Malcolm DeWayne

It’s the first #BandcampFriday of the year, my birthday month, Black History Month, the year of the Dragon (my Chinese sign so you do the math). The Soul Dragon is now in full effect. Download my EP “Dreamcast Chronicles” on Bandcamp. Peace and love malcolmdewayne.bandcamp.com/album/dreamcas…

“He turned his back on Black folks. I would always joke to Bob, ‘When you get older, you are going to be racist just like your daddy.’ And he would say, ‘No I’m not, that’s never gonna happen!'” My latest for @ESPN's @andscape on when Kid Rock was "Black." andscape.com/features/kid-r…

The Holocaust lasted for 4 years, and survivors and their descendants are still being paid out today. Japanese-American internment camps lasted for ~4 years, and survivors were paid $20k each in 1988. Slavery lasted for 246 YEARS in the US… yet no reparations for the families of those affected.

Joey Bada$$ was right btw Reason why we don’t see posses cuts like that no more Ppl scared

We rally for folks murdered by dirty cops, not rappers with hurt feelings

the same way corporations talk about family. all manipulative

This apology tour everybody’s on is super sus. If Kendrick had lost, we’d be actin’ like it’s KRS-One vs Nelly all over again.

I think it's more like we gotta quit calling niggas Hip-Hop artists just cause they happen to rap Rap predates Hip-Hop And a central part of the issue in that 2024 shit is one of these niggas been lying on his self like he is (and runs) Hip-Hop when he never was cut from that

Through this entire thing Kendrick Lamar’s life was threatened on multiple occasions. He told us on wacced out murals that nigga put money on his head in the streets. We watched Akademiks in real time platform a bozo saying he would kill Kendrick and then tried to put a battery in his back trying to tie Kendrick to the shooting at Drake crib. Nobody blinked an eye. So, no, I don’t feel bad that the internet is calling that man names. The fact of the matter is the world wouldn’t believe the accusations if you didn’t have a long history of being weird with underaged girls. Even he knew that which is why he tried to 8 mile himself on Taylor Made by getting in front of it.

Malcolm X told y’all about the likes of Jay-Z

If Jay-Z the new Fred Hampton like he say then he not even mad at niggas zooming in on shit that he say & do Because you ain't no real leader if ain't nobody holding you accountable fr So when he really play like "capitalist" is a slur You know leading ain't what he tryn do

Graffiti, breakdancing, the DJ, battle rap… the last man standing. If all the core elements of Hip Hop disappear, what exactly replaces them? Do we protect the culture, or let capitalism and business decide what it becomes?

If you complain more than you share your music on social media, don't be surprised when nobody engages with the music. Your posts are your brand. Don't build a brand around complaints.

As someone who tours year round, my rider is always: Bottled waters (at least a half case) Tea kettle and cups/mugs Assortment of tea bags Lemons Bottle of honey Brand new white hand towels 4 drink tickets for the bar Fruit platter Simple list. Probably $50 total

Black men live in an ecosystem where there's no margin for error.

We used to write rhymes in a marble notebook... NO "NOTES APP"!!! 🤣

Field Mob is the southern Camp Lo. Debate ya grandma

The festival organizers booked a lineup that can actually perform live. That matters for an audience segment that grew up expecting a real show when they spent their hard-earned money on tickets.

The US don’t fund schools enough to have this many basketballs at once

Yes, and that shift away from teen culture wasn’t accidental. Streaming and social media collapsed everything into the same space. Teens and adults are now consuming the same content on the same platforms, driven by the same algorithms. And those algorithms are not built for niche audiences, they are built for scale, retention, and ad revenue. So instead of developing teen-specific stars, as we saw in the 90s and early 2000s, when MTV actively segmented youth audiences through shows like TRL, and the heavy rotation of teen pop, creating space for teen culture to develop separately from adults, the industry now pushes whatever can perform across all age groups. That is why “teen music” faded and “viral music” replaced it. That is also why it feels like teen culture disappeared. It didn’t disappear. It just lost its boundaries. Teen culture no longer develops on its own. It gets absorbed into the mainstream in real time.

“Black art and buying power aren’t our only commodities; It’s also our outrage, despair, and anger that fuels the zeitgeist. If all publicity is good publicity, then the groundswell of engagement gained from playing in our faces is a go-to attention tactic.” my latest ⛓️‍💥