[troutman]

Wynton Marsalis Doubles Down on His Attack on "Most" Hip-Hop

A day after the trumpeter said rap is "more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee," he defends his negative view of the music.


https://www.pastemagazine.com/articl...k-on-most.html

A number of (NOT ALL) hip hop musicians have gone on record saying that the marketplace and the industry encourages them to make their material more commercial by adding violent and profanity laced, materialistic and over-the-top stereotypical images and concepts to their work. They too know that this mythology reinforces destructive behavior at home and influences the world’s view of the Afro American in a decidedly negative direction. If you love black people how can you love this?



So far as the pornographic products and the minstrel show ghetto routines that are very popular, I can only say: THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. We want to consume these products and want them for our kids. It is people’s right to choose this, as it is mine to express my thoughts and perhaps dissuade some from the specific products to which I refer.