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Harrison SmithHostSegment HostHostCo-HostHostHomelessness Segment PanelistPanelistMichael ChenPress Gaggle ReporterLauren ChinPanelistBillboard released this article that states no rap songs are in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time since 1990.
First time in 35 years it has not been the case.
So think about this.
This first happened in October of last year.
It has recently happened again.
It's now two cycles.
No rap music in the Top 40.
And actually, someone people were mentioning a while ago was the first time in literally at least a decade where there were no rap songs or rap albums, whatever it was charting and the Billboard 200 or whatever it was.
Is this even a conspiracy anymore or can we all admit this is probably exactly what happened? I do think that USAID, amongst other probably like NGOs were astroturfing rap music, hip hop artists like Lizzo into the music industry and our airwaves in order to mainstream hip hop culture.
Again, to just correct something Lauren Chin said there, first time in 35 years it's happened.
And while correlation does not always equal causation, we know that.
Here are a few interesting facts to note while looking at this particular correlation.
Are you familiar with the artist Jackson Pollock? He's kind of the father of abstract modern art.
Art that means nothing, right? It's squiggles and paint smears.
Because recently declassified CIA documents reveal, by the way, that's some of the horrible art for you.
The CIA helped to fund, to purchase, and to heavily promote Jackson Pollock's art during the Cold War.
Why would they do that? Well, it was a way to make America look more creative and free and culturally stronger than the Soviet Union.
It wasn't just about paintings, though.
It was part of a bigger plan to use art to influence how the rest of the world viewed the United States and how people within the United States viewed the United States.
Billboard released this article that states no rap songs are in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time since 1990.
First time in 35 years it has not been the case.
So think about this.
This first happened in October of last year.
It has recently happened again.
It's now two cycles.
No rap music in the Top 40.
And actually, someone people were mentioning a while ago was the first time in literally at least a decade where there were no rap songs or rap albums, whatever it was charting and the Billboard 200 or whatever it was.
Is this even a conspiracy anymore or can we all admit this is probably exactly what happened? I do think that USAID, amongst other probably like NGOs were astroturfing rap music, hip hop artists like Lizzo into the music industry and our airwaves in order to mainstream hip hop culture.
Again, to just correct something Lauren Chin said there, first time in 35 years it's happened.
And while correlation does not always equal causation, we know that.
Here are a few interesting facts to note while looking at this particular correlation.
Are you familiar with the artist Jackson Pollock? He's kind of the father of abstract modern art.
Art that means nothing, right? It's squiggles and paint smears.
Because recently declassified CIA documents reveal, by the way, that's some of the horrible art for you.
The CIA helped to fund, to purchase, and to heavily promote Jackson Pollock's art during the Cold War.
Why would they do that? Well, it was a way to make America look more creative and free and culturally stronger than the Soviet Union.
It wasn't just about paintings, though.
It was part of a bigger plan to use art to influence how the rest of the world viewed the United States and how people within the United States viewed the United States.
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