Chuck D of Public Enemy famously described rap music as the CNN of black Americans

History Mar 10, 2023

Chuck D of Public Enemy famously described rap music as the CNN of black Americans. Is this a valid assessment? To what degree was rap music in the 1980s and 1990s concerned with social reporting and to what degree was it concerned with producing a marketable product? How far should gangsta rap be accepted as an accurate portrayal of African American society?