Dec 28, 2023·2 replies
ValentineSo what’s wrong with someone deciding to continue being an activist but silently? What’s wrong with that?
silent activism is an oxymoron tbh
OPDec 28, 2023
2ILLWhere you from
The Netherlands
Dec 28, 2023
awawhHe had the chance too, but that Tiffany crown called him like the Green Goblin mask
ctfu
- OPDec 28, 2023·1 reply
necromancercritical media studies professor?
sociologist?
Communication & research for a research & design center focused on migrant communities and hip hop/diaspora culture in general
- Dec 28, 2023·2 repliesScratchin Mamba
Communication & research for a research & design center focused on migrant communities and hip hop/diaspora culture in general
bro workin at woke hq
Dec 28, 2023·2 repliesyou gonna sail to the Netherlands to beat up OP or are you a coward
- Dec 28, 2023·1 replynecromancer
bro workin at woke hq
that's wild yall dissing @op for being employed lmao
- Dec 28, 2023·1 replyinsertcoolnamehere
silent activism is an oxymoron tbh
Eh I was using the women of Saudi Arabia as an example of silent activism. There’s ways you can be just as effective in creating the change you want to see without having to explicitly use your voice or platform in a public manner
- Dec 28, 2023insertcoolnamehere
that's wild yall dissing @op for being employed lmao
gotta get the bag i ain’t hatin
better getting a job at something you’re already knowledgeable with
- Dec 28, 2023
aint really related to nothin but is does bother me when insert literally any rapper not just the Woke 2 mentions how much they are like Pac when s*** like this wasn't the norm.
- OPDec 28, 2023fun guy
you gonna sail to the Netherlands to beat up OP or are you a coward
I cant believe bro still so mad at me bc of dialectical materialism
Best he keeps me blocked he rly got a weird obsession it's offputting
- Dec 28, 2023·1 replyValentine
Eh I was using the women of Saudi Arabia as an example of silent activism. There’s ways you can be just as effective in creating the change you want to see without having to explicitly use your voice or platform in a public manner
The women of Saudi Arabia aren't platinum-selling millionaires vro
- OPDec 28, 2023necromancer
bro workin at woke hq
Lmao we keep the types who would be into it bc it's "woke" out tho
We don't want it to become a gentrification trap
Dec 28, 2023Skinn FoleyI don't listen to Kendrick because he's not played in the streets/clubs
Not sure what y'all are on
This but I’m serious
Dec 28, 2023glutengangYou gotta be a next level narcissist to think you are going to change the world dolo, especially by doing nothing but preaching about it
Glad he's getting help
- Dec 28, 2023Skinn Foley
He compared himself to Huey Newton because he dropped back to back classics and then bought a $1m diamond crown from Tiffany's
The crown leaked blood and he said support women rights!
While having Kodak Black cosplay as Gil Scott Heron on an album
That s*** sounds f***ing corny and silly, and he gets a pass for that
- Dec 28, 2023
Like look at this s***
- Dec 28, 2023
BlueChew SeanIf Kendrick and J Cole were going to protests like you say and nothing would be achieved by them publicly showing support for the movement, why did photographs of them protesting happen to be taken and made public for the first time within 10 days of her tweet?
We're talking about 2020, not 2015. That's what Noname tweeted about. And Kendrick was gone at that point
Kendrick made TPAB, that's the point. He's been invoking figures like MLK, Malcolm X, 2Pac since OD and S80. And he's benefitted off it, Alright streams jumped substantially after George Floyd's death. I don't think it's unreasonable to criticize an artist like that for being silent at a time like that
You’re screaming at the clouds they don’t understand lol
Dec 28, 2023Love when this classic pops up again 😤
- Dec 28, 2023
Truth of the matter is that we should’ve clocked this s*** when he started preaching about black Israelite talking points
Dec 28, 2023Here we go…
- Dec 28, 2023insertcoolnamehere
The women of Saudi Arabia aren't platinum-selling millionaires vro
Okay
Dec 28, 2023insertcoolnameheresilent activism is an oxymoron tbh
celebs need to do more quiet activism tbh
yall praise a lot of these rappers that talk a good game but arent really doing anything with their money or connections.
- Dec 28, 2023
Dec 28, 2023·1 replyThis was a great read, tbh.
I get what you're saying, but I think Kendrick wanted to be a part of "social change" but involuntarily became a leader put on a pedestal with different standards he felt pressured to meet, further feeding into his insecurities and vices he rationalized because of the anointed titled.
I don't interpret it as him having to choose from two extremes, but rather him choosing to focus on his own world that deteriorated as a result of trying to please others (be a "savior").
So while it may sound like abandonment, it's more of a call for self-reliance. Instead of looking outward and trying to "save" everyone, he decided to look inward and save himself. And that's what the whole album essentially is, it's about growth, self-reflection, therapy, etc.
In the end, he can only hope that everyone can do the same. Is true social change parroting those you follow or is it some ideal that you personally believe in and is genuine? If everyone worked on themselves and found personal happiness then true social change would be more likely.
"When will you let me go?
I trust you'll find independence"tldr: basically, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
