but are still revered, yet Post Malone is an issue. Gtfoh
Sorry I was wrong, it was 20 minutes, and it was a 3.2 for the lil Skies review
I don’t know what you consider to be “ruined” hip hop when it’s at the point where you don’t even need a hook today… you don’t even need audible words. Jay and Puff and 50 never ruined hip hop because when 50 was popping and doing the hook stuff, you had Kanye putting out incredible music. Jay didn’t ruin it either because he did not have the influence at the time, and Puff wasn’t really a rapper. Also back then there was music from all areas of the country with different sounds that were coming up so you could listen to something else if you weren’t feeling the “jiggy” stuff. Today it all sounds the same, there’s nowhere else to turn (in the mainstream), it’s all mumbling and bumbling and trap beats. While I share your sentiment regarding this particular case with Post Malone (who i think is garbage), I feel your statement is on that Post Malone level I described earlier in this sentence.
And the whining continues.
Cee Lo jumped out of the “hip hop” label. Reason why, he can sing and rappers are labeled as such cause they rap. It’s pretty simple that way. I really don’t think “race” plays a major factor here. Stretching it pretty far there editor guy.
Lol remember Travis Mccoy from “Gym Class Heroes”? He had a tattoo of hall and oates and tried to use hip hop to get on and as a “culture” we said fuck that and now where is he? Well Post Malone will be on a missing milk carton soon enough. Kid rock has been trash for years…he had to bring lil Wayne out at the country awards one year if I’m not mistaken lol Post Malone has the same fate awaiting him
So you can only be a vulture if your white?
This is a very good question which this article and a couple of similar ones on Complex pertaining to PM never address.
So… Lil Uzi Vert can make “rap music” but Post Malone can’t? that proves his point that there’s a struggle being a white rapper. White rappers are in the minority, and in any field, being the minority is a struggle. Hiphop is so trash these days that all the core fans have given up hope, it’s nothing but cookie cutter pop music these days so why even call it “Hiphop”? Didn’t this website help promote Post Malone when he came out with constantly shoving his White Iverson shit down our throat? Fuckin hypocrites. There’s a way bigger issue than a non rappin white boy here.
So Yachty cant even name 5 Pac or Biggie Songs and calls them overrated and you cosign it and say WE need to respect the new heads and the way the function, its a new Generation etc. But Post Malone needs to s*ck everyones D*ck and worship the Culture because of his skin color??
Just about to bring this up. Its funny how the term culture vulture never got brought up for All these mumblers. Hell migos says the same we ain’t rappers shit and ppl love to co-sign that shit. Definitely some double standards IMO but that’s just me. Hell I consider drake a culture vulture.
Dog whistle words…Rapper=Black=Limited=Reserved for nothing admirable.
Post Malone is not of the culture and hence when he hears the word “rapper” he cringes instead of feeling empowered and vindicated.
Rappers on the other hand understand the history and power of accepting and then transforming Hip Hop’s underdog status and purposefully work to transform the negative connotation authored by the greater society at large. The names Grand, Big, Ultra, Supreme, Lady, Queen are all that you need to know to understand that there are 2 ever competing narratives.
Post just wants to eat off the culture like Star from the Everyday Struggle and Vlad from VladTV.
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Fuck post malone! He just another phony trying to be black. Post malone, eminem and elvis are all the same dude. They want to steal black culture then go pop at the right time. Post malone started to cross over too early before he had the proper black support. M waited years before he completely sold out. M waited until he had the backing of black people before he went pop. Post Malone doesn’t like hip hop. Most black people don’t like post malone. So if he doesn’t have enough black support, then post malone is stuck being a phony white rapper from the start. Post malone is bitching because he is a fraud and he wants creditably for doing nothing. At least, eminem was smart enough to keep his true intentions to himself so nobody would know he is a phony too. I hate that rat bastard. I don’t have a problem with white HIP HOP ARTISTS if they truly love the music and keep it real. Post malone is just another disease of hip hop music like drake, lil wayne, lil pump, migos and the rest of the clowns in the rap show.
As an avowed Eminem-hater even I have to intervene here and say Eminem can in no way be considered the same as Post Malone. Em belongs to the culture, for better or worse, Post Malone just circles around it like a parasite.
Eminem still sold out the music that he was suppose to love. I’m sure dr.dre showed him the way to sellout ville. I don’t care what color the rapper is, a sellout is a sellout. I love hip hop music and would never do anything to destory her. Post malone and eminem are in the boat. They’re both being disrespectful to the music. The same can be said about lil Wayne and the rest of them. This issue isn’t really about race, although we do live in a racist society. It is really about artists selling out.
Imagine wanting to get paid for your work. Why can’t they just keep it real like your broke ass?
First of all, you don’t know what i have in my pockets. If you can’t keep it real and sell records then its time to retire. The artists do not own hip hop, you can’t do what you want and still be considered a hip hop artists. Do not disgrace the music and yourself by selling out. In any genre, there are certain things you can and can’t do to maintain the integrity of the music. If you decide to go outside the boundaries of the music then you must be called a sell out.
LL Cool J, Mos Def, Ice T, Will Smith, Ice Cube and others started out rapping and left when the time was right, but they’re black so apparently they can’t be culture vultures. I know that culture vulture is a catchy phrase, but it seems it is only applied to white people in hip hop so I have no respect for those who use it. Jamie Foxx was a comic, once he became a movie star he pretty much stopped comedy, is he a culture vulture? Eddie Murphy, same thing. He got in, made his money, did movies and never came back. I’m sorry that some black people feel “their thing” is being taken away from them… in fact these complaints sound Trumpish. Why not label this article “make hip hop great again” and reminisce about the times when it was only black people and not really that mainstream and nobody really cared about it? Instead of celebrating that the genre has grown to the point where it can actually be a platform for ppl to gain a following, you complain about the ones who get that following and leave… but only if they’re white. Every genre of music, every art form, every occupation has people who will take advantage of it and use it as a launching pad for something else. Don’t be mad when it happens, let them be and love the ones who stay that much more. Be happy “your” music changed the life of another human being, and maybe his contribution, no matter how big or small, will influence someone else to listen to other artists who stick around.
I think your both right and wrong at the same time. L.L. cool j. and will smith sold out hip hop music many years. I stop listening to them when they crossed over. Its not just a stigmata placed on white rappers but since the rapper is white he probably will be criticized more because of his color. Hip hop is a black art form. He just sticks out like a sore thumb. White rappers gain more attention whether it is good or bad because he is white. Mos def and ice cube didn’t sell out. They just moved on to movies. There is a big differences between the two situations. The bottom line to this arguement is that nobody should sell out black music. If we don’t preserve black music, it will look like black rock and real jazz. Those art forms were watered down and turned into smooth jazz and rock n roll. Blacks rarely get recognized for their greatest in those art forms. Rock n roll and smooth jazz wouldn’t exist, if it weren’t for black rock and jazz. If pop fans want our music, then like it for what it is. Italians don’t sell out their food to any one including blacks. Why do we need to sell out? Keep the music business inside the family and build our own music struncture which is the key. I don’t mind white rappers that are talented and that keep it real. The pop white fans are welcome too but you must learn and love the music like a hip hop fans.
What do you mean italians don’t sell out their food? If you own a restaurant your only item on today’s to-do list is sell out your food. And a culture vulture has nothing to do with selling out. A vulture is a scavenger that prospers (ie eats) without doing the work for it. However they get what they give, so they get a mostly eaten rotten roadkill carcass with maggots in it. A vulture of culture waits for something to be popular then uses it as a vehicle to advance themselves. A sell out is simply someone who prioritizes money over artistic expression. Lil Wayne can be described as a culture vulture to the skateboarding community. He didn’t promote the culture from underground and watch it grow he simply took a dead carcass of a white fad and made it his own to look different than the average rapper. Culture vulture.
Stay hydrated fam…
The term culture vulture is a racist term used against whites in hip hop or r&b. This is unfair and unjust as many whites have contributed to and genuinely love the art form. Furthermore, 98 percent of white rappers suck dick and are garbage. the ones who were once really good now suck dick also. To be an aging rapper isn’t cool. To be an aging white rapper is even less cool. There are white rappers who are really good though.
“Is he just using Hip Hop?” Wouldn’t be the first. However, being that he’s white, he’s a “culture vulture”. That’s just racist af. Should we call black NBA players culture vultures because they are making money playing a sport invented by a white guy? Gtfoh.
Lol its scary hw u wite ppl act…u guys know yr privileges and its wrong wen sum1 not wite talk about it…u know everything bt u hiding,cant talk about it, like yr Post Malone here…yr ancestors murdered a whole lot of ppl for YOU to be where u r,and u act like u dnt kno shit.foh
You say that assuming all white people’s ancestors killed people. Wtf? Im white and from brazil. My only family is from greece. Last time I checked, my ancestors didnt murder anyone. Im not sure if you went to school, because even in brazil we learned about the american civil war and how “my ancestors” fought to free yours. Read a book dude, and learn how to type
American civil war wasn’t about slavery though. That’s just how it was marketed to the ignorant masses. It was the international bankers’ war..: “..Times of London stated: “If that mischievous financial policy which had its origin in the North American Republic [i.e. honest Constitutionally authorized no debt money] should become indurated down to a fixture, then that government will furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off its debts and be without a debt [to the international bankers]. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in the history of the civilized governments of the world. The brains and wealth of all countries will go to North America. That government must be destroyed or it will destroy every monarchy on the globe.”
Stupid black guy
what????????
Malone has never implied he’s been about gang banging or ever claimed that lifestyle. He just makes hip hop oriented/based music and its loved by millions. Including yourself Mr Justin Ivey im sure you were on his dick with White Iverson and Congratulations. Hate how motherfuckers love an artist 1 month then the next its ohh fuck that guy.
Who gives a fuck if he had a metalcore band in high school, that’s cool as fuck but it doesn’t sell. I used to have a metalcore band too. no longer listen to it and only love hip hop. Peoples taste in music can change, unfortunately prissy attitudes can not. Fuck the kid that wrote up this garbage. Side switching ass bullshit
Are you sure? “When my homies pull up on your block
They make that thing go grrra-ta-ta-ta (pow, pow, pow)”
That’s the thing he implies _HIS_HOMIES_ do that. Not him.
Still, he’s associating himself with that lifestyle. That’s like saying he’s in the car during a drive-by, but he wasn’t the one shooting. He’s still guilty.
What you love Doesn’t sell so sell out? Really don’t understand the hate the music is for teeny boppers not men or street cats lilttle girls have pictures of him in they locker right next to my little ponies
Black folk seem to be so obsessed with race? I don’t remember hearing white people complain about Lil Yachty being black. They criticize their “music” not their skin. With black people it’s the opposite, they critique white skin not the music of the rappers. Sad how you are so stuck in the past and can’t let go of the race issue.
Fr like they cant hate on other black ppl, but if we criticize black ppl it’s racism. Being a straight white male is the worst u can be in 2018
Fr, black ppl can hate on black ppl and its not a problem, a white guy hates on a black guy we get shit on, being a straight white male in 2018 is the worst u can be
“Black people are obsessed with race” Lmao, people like y’all are why race is still an issue.
The writer is white calling another white person a culture vulture?
The writer is white since when? Pretty sure dude is black as hell
is that a problem or something
Bro when travis scott or lil uzi vert say they’re not rappers they’re rockstars its cool because their black huh? And your first name justin writing for a hip hop website fuck outta her.
i dont care if a person is white or rainbow… just make good hip hop… in essence hip hop was never built on the color of skin… it was built on the color of sound.. if he wants to leave, dude u know where the door is … peace.
“Hip Hop was never built on the color of skin, it was built on the color of sound”…. Do…Do you even know the history of Hip Hop? Bruh “the sound” came from an underground movement started by black people in New York. The shit was fire, and used by black people to document their struggles of race within America. Next thing you know, rap is adopted by mainstream culture in the 90’s and the original poetic stories of struggle are pushed out of the way to make room for “watered-down party feel good” music while everyone uses the sound without giving it credit. People claim rap and hip hop are just about dumb irrelevant things but even the name RAP means rhythm and poetry. it’s an amazing genre that doesn’t deserve to have it’s credit and sound copied just to be shit on because it’s black artists told by producers to leave their feelings at home to rap about drugs, gangs, and hoes just because the majority of the population who listens to it can’t relate with the deeper stuff of racial injustice and struggle. Smh.
fr color dont mean shit. make good music. Post alone doesnt make good music, he makes catchy/popular music, theres a difference between popular and good music
WHITE MALE!
Can’t we all just agree that Post Malone’s music is ass? It’s felt, for the entirety of his career, that he was trying extra hard. If the art was of higher quality it would be harder to call him out. But facts are facts, and shits trash.
Nah he is pretty dope
And you’re a pussy bitchmade mother fucker..
You the one riding Malones dick tho
Can we quit whining about pop music not being hip-hop enough or in this case pop music being too hip hop? It’s fucking pop music, not “real rap.” This guy isn’t directly stealing from the hip-hop culture he is stealing from popular culture which is in large part (and has been for some time) just a watered down version of hip-hop culture to begin with.
You think Kenny Chesney is who true Country music fans relate with and respect? Fuck no, dude is ass. This shit happens in every genre. We, the collective hip-hop community have begged for respect in popular music for decades, now we have too much influence? This same site has an article up right now about how the Grammys hate hip-hop. Who the fuck cares?????? That’s a pop music awards show.
Lmao wtf is he “Stealing?” He is creating his own music. If doing something similar that an artist did in the past is stealing, then almost every musician stole, even your favorite rappers. Music is an art, and people obviously like his music.
I should have put quotations on my use of “stealing.” This article accuses him of stealing (culture vulture) I agree with you 100%.
Except that I am stupid. I don’t agree with that at all.
Justin Ivey, congrats on a super wack article. You have got to be a racist! How many wack black artists are just using hip hop too?? Post makes music so quit trying to put it in a box just because you don’t like it. Grow up. Hip hop is music made by human beings and for human beings. Let me know if I’m wrong.
You’re wrong.
this article sucks
Wow, this article is a real stretch. Malone has his own style. He’s put in hip hop category because of the way radio stations classify music not because he chose it. and I didn’t see anywhere where he sh*ts on hip hop. stop trying to cause beef, Whack article even though i’m not a huge fan of post he’s not doing anything wrong by making music that doesn’t sound like other people. the guy that wrote this article probably has pink eye from having his head up his own A$$
LMAO Eminem and Logic have talked about the struggles of being a white rapper and yall glorify them.
Get it right bro, I’m biracial.
Reading some of the comments,I came to the conclusion that commenters are just as clueless as Malone lol. Malone’s words”If you’re looking for lyrics, if you’re looking to cry, if you’re looking to think about life, don’t listen to Hip Hop,” he said”. I can name plenty of hip-hop artists starting from the 80’s to now that have lyrics,but ill let u guys do your own research!!
all these malone dick riders, and he’s a piece of shit.
Whole lotta Culture Vultures in these comments. I’m pretty sure the people defending him probably look like him.
Dude, we got black racists also…Just because they’re few and far between don’t mean they’re nonexistent! You sure sound like one from the dumb comment you just posted.
Cause someone said the truth mean they’re White?
B*t*h *ss ni**a please! Stop making we blacks seem dumb to educated and reasonable people online…
Grow up!
yes, malone is a clueless moron, but saying white rappers have privileges in hiphop is so goddamn dumb. What privileges do white people have in hiphop?? White rappers are in a genre that is predominantly black, dont get respected near as easy, have to prove skills WAY more than a black artist, and are considered corny until they prove otherwise. You dont go to an all black club as a white rapper and they go, “hey, we respect you, i bet you have skills, and you can do whatever you want cuz youre white! no, they will clown you, call you white boy, out of place, and laugh at you until you prove them wrong.
WHITE MALE!
I been makin hits and i’m feeling like a white maaaale. Cocaine powder white skin and I don’t give a daaaaaaamn……Sayin im with the claaaaaan
Fuck him and every rapper who used Hip Hop as a way to gain game and validation, only to go another route when they’re called out for the fuck’ry.
*Hits Blunt* We talking about you too Miley Cyrus; Ya Bitch….
White rappers are held to a much different standard by the rap audience, so he spoke on that and some idiot SJW tried to say that his “white privilege” in other places in society (which doesn’t exist by the way, there is rich privilege but not white privilege) somehow disqualified him from pointing out the different standards he was experiencing in the hip hop industry. Honestly I hate his music, but when I see stupid people like the writer of this article pulling the nonsensical race card where it doesn’t belong just to get himself off, it irks me.
Yeah! Same as the write is allowed to have his opinion, so is Post! I’m sure he has some unpopular opinions and thoughts he’s spoken about in the past…Said writer was not defined by it, don’t let the fact that Post is white and famous cause you to hate and sling written articles trying to take him down when he’s just getting started!
Just give him the chance to grow, he’s a kid for God’s sake and will surely say things that will depict his ignorance on some stuff related to hip hop .
As I said, don’t judge him for random comments made….
BTW I’m black too, also am I the only one who thinks Post always seems high on substance? Then he’s bound to say some stuff without thinking
Lol you say there inst white privilege. More dumb people who act like racism inst still a thing.
So sIck of his sh it. SO many white rappers get laughed at and have no hope in hip hop because of their skin color. Sure, there are some well known ones that you count on one hand but stop fkn complaining about it. Can do everything to support the genre but do it.
Hes being laughed at not because hes white but because he came from a white privileged home and ‘raps’ about a life he never lived. Hes using the fake gang life and gangster appeal to sell to the masses thatch it. Hes using a whole cultures life to push his own money. But continue allowing him to be and you’ll see why we still have parasitic. Blind leading the blind. I am white by the way.
He doesn’t even rap about a gangster lifestyle haha. You haven’t even heard his music have you?
straight appropriating. period. He could pay homage, but he’s not. it is what it is.
Appropriation is what America is built on. Appropriation is fine, unless you’re going around in a mock up native headdress, you’re fine. As long as it’s not sacred, like that guy remixing the Muslim call to prayer, it’s all fine. By your logic, non-whites are appropriating by using the English language.
I think many people took his comments too seriously. “If your looking to cry… don’t listen to hip hop” and If we are honest, he’s kinda right. Much of the music, certainly mainstream hip hop isn’t about ANY kind of genuine emotion. “Its vibes!” Right? Its about the beat and if it knocks. Partying and having fun. You gotta search a little deeper to find artists that resonate emotionally like Common or Tribe etc. Also he’s too young to have figured out everything. Give the kid a chance to grow a little. He’s allowed to have unpopular opinions. Before ya’ll start hating, I’m non-white, older hip-hop head. Chill out.
Love the reply…Truer words have never been spoken!
White rappers kiss ass hard to duck industry hatred. They don’t want they careers buried b4 it starts by iggy’s type of critics. ??
If it makes you feel good, it’s good.
It is 100% true that it’s harder for a white guy to get into hip-hop, it’s been a black thing since it started. I mean, how many white hip-hop artists have you heard of? Eminem, Macklemore, Post Malone. That’s all. Though I agree that he shouldn’t try to distance himself from hip-hop, it made him famous. It’s like Nas saying “I’m not a hip-hop artist. If you’re looking for lyrics, don’t go to hip-hop.” That’s garbage. Joyner Lucas’s happy birthday made me cry like a baby (Haha see what I did there?)
Hey do some research first. Beastie Boys, Atmosphere, MGK, Eyedea, Aesop Rock, Sage Francis, KottonMouth Kings, Die Antwoord, Cage (NOT the elephant), Lady Sovereign, ICP, Lil Peep, Yelawolf, the list goes on. Some amazing some forgetable. Point is any white dudes can just go rap and but a decent beat behind it and no one cares if he has questionable past or not. Or if his lyrics reflect a truth in his life. A white rapper can easily lie about gangs and hood shit. A black rapper has to have lived it or hes going to get scrutinized day in day out. Black rappers since the 70s have been targeted for death, cease orders, raids, plants, everything to get them to stop. NO WHITE RAPPER HAS EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. Unless he actually did something to get the police to come. Point is a black rapper has it hard for culture and color reasons far exceding any white problems. I am white, blacks are always going to be looked at in racial lenses as long as white people run the USA. You are probably a white middle class suburban privileged person. Acting like you have any knowledge of struggle. You are the reason racism is still rampant. Ignoring a problem doesn’t make it not a problem.
I’ve been kind of avoiding getting to know what Post Malone is all about on a personal level because I suspect there might be nothing under the surface. His music is just plain good and I don’t want to ruin it for myself and learn that he’s a douchebag; I shouldn’t even be reading this article.
f*ck this article
1. What is wrong with not wanting to be fully defined by one genre of music?! How is this shameful? Is music no longer art?
2. “Malone may not be on the path to criticizing Colin Kaepernick and supporting Donald Trump like Rock, but his goal of moving away from the “rapper” tag is quite similar.” PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW. I see ZERO correlation between these two things. “Oh, Post Malone doesn’t want to be defined as a rapper, and that’s similar to how Kid Rock supports Trump and criticizes Kaepernick.” This, boys and girls, is what you call a logical fallacy, an argument “in which a conclusion doesn’t follow logically from what preceded it.”
You mean like Darius Rucker and his #1 country hits? You’ve over simplified a pretty complex discussion.
Don’t forget Vanilla Ice.
I’m so sick of this sympathetic bullshit. Poor black artist and white privileged shit. I feel like I’m a fucking minority these days. 2019, year of the fuck you for being white! Cry me a river black people. I never think about race until you remind us every fucking day. Get over it already.