Real n****s go hard (pause, no homo): iLoveMakonnen

Louder Than A Riot

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

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

How has hip-hop affected perceptions of Black masculinity? We unpack that question through the story of iLoveMakonnen, a rapper who has navigated different realms of masculinity his entire life, and faced backlash from the industry for being unapologetically himself.

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0:00.0	A warning before we begin.
0:01.8	This podcast is explicit in every way.
0:05.6	And this episode contains racial and homophobic slurs.
0:11.5	It's the night of the 2016 MTV VMAs.
0:15.3	Rihanna just walked away with the big video Vanguard
0:18.6	of the year.
0:19.6	She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22 years old.
0:22.5	Oh gosh.
0:24.6	Wait, wasn't this the same night Drake winning for a kiss?
0:27.5	Yeah.
0:28.5	And Rihanna dodged it, mo.
0:30.8	And after the show, all the celebs pulled up to her after party.
0:35.0	It's like a VMA after party at up and down.
0:40.4	And I guess those Rihanna's after party.
0:42.5	The party's at NYC Club up and down.
0:45.2	And one of the attendees happens to be Atlanta artists.
0:48.3	I love McConaughey.
0:49.4	And so everybody was in the building, you know what I'm saying?
0:51.3	And we play music.
0:53.1	Everybody's dance have a guitar set.
0:54.6	What's up to everybody?
0:55.8	All the star, everybody who was a thing, right?
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