Pro tip: If a man only protects or acknowledges the women heโs attracted to, related to or the women he can control in some way... heโs not a good man.
@Drinkchamps
@kanyewest
@revolttv
Man this dude
@noreaga
done turned in his โreal nighaโ card on this one. So scared to speak up for these topics. So scared to push back. Mumblin and shit. Tryna sugar coat. No backbone at all.
Sell out is an understatement. Yโall nighas souls are on CLEARANCE.
Iโm proud of the twin cities today. I was โsilencedโ five years ago for speaking up against mistreatment from Rhymesayers.
My reach isnโt as wide because of it. So seeing ppls voices amplified about the myriad transgressions against women (and men) in MN hip hop gives me hope.
Hey,
Iโve been waiting a long time to say this:
MY FIRST BOOK IS COMING OUT THIS JUNE!!!๐ฅน๐ฎโ๐จ
My memoir, โHer Word is Bond: Navigating Hip Hop and Relationships in a Culture of Misogynyโ is being published via
@haymarketbooks
and you can preorder now.
Pro tip: GET YOUR OWN MICROPHONE ๐ค
This is a standard venue mic that all yโall use at shows. This mic obviously hasnโt had the grill cleaned, but who knows how often they clean it?
GET YOUR OWN MIC!
So when this Corona shit blows over you wonโt be rapping into more of it.
I love it when old ass rappers such as myself upgrade what weโve been doing well, as opposed to tryna sound like these youngins.
Rapโs maturation DESERVES to be recorded. Meanwhile we should be pushing our music further, while documenting the beauty of growing wiser.
Rant over.
1/ Good morning from my mansion in Sauganash.
Seriously, thoughโour city doesnโt have any time for homophobic, racist and misogynistic rumors, today or any day.
Youโd be surprised how often this actually works. Remembering how, well into my 30s, a dude walked right up to me at a show and just started dancing. He didnโt say anything. He made me smile. He got my number.
How do you say to someone, โyou SHAT on me when I respectfully called out Rhymesayers for their treatment of their (then) lone black queer female artist and now I see you screaming on the timeline about accountability and it looks performative?โ
Asking for a friend.
@naima
It really is not a thing. If you donโt own it you donโt have access to info about use. If you get it, believe me it is an extreme courtesy.
So many folks donโt know how any of this shit truly works and they have loud opinions. Itโs tiring.
The โfemale rapperโ conversation is so antiquated. Just say you donโt like listening to women express themselves, just say you cherry pick the ones you โtolerateโ and go.
First concert ever : THE FAT BOYS
I was too young to remember it but my mom always reminds me.
DISORDERLIES is one of the best rap movies forever.
Prince Markie Dee was that dude. Died a day before his birthday, too.
Kids please look him up.
RIP PRINCE MARKIE DEE ๐๐พ
The biggest artists in the world begging for streams should tell yโall where we are in the matrix.
creating on your terms
seems better than
killing yourself for music
the label will release,
then beg for streams.
lookin sad AF
But what do I know?
Iโm Bandcamp famous ๐
Aye just so yโall know:
Iโm not tryna make a โcomebackโ here. Iโve been boycotting RSE since I got canceled in 2015. Yโall stayed.
Been making the best music of my career since I operated from a zone of being UNpopular.
I ONLY WANT HIP HOP TO BE SAFE FOR WOMEN/QUEER/POC ppl.
My social media has been on fire.
Yโall *finally* believe me.
But wait, thereโs more:
myself +
@youngnsilky
have a group called
@RealBigSilky
. Follow us.
New album the day after my birthday cuz itโs time for a fucking reckoning.
VOLUME 2 IS COMING 7/3 on
@Bandcamp
!! โ๐พโ๐ฝ
โMy Cherie Amourโ was written by Stevie Wonder to bag a groupie who wasnโt giving him any booty. Sheโd hang out with him backstage then go home. He wanted booty, so he wrote this beautiful ass song.
I didnโt gas myself enough when it happened, because I was taking a social media break but...
B*TCH!!!
@Bandcamp
honored me with a lifetime achievement piece. I said 10 years ago when I joined the platform: I wanted this. Feels like a Grammy lol!๐ ๐
Peace to all the black men who are dealing with the trauma of their childhood, these funky ass cops, possibly a few interpersonal relationships and accepting the ways in which we all contribute to tearing each other down. Keep healing. I love yโall so so so much. WE NEED YโALL.
@KA32174
@naima
I think Kells has legitimate beef with the Neptunes and Pharrell specifically, and Iโm sure a lot of itโs valid.
I just think she had a moment and was wildly triggered about the interpolation and took to social media. Wasnโt the best look imo but I understand her frustrations.
@donwill
And Iโm takin good shots
So please get mad
When Iโm out with my girls
And ya mans get tagged
Get back
Before I take my gas out ya Taurus
It ainโt my fault
You insecure โ Lawrence
Do yโall still believe BLACK LIVES MATTER or yโall got tired?
Movements donโt just disappear cuz yโall got tired. Real people have to live with these realities.
QUEER AND POC MUSICIANS HAVE BEEN KEEPING THE TWIN CITIES MUSIC SCENE INTERESTING AND DOPE FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME NOW.
THE OLD GUARD HAS A SUPERIORITY COMPLEX FROM 20 YRS AGO. TIME TO HANG IT UP.
Itโs safe to be ok with accepting it. Say it. Live it. Know it. Itโs our time.
ALOT of women disappear from hip hop. Not because they ainโt dope enough or they canโt โcutโ it.
Itโs because of unresolved trauma and the threat of erasure when they speak up abt said trauma.
Too many quiet enablers SCARED to lose their jobs. So we give up.
Iโm still here.
CATโS OUT OF THE BAG!
Iโve been keeping this a secret & Iโm so excited to announce Iโm In my HOST era w/ AUDIOTREE ๐ถ ๐ฒ
I get to drown myself in music discovery AND talk to awesome bands๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ MAJOR THANKS TO
@audiotreemusic
for believing in a G and embracing me on the team!
Weโre kicking off our
#host
roll out by announcing
@PsalmOne
๐ซ๐คฏ
A proudly almost-famous rapper with an unhealthy obsession of all things Hip Hop and Bobโs Burgers, Psalm One brings her scientific approach and love of music journalism to Audiotree Live.
๐จPLS BOOST๐จ
We are a faction of survivors / supporters associated with
#BoycottRhymesayers
& we demand accountability over empty statements.
These demands are abridged: an official letter has been sent to RSE offices. Will you continue to ignore?
@rhymesayers