Hip-Hop Is A Long-Term Right-Wing Indoctrination Campaign

As the NWA movie gets the prime time coverage, the journalists at Mic called out the movie’s total silence on Dr. Dre’s history of abusing women. This should surprise no one since the $3 billion Apple-Beats deal granted Dr. Dre access to the coveted halls of the one-percent, allowing him to revise history with the power of money. Dr. Dre isn’t the only Hip-Hop artist with one-percenter tendencies.

The hip-hop group Outkast demonstrated right-wing affiliations. Andre 3000 went to the GOP convention in 2004 and Big Boi supported Gary Johnson over Obama in 2012.

KRS-One, a revered legend of Hip-Hop, professed libertarian views by citing GOP puppet Alex Jones in 2009 and with anti-Obama and anti-government lyrics. He also headlined the libertarian-themed Ron Paul R3volution Tour in 2011.

Dead Prez demonstrated anti-Obama and right-wing revenge fantasies of race-based nationalism in their 2009 song “Politrks” with lyrics like “After the election, you’ll see, mark my words”, “Even if Obama wins, Uncle Sam ain’t my friend”, and “No disrespect, we need a red, black and green party… like Marcus Garvey’s”

It should also be mentioned that the amount of hip-hop artists that profess their obsession with money, violence, and power can hardly be counted. These song’s might as well be Ayn Rand’s body of work converted to music. In all cases, the same uncomfortable pattern emerges: Empowered males openly professing their right-wing beliefs and getting a free pass on it because they are colored.

The problematic misogyny consistently demonstrated by Hip-Hop performers over the last three decades is not only a staple of the art, it is a manifestation of a much more insidious agenda to convert the black community to be the willing agents of right-wing regression. Even Hip-Hop darling Kendrick Lamar is hijacking current trends in black awareness to express anti-abortion and anti-female views in his track “For Free?” (“Fuck your sources, all distortion, if you fuck it’s more abortion. More divorce courts and portion”)

We’ve ignored these subtle signs for long enough. It’s time for us to grow up and abandon Hip-Hop and all music of color as a vehicle for social justice until we can be sure that it aligns with the goals of social justice.