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On Lil Yachty, a bad rap lyric and accountability in hip-hop

Stephen Jackson’s public criticism of the George Floyd line was personal—but the real issue may lie in how we choose which hip-hop lyrics deserve public outrage.

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Aug 20, 2025
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Lil Yachty. (Screenshot via YouTube)

I’m a man who is a child of ’90s hip-hop, particularly that of the West Coast. My favorite rap group of all time was N.W.A. For years, my favorite rapper was Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre’s The Chronic is now and will always be one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all time (along with N.W.A.’s EFIL4ZAGGIN and Cube’s Death Cer…

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