I no longer listen to his music or support him but I am still on the fence about whether or not he’s “playing the game” or is just that dumb. A guy who used to rap about black materialism suddenly being unaware that he’s turning into all of his harshest criticisms, very publicly mind you, is hard to reconcile. Frauds…

Hadiya’s death drew nationwide attention for her connection to the Obamas. For many, she came to symbolize the extent of Chicago’s gun violence problem, though many have rightly questioned the political motivations behind such attention.

She just keeps digging herself in deeper. It was enough that her album flopped and she blamed a newborn for it, now she’s going ride or die for Tekashi of all people. Not only is he a pedophile, he’s a garbage rapper.

It’s like, Nicki, do you even publicist? I don’t understand how anyone at her level is even allowed to put out a statement like that in this era.

Something went down in her family life that was not right. I don’t think I’ve cruised her Wikipedia before, but her brother is a child rapist and she is working with a wannabe child rapist like it ain’t no big thang. I wonder if she is in a triggered state right now and is working through some of her own trauma or if…

when I know somebody there’s nothing you can tell me about them

I can see giving someone the benefit of the doubt. But, he took pictures of a naked child. I can see why MTV wouldn’t want to feature him.

I think Minaj is talented though her output is uneven, but she’s beyond problematic at this point. She supported her pedophile brother, made a song with another pedophile, and has now has had two exes (Safaree and Meek Mill) claim she was abusive during their relationships. But, uh, her verse on Monster was really good…

What the hell is going on with her? I think Remy really did rip out her soul.

Indeed. She is trash. Once more for posterity: fuck her.

FUUUCK this fucking cunt! Removing all her songs from my playlist now.

Weird ass hill to die on, girl. 

Oh god, that photo physically makes me sick. Fuck her. You can have that lil’ bitch. 

Not often you get to say good job MTV.

What about Gary, Indiana? Or as I like to call it, “Chicago Armory?” Why is Mike Pence so weak on crime? I hear he has a gay rabbit and never sent it to gay-shock therapy. What a wimp.

I don’t doubt for a second that there’s a massive helping of racism in the right’s flogging of the issue, but I’d also add that part of the issue is that the city has for so long had a sort of romanticized rep for mayhem and violence, obviously going back at least to the Capone/Dillinger/etc. days. And not just here,…

Another loosely related reason for the racist whataboutists throwing around that fake talking point is because they liked to tie it back to Obama. The Chicago rhetoric went wide-spread back when we still had an educated, responsible president. The implication was that Obama was weak on crime since this went on under…

We always have money for more cops, and we never have enough money for public schools and child nutrition.

Good article.  “What about Chicago?” has become one of the right’s favorite lines.

There was a graphic a while back that showed where the murders tend to take place and they are very clustered geographically. So in one sense, yes, the rate of murder in the area is less than in many other cities, but in the areas a lot of violence happens, it happens a shit ton.