I Just Need Two Cups Stuffed(With Freedom)

There’s nothing more American than the criminalization of black music. Nina Simone basically fled to Europe because her presence and revolutionary music became a thorn in America’s fat ass.

I remember when the GoGo clubs started shutting down-- criminalized because they claimed the events caused violence in the community.

Chicago decided drill must be stopped. Chief Keef still can’t perform Faneto within
the city limits of Chicago. The hip-hop police in NYC spend all their time trying to ruin the lives of any rapper who escapes the projects they patrol. There is definitely an old, grizzled beat cop who regrets not framing Jay-Z for murder in 1993. UK Drill rappers are dealing with the most draconian laws imagined; some rap groups are required to get permission from judges to make any new music.

The Thugger prosecution is pretty much the Atlanta DA trying to sentence Jeffrey to jail for 2000 years for lyrics. Unlike the prosecution that can’t go 3 words without almost causing a mistrial, bigFACTS founder and light of our lives, Mahadi, is a Thugstorian and knows how to separate life from lyrics.

So what happens is you see them making arguments that lines like “24 million on a nigga head” references contract killings, when in reality, he’s talking about the really dumb diamond Lil Uzi Vert put in his forehead.

For the most part, these folks hate this kind of black music because it provides an escape for the people they view as the inherent problem - Young Thug shouldn’t be allowed to thrive outside of Jonesboro while flaunting their joy. Nina Simone should never have been able to live freely and speak honestly about racism, she should have stayed quiet and poor in Polk County, North Carolina. No one escapes generational poverty on their watch.