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Louder Than A Riot

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Music History, Music, Society & Culture, Music Interviews, True Crime

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Inside all corners of hip-hop, Black women and queer folk have dealt with the same oppression the music was built to escape. Season 2 of Louder Than A Riot examines who hip-hop marginalizes, and how misogynoir — the specific racist misogyny against Black women — is embedded into the fabric of the culture that we love.

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0:00.0	We're headed to the courthouse for the Torrelean's trial.
0:04.3	I'm thinking about how Megan is feeling today, if she's going to be there and with the energy in the courtroom is really going to be.
0:14.0	At the end of 2022, we headed to LA to couple one of the biggest trials of the year.
0:22.0	And if you weren't sure about the state of the culture, those two weeks showed you everything you needed to know.
0:27.0	The defense says it's just actually all about jealousy between Megan and Kelsey Harris.
0:32.0	Not really sounding like a victim to me. She's a strong black woman.
0:36.0	That's the thing.
0:37.0	Megan wasn't the one on trial, but the coverage made it seem like she was.
0:40.0	We all know you fucked up.
0:42.0	The character's desire is to vilify this black woman.
0:45.0	Every caspears, headlines, gossip, Instagram live.
0:50.0	If I can't talk to you shit, I could make more money to talk about.
0:52.0	Focused on the intimate detail of her life, and I don't like that girl and her image as a woman.
0:58.0	Very love vibration of the media. I'm going to be real. Megan is being controlled by the industry.
1:03.0	This was all taking place while cultural critics were proclaiming a renaissance for women in hip-hop.
1:09.0	Doja, Nikki, Cardi, Lotto and Megan were dominating the charts.
1:15.0	So what's really going on?
1:17.0	Oh, y'all really don't know what the fuck be going on behind closed doors with female rappers.
1:24.0	I'm Cindy Madden.
1:25.0	I'm Rodney Carmichael, and from NPR Music, this is louder than a writer.
1:30.0	But this time, rhyming punishment is taking on a whole new meaning.
1:35.0	Whenever we're going through something in this culture, everybody gets silent.
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