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Just reflected on something after having my sleep interrupted.
I've realised how uncomfortable this false sense of bravado given off of the idea of making it against the odds by coming from the hood really should be. Off mainstream music, off of everyday life, rooted from the
I've realised how uncomfortable this false sense of bravado given off of the idea of making it against the odds by coming from the hood really should be. Off mainstream music, off of everyday life, rooted from the
universally adored story of the underdog.
Don't get me wrong, giving yourself a pat in the back for making it out an area with inherently less opportunities and sitting on the same table as the more privileged is DEFINITELY JUSTIFIED. Seriously shout out to you. You're special.
Don't get me wrong, giving yourself a pat in the back for making it out an area with inherently less opportunities and sitting on the same table as the more privileged is DEFINITELY JUSTIFIED. Seriously shout out to you. You're special.
But esp in mainstream music, the idea in and off itself is rooted in the fact that you're using the deaths of others in your area, the drug dealing and drug taking, the inequality that we SHOULDN'T be living under as a platform to champion yourself. It's very uncomfortable once
its roots are framed like that.
Along with the fact that we don't champion the incredible community and incredible people these places have makes this truly disheartening. I know countless amount of truly incredible people, along with the communities from ends that got me where
Along with the fact that we don't champion the incredible community and incredible people these places have makes this truly disheartening. I know countless amount of truly incredible people, along with the communities from ends that got me where
I am today (not far lol) and where I will be tomorrow insha Allah.
I fell in this trap growing up until I was 21-22. This mentality's around everywhere, it's natural to do this.
When I think about my ends and introduce it to another person now, I'll do the right thing now.
I fell in this trap growing up until I was 21-22. This mentality's around everywhere, it's natural to do this.
When I think about my ends and introduce it to another person now, I'll do the right thing now.
I won't refer to its crime rates, stories told, to try give myself this false sense of bravado and champion myself like I used to.
I'll champion my community. From Ms Ola, my school nurse who still to this day has a photo of me may Allah SWT bless her in this life and the next.
I'll champion my community. From Ms Ola, my school nurse who still to this day has a photo of me may Allah SWT bless her in this life and the next.
Otis and Jason Roberts for their work, the teachers in the homework club I used to go to, the bus driver I befriended growing up and still talk to to this day. And the MANY MANY more I can continue to list down. I'll remember ends for the incredible people it has blessed me with
meeting and the incredible communities (esp my own, the Somali community ofc ofc) I've grow up in. //.end
I dunno why I demonized mainstream music as if it's not just a reflection of this already being internalised within these artists because it's been around their lives.
But a problem is it's a super spreader of this thought.
But a problem is it's a super spreader of this thought.
