Where’s the bling-bling?

Interesting post by Ted over at Crooked Timber:

“I’ve been fascinated for a long time by this: quite a few black and Latino rappers fill their albums and videos with images of ostentatious, even cartoonish wealth. With the possible exception of Vanilla Ice rolling in his 5.0*, I’ve never seen a white rapper portray his success in a remotely similar way…”

Read the whole thing

2 Responses to “Where’s the bling-bling?”

  1. Cobb Says:

    Bling Eye for the White Guy

    Every self-referential message in rap records about which producer and crew is on wax in this year (going back to ‘87) is a spit in the eye of White Mr. Money-Minder and the old-boy network of the music industry.

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