“I’ve always played to rap songs because country music, I like it, but … I don’t wanna listen to it. I wanna listen to Kodak Black.”
Juno Rylee Journalism
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Latest Articles
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Evil Vampire Woman | Rap Music and Banjo in a Tower
“I play along when I feel like I wanna play along. I can’t force myself to do something if my body and spirit aren’t being called to it.”
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TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR | Artist, Rapper, and Son of a Black Panther
“They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.”
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Elijah Myles | “Not Even Daydreaming, Actually Dreaming”
“Poetry will persist in any conditions. The medium will change but art will always continue on.”
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From Plantations to Corporations: The Business of Forced Labor
“You just sell it like you were selling cars or real estate or hamburgers.”
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Plastic Umbilical Cords and Ghosts on Factory Floors (The Story of DuPont and Our Poisoned World)
“Better Things for Better Living … Through Chemistry”
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André 3000, Big Boi, and OutKast | Prophetic Rap Music from the Dirty South
“I’m tired of folks … them closed-minded folks. It’s like we got a demo tape and don’t nobody wanna hear it. But it’s like this: the South got somethin’ to say. That’s all I got to say.”
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Johnson & Johnson and Baby Powder | “DO NOT USE THIS REPORT”
“DO NOT USE THIS REPORT,” someone at J & J wrote by hand on the original report’s cover [before sending it to the FDA].”
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Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, and the Blue Album | “Do You Believe What I Sing Now”
“ ’Yeah, let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud.’ ”