New York Times: "Macklemore is the first contextually post-black pop-star rapper"

The cycle repeats itself...blues, jazz and rock and roll,.....

If you really think about it, this actually makes sense. Every white rapper that gained success thus far has had to have some kind of relation with the immediate hip hop community. Either they had to be signed to a hip hop label (Beasties), fake a "hip hop" image to pass as a rapper in the mainstream (Vanilla Ice), or gain the respect of his hip hop peers with his lyrical ability (Em). Mack isn't necessarily known for his skills, doesn't carry himself as a traditional rapper and isn't directly associated with other rap acts, cept Black Hippy. I personally think it's dope that someone without a real hip hop background can still have love for the culture and make substantial music... it shows how far we can reach.

All that being said, ? anything a newspaper has to say about hip hop. From the Huffington Post ? from yesterday claiming Wayne as the best rapper alive cuz he made Lollipop, to this bull fuckery now about being a "post black" rapper, they don't give a ? about the culture. They ? on people we consider great and praise commodities as the greats, only to have those same commodities vanish after a year. That "post black" ? is further proof of this. That's like saying, "we didn't take you guys seriously before cuz you were all black, but now that a white guy has a full representation, you get a pass". Eat a satchel of ? .