The United States has many influential artists that like to speak about racial oppression and structural racism. The following artists have contributed to the message. The artists are J. Cole, Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Kendrick Lamar. These artists have spoken to the African American communities through the means of music. Music is a very powerful tool to inspire change in the United States. These artists are considered to be some of the greatest rappers in modern day music. In the following songs listed these artists talk about issues that the black communities face in America. The issues consist of deep lyrics about structural racism and racial oppression.
1. Murder to Excellence Jay-Z, Kanye West: Watch The Throne August 8, 2011.
Murder to excellence is a very lyrical song that talks about the violence that plagues the African American communities in Chicago. In the song Jay-Z states “This is to the memory …show more content…
The song has a line from Kanye West that states “314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago”. Kanye West gave a very disturbing statistic. This statistic proves that Chicago has turned into a war zone for the black community. The song has another line earlier that states “Is it genocide?” because Kanye West believes this is the masterplan of racist America. Another powerful line that shows the sad life expectancy of black men is stated by Jay-Z, “They say by 21 I was supposed to die”. The life expectancy is 21 for black men, and Jay-Z feels grateful to see past 21, but at the same time he is sad because his people are only expected to live until 21. Overall this song shows that these two artists are feed up with the black community pulling each other down with black on black violence because deep down they know this is systematical racist genocide. The previous statement is then proven when Kanye says “The system is working effectively, that’s
1. Murder to Excellence Jay-Z, Kanye West: Watch The Throne August 8, 2011.
Murder to excellence is a very lyrical song that talks about the violence that plagues the African American communities in Chicago. In the song Jay-Z states “This is to the memory …show more content…
The song has a line from Kanye West that states “314 soldiers died in Iraq, 509 died in Chicago”. Kanye West gave a very disturbing statistic. This statistic proves that Chicago has turned into a war zone for the black community. The song has another line earlier that states “Is it genocide?” because Kanye West believes this is the masterplan of racist America. Another powerful line that shows the sad life expectancy of black men is stated by Jay-Z, “They say by 21 I was supposed to die”. The life expectancy is 21 for black men, and Jay-Z feels grateful to see past 21, but at the same time he is sad because his people are only expected to live until 21. Overall this song shows that these two artists are feed up with the black community pulling each other down with black on black violence because deep down they know this is systematical racist genocide. The previous statement is then proven when Kanye says “The system is working effectively, that’s