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>> there's this undercurrent of hatred for baller/rap/black (so-called "douchebag") culture Sorry, but the hatred for RapGenius doesn't come from programmers h
by dylandrop 13y ago
>> there's this undercurrent of hatred for baller/rap/black (so-called "douchebag") culture
Sorry, but the hatred for RapGenius doesn't come from programmers hating black culture. It's from the founders being fake, and as you said, douchebags. They're three white Yale graduates trying way too hard and ultimately being inauthentic. That's what's off-putting -- saying things like "baller-sourced" [1] just is an obvious ploy, appropriating words to give themselves fake credentials and personalities as rap aficionados.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo (~1:30)
- barry-cotter 13y agoIf you have any evidence that their love of rap/hiphop is a front please share. I don't see how anybody who wasn't saturated in that culture would have even thought of rapgenius. If you dislike hiphop and its message, say so. If you have something stronger than a disapproval of white guys imbibing black culture, say so. Hiphop is art but the culture it promotes is far from healthy. Kids who can get into Yale are unlikely to be harmed by it but for the working class it's a negative; People would do better with boring bourgeois values.