Not to mention two of the hardest working musicians ever. And most Prince albums didn’t go platinum.

Eminem is the most overrated rapper of our generation. His whole style is rooted in late 90's underground hiphop and there were many (including white emcee’s)who did/do it better. He blew up because of his novelty, Dr. Dre and whiteness. How may hip hop artists got play on rock radio other than Eminem?

Because whiteness sells.

Music is NOT free flowing, universal and completely open. It is rooted in the cultural and religious traditions and practices of people. Many styles of singing are based in the dialects of the people and experiences of particular ethnicities. If you are raised in the cultural environment any imitation sounds fake.…

Only white critics consider him top Five. Rakim, Chuck D, KRS-One, LL, Nas, Biggie, Tupac, Jay Z, Ghost Face, Common, Redman, Kool Moe Dee, Big Pun, and many others come before him. He’s sold a lot of records but his style is still a gimmick and “Rap God” was some 20 years late. Twista was doing that in the 90's.

Yeah, black culture is American culture, until it isn’t. Save us the BS, we know the deal. When it comes to the part of our culture that whites covet, it’s all of a sudden “American culture” but then when it comes to our dialect, and names, and dress or black on black violence it’s “Black Culture”.

Amy was blue-eyed soul as well. I don’t understand how she could be more “authentic” being a white woman from the UK .

Yes. Going back to Elvis, the execs news that a white face singing with a black voice would move records. Do you really think Sam Smith is the best soul singer out there right now?

The thing about crime is that is should be measure based on the likelihood of being a victim not on crime rates per capita. In many cities crime tends to be concentrated in certain areas and the victims also fit specific profiles. So crime per capita does not capture the likelihood of an average resident being a…

You work for the tourism board? Keep trying sell your little homely town, it’s kinda cute.

I’ll have peace and tranquility when I’m dead.

The people in those cities are assholes, they just like to pretend they aren’t which makes them worse.

Are you a senior citizen? Sorry but everything you cited can be found in abundance in New York and the food and people are way better in all the major coastal cities. You can keep the faux politeness of the midwest suburbs, I’m familiar with that BS. At least in the major cities, if someone is nice to you it means…

How are they defining quality of life? I’m sorry, but I can’t image that the quality of life in Des Moines, OKC, Omaha or Boise is higher than in Atlanta, New York, or Chicago. Are they not including actual culture, enjoyment and attractive people?

If it’s not an ordeal that it lessens the rites. One has to prove that they are willing to go through anything in order to be involved with the organization. It’s not unique to fraternities and sororities. Why is it a moral issue with you? The initiate is a volunteer and knows what the rites involve. They are a…

It’s psychological. For thousands of years Initiation rites around the world have involved some sort of physical toil. It makes the individual more committed and devoted for having gone through the ordeal. The toil doesn’t necessarily involve violence but it can involve some sort of physical isolation or rigorous…

Most Muslims are brown or black. And yeah, many Muslims reject Sufism. Most African-Americans aren’t Muslim but Muhammad Ali is still a hero in the Afram community. Rumi is more universally noted for his poetry not for his Sufi beliefs and practices.

Yeah, but he’s of actual Asian descent. It’s not nearly as bad

I feel like that’s still more appropriate than a man of European descent. Rumi is a culture hero in the Muslim world. Given today’s climate where Muslims are under every growing suspicious and are a target for discrimination in the west, getting a European to play Rumi would be slap in the face. Like a poster pointed…

I think most Americans would see this girl as racially ambiguous and possibly guess that she’s a hapa(half-East Asian, half-white)