The funny thing is the rest of the world will need to go thru their industrialization period before her pipe dreams of universal socialism is a possibility.

On a macro level her thought process is also why immigrants migrate and get their piece of pie. She is speaking to an American audience. Lol definitely not to the African continent who is resourceful and entrepreneurial looking to get a piece of this capitalist pie

Beyoncé is a performer expressing pride in her blackness and her reach across the diaspora to instill pride in Black people during a time of death and destruction for so many of us all over the world due to colonization, police murders and COVID-19 is important too...

I think if she was preaching on a podium or trying to be a world diplomat it wouldn’t be her lane and she’d be overstepping. Black artist have collaborated in times of darkness and sadness to bring hope to the black diaspora and tell stories, good and bad, of black people. Art can be revolutionary and a radical form of protest as well, especially when media has portrayed black people all over as less than deserving or not even mattering.

If noname wants to talk about those negatively affected by Western capitalism, maybe she should start by discussing corrupt and rich African leaders and elite like Isabel dos Santos. Maybe she should throw out some ideas on how to get more Africans who are greatly educated in medicine or engineering to stay in or return to Africa instead of largely residing in Western nations.

Beyonce is not above criticism, but I am tired of this same thinly veiled attack against her mere existence that people try to pass off as meaningful discussion every time she so much as sneezes.

I'm no Beyonce stan by any mean and her tweet isn't wrong, but what exactly is Noname doing to uplift those affected by US Imperialism? what is she doing to uplift anyone for that matter? She constantly critiques everyone and then plays the "Im just a nobody who smokes reggie" card whenever people critique her. She really thinks she's moving the needle for black people by retweeting woke s*** and having a book club? FOH

Literally everyone involved in this project is actually African lmfao

the key words here are "African aesthetic." Is noname remembering all of the Black folks in Africa outside of times when she can paint them as victims of whatever crime she is accusing Beyonce of committing? I haven't seen a blogger so obsessed with Bey since Sandra Rose.

Beyonce has probably donated millions to African charities spanning a multitude of causes, and employed, educated and credited African people she has worked with. What else is she supposed to do? More to the point, what exactly do people expect of African-Americans regarding Africa? I said this in another thread, but this is why I have never been into Hotep behavior and imagery.

What about Black Panther when it was really the white man who got paid off of alladat? Even had a white man save the day in it too? Where was this energy then?

"industrialization" is completely different today than it was in the 1930s.

you are stupid as f***

What has Noname done for Africa

Where was this energy for this ish?

@Nujabes would say

"Is she expected to call out EVERY instance of someone profiting from capitalism? "

no economic system has created more wealth AND more widespread, distributed wealth than capitalism. This is just facts.

The late-21st century will likely see the definitive rise of Africa on the world stage, and that rise will be due to capitalism.

We can talk about making capitalism more humane, obviously, but I am skeptical of any economic argument that begins outside of a capitalism.

It's disgenious to have a conversation about "access" without acknowledging that the growing African middle class is due to capitalism. Government control (formal and informal) of the means of production and other resources across Africa since the 1950s has only served to enrich the few at the expense of the many

Holy s*** somebody on twitter is mad about something

She been emboldened by hipster critics d***riding her spoken word sleep raps. Mostly white critics btw. Just sayin

2018

I was happy to engage in constructive discussion with you but now you’re just being edgy and you’re acting like you have some bitter agenda against her, it’s not that deep

um jus f***in with u bro.. lol
laugh it off

Ktt done ruined me at this point I never know on here

Nah my friend. They going back 10+ years to find tweets to cancel people for. The same energy not being kept

"They"

We're talking about noname, not they

Smh this guy. Okay then why is Noname specifically not going back and keeping the same energy with that?

I just can’t fw a complaining ass b**** 😕

She just keeps coming at artists (Cole, Bey) who use their platform of music for good and make empowering music and quite possibly give back to the black community.

Bet she won’t come for Chance for supporting Ye’s campaign, or Smino for not doing anything, or anyone in her camp.

What does Noname do exactly? Can someone enlighten me? Because I retweet BLM stuff on Twitter too.. does that mean I do the same thing Noname does yet without her resources and community outreach?

Like bruh... anyone can make an argument out of anything and make it sound good especially if you don’t know everything about the other person. For all I know, Noname could do a lot for the community. For all she knows, so could Bey and Cole.

For all that weed this hoe smoke she always mad aggy bro

This the thing. I probably fall on the same point on the politics spectrum as noname, but she’s being incredibly sanctimonious atm.

Noname hasn’t contributed a damn thing to the culture.
Sad that she got propped up by black twitter cause of the cole stuff

Real s***. You can easily argue the opposite point, and many left-wing philosophers and economists have, that we are not inherently selfish beings who prosper by pursuing our self-interests first and foremost.