Waiting on Reparations

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Hot on the heels of the controversy swirling around Cardi B and Meg thee Stallion's raunchy club banger "WAP", hosts Dope KNife and Linqua Franqa examine the origins and history of obscenity law in the United States and apply these lenses to sexually explicit Hip Hop throughout the decades, from Blowfly's Rap Dirty in the 1970's to Oakland rapper Too Short's 1983 album Don't Stop Rappin' to 2 Live Crew's As Nasty as They Wanna Be from 1990 and Lil Kim's groundbreaking 1996 album Hardcore. This one is NOT for the faint of heart. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Waiting on Reparations is a show about Hip Hop and politics. Hosts Dope Knife, a rapper and visual artist, and Linqua Franqa, hip hop artist and politician, explore the history of public policy and its impacts on Hip Hop life; what Hip Hop culture tells us about our political reality; and the role of Hip Hop in shaping our political future.