Joyner Lucas and Make America Great Again
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| Unmarried by Joyner Lucas | ||||
| Released | November 28, 2017 (2017-eleven-28) | |||
| Genre | Witting hip hop[1] | |||
| Length | 6:48 [2] | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| "I'm Non Racist" on YouTube | ||||
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"I'm Not Racist" is a song past American hip hop recording artist Joyner Lucas, released on Nov 28, 2017, by Atlantic Records. Information technology features a heated discussion about race and society from the perspective of a white man and a blackness man. Lucas has said that the song'south lyrics represent the uncomfortable race talk that people shy abroad from.[five]
Limerick [edit]
The track features Lucas rapping from a white man's bespeak of view in the first poetry, and then rapping from a black man's point of view in the second verse, a literary device which is successful partly because of Lucas's biracial origins. Both verses are supported by an airy, ambience trip hop shell.[half-dozen]
Music video [edit]
The song was beginning released every bit a music video on Lucas' YouTube channel and has since garnered over 146 one thousand thousand views. It was directed by Lucas and Ben Proulx.[7]
The video starts off with a white man wearing a Brand America Dandy Again cap from Donald Trump's presidential campaign giving his unfiltered view on the black customs, synced to Lucas' first verse. He is talking to a black human in braids who sits across a table from him. The white human mentions the perceived laziness and lack of goals of the African American community, referring to blacks abandoning their children and families to party and deal drugs. The white man laments that all his "hard-earned" revenue enhancement payments went into supporting them, mocking the Black Lives Matter movement. He besides criticizes white rapper Eminem speaking out against Trump, calling him motherfucker, and claiming "he ain't white no more than"; the national canticle protests by notable black athletes; and attacks blacks for idolizing rapper Tupac Shakur as compared to Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs, saying that rap music has poisoned their minds. He finishes off by blaming blacks for their treatment by police, saying if they pulled up their pants, took the du-rag off and put on a suit, dropped their victim mentality, and quit blaming the white community and everyone but "[their] ain race", so perhaps the law would "finish killin' you fucks". The white man claims he is "not racist" due to the fact he has connections to some black people and as he finishes his verse, he says that there are 2 sides to every story, and asks for the black man's view.
The blackness man then gives his own unfiltered point of view, synced to Lucas' second verse (Lucas does non physically appear in the video), countering the white man's stereotypes and critiquing the All Lives Matter movement as a "protest to my protest". The black man mentions police brutality in the United States and institutional racism in a state run by whites, which gave him no choice but to constantly fear for his life and deal drugs when he was blackballed from getting a decent job, and that his "grandmama" was a slave and that information technology still "gets to [him]". He too mentions the white community's hate for former president Barack Obama and his policies, which led to Trump'due south election. He then criticizes the white community for misusing black stereotypes and stealing black civilisation, such as fried craven, barbecue, trip the light fantastic, Kool-Assistance, and usage of the give-and-take "nigga" and other blackness slang. Regarding Tupac, the black man defends looking up to him as he carried the struggle of the black community up to his death and welcomes Eminem'due south freestyle confronting Trump equally Eminem expressed his solidarity with blacks through it. The black man becomes so angry in the process that he flips the table and swats away his white counterpart'south MAGA hat, telling him to stop "blaming the blacks and everyone except [his] own race" for the country's issues. At the end of his verse, the black man also claims he is "not racist" and that he wished they could trade shoes.
Following the argument, the two men embrace each other, having heard each other'due south point of view and desiring to reconcile despite their differences.
Critical reception [edit]
The video for "I'm Non Racist" went viral within a few days of release.[8] It has been characterized equally "polarizing". Some critics have called the video necessary to spark conversation well-nigh race by tying in both extremes of the debate, while others criticized it as "clichéd" and "cheesy", and that information technology oversimplified the race argue past reinforcing stereotypes.[nine]
On Dec 7, 2018, the video was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 61st Grammy Awards.[10]
Certifications [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "Joyner Lucas releases "I'm Not Racist," a powerful visual exploring race relations". Revolt Media & Tv. November 28, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ "I'm Not Racist / Joyner Lucas". Tidal . Retrieved Baronial six, 2018. .
- ^ "I'one thousand Not Racist". BMI Repertoire . Retrieved September xvi, 2019.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/BqtAirFh4Rp/ [ dead link ]
- ^ Criss, Doug. "'I'm Not Racist' is the savage race conversation nobody wants to accept". CNN . Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ Guan, Frank (December 4, 2017). "Joyner Lucas'due south Viral Hit 'I'm Not Racist' Is Exhausting". Vulture. New York Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ Joyner Lucas (Nov 28, 2017). I'm Not Racist. YouTube.
- ^ Young, Damon (November xxx, 2017). "The Problem(southward) With Joyner Lucas' 'I'm Not Racist,' Explained". Very Smart Brothas. The Root. Retrieved Baronial 6, 2018.
- ^ Roisin O'Connor (December 4, 2017). "Joyner Lucas video for 'I'm Non Racist' divides opinion: 'Is this the fifth time racism is over?'". The Contained . Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ Joe Lynch (December 7, 2018). "Grammys 2022 Nominees: The Complete Listing". Billboard . Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ^ "American unmarried certifications – Joyner Lucas – I'm Not Racist". Recording Manufacture Association of America. Retrieved Nov 28, 2018.
External links [edit]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Not_Racist
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