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What A Day

Why Hip Hop Never Had a #MeToo Movement

What A Day

What A Day

News, Daily News

4.612.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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0:00.0

So Aaron the other day I heard a deeply unserious phrase that I've heard otherwise serious people use many times in the last few years and I want to talk to you about it.

0:09.5

Okay, was it mom-traprane okay but the phrase I was thinking of was

0:16.8

post me to error I bet you can guess why that one really grinds my gears too first

0:22.2

of all it implies that all of the work of the cultural movement

0:25.1

to confront and address power and sexual abuse

0:27.4

and harassment is done and behind us, of course,

0:31.0

you know, many abusers were called out and rooted out and I don't want to downplay the work of those who made sure those stories were told.

0:37.0

However...

0:38.0

Yes, a big old however, all right? There is still more accountability to be had for whole parts of the

0:43.9

entertainment industry that didn't have their reckonings while everybody was

0:47.8

talking about Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby right? Like maiming and Cirque du Soleil? Are you talking about those parts of entertainment?

0:55.0

Listen, very cute guesses once again, but I'm actually talking about the music side of the

1:03.0

community community,

1:04.0

but now with a new spade of lawsuits against Eddie,

1:06.0

maybe hip-hop's Me Too moment has finally arrived.

1:11.0

I'm Erin Ryan,

1:12.0

and I'm Trevel Anderson and this is how we got here a new series where we

1:16.6

explore a big question behind the week's headlines and tell a story that answers that

1:20.9

question on our minds this, why did the Me Too Movement miss a huge part of the music industry?

1:28.7

And is it finally time for the hip-hop-loving community to take out the trash. A content note this week's

1:34.2

episode contains details of alleged sexual abuse and harassment. If you're going

1:38.4

to continue listening and I hope you do, make sure to take care of

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