Butterfly Flow: Tupac, Kendrick Lamar, And The Resurrection Of New Black Godz
6 min
The gaudy glint of gold chains and danceable, chart-topping tunes make it all too easy to miss the nihilist depths pervading the lyrics of some of the world’s top rappers. But Tirhakah Love, writing in The Guardian, takes a closer look at the word-play and the dark cultural shift that it reveals.