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Thurgreed
I get your point about the subtle distinctions of authenticity in hip hop, though I doubt most 13 year-old suburban white kids do.
I agree that JT has heard a lot of Michael Jackson and is JT's primary influence. My analogies were between white artists working in black idioms. One set was steeped in it, the others were purely exploiting a trend to make it palatable to whites. Of course, Janet Jackson can sound a lot like Michael when she chooses. JT does a better job incorporating hip hop into his tracks than Michael does. In fact, I'd say rappers and producers want to work with JT more than they want to work with Michael.
One thing interesting about both The Wire and H:LOTS is that they both had diverse casts (read: black actors playing cops instead of merely criminals). But the Baltimore Homicide Squad that David Simon profiled in his book back in the 80s was nearly entirely male and white. The creators made conscious decisions to make the police force in both shows more integrated than in real life.
I thought everyone thought Bonds was using because he had a large head relative to his body. Now having a small head relative to your body means you're using too?
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