I think there is some validity to Kane's point.
In part, Kane has been criticized for simply participating in hip hop culture - which is all about swagger and flaunting material wealth. Walk into any hip hop club in LA or New York and that's how many, many young men will be behaving.
Is it appropriate to trash Evander for simply behaving like a young black man?
Is it appropriate to demand that he behave more "white"?
No. That's textbook racism.
Hip hop is alien to a lot of Canadians and so they criticize it as "######baggery", "arrogance" or what have you. But, that's simply cultural prejudice.
My advice? Don't be a playa-hatea. Let the homey maximum swag.
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