I don't know if it means actual progress or if it just means that Zay is our fave.

I would like to believe that hip hop is moving forward.

I want that to be real.

And I kind of think it's kind of happening slowly because I don't think that hip hop can survive without doing it.

So, yeah, I hope so for the livelihood of the culture.

Hi, I'm Brittany, and this is for colored nerds. The weekly show where we peel back the layers of black culture we rarely discuss in mixed company.

After our recent discussion about Kendrick Lamar's newest and perhaps most controversial

album, Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers, we did some thinking.

Kendrick isn't the only black man in pop culture exploring the boundaries of manhood, masculinity,

and questioning the ways those strict roles can find all of us. Gerard Carmichael's beautiful special, Rothaniel, also came to mind.

So did the outing of TDE rapper Isaiah Rashad.

And when Lil Nas X called out the BET Awards for Homophobia earlier this month,

we felt there was a lot more going on under the surface.

So we decided to bring Vulture Rider to Haka Love back on the show

to get into the slow, changing tide of how black masculinity is expressed in pop culture.

And we got deep.

You are not going to want to miss this conversation.

All that and more right after this quick break.

Terhaka.

Welcome back to For Colored Nerds.

Welcome back.

Yo, thank you all so much for having me.

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