http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.12910/title.iran-cracks-down-on-hip-hop-for-western-perceived-contents
I saw the link above and I had to make this topic numero uno for my 2nd blog post. Apparently hip-hop and other "western-perceived" contents are under attack in the middle east, specifically Iran. Basically, if you're spittin a hot 16 in Tehran, yes, they can arrest you. The students in the universities over there are using bombed out buildings with blankets on the windows as studios and video sets. And being punished for it because it apparently, "use the lowest form of street talk", and, "had departed from the normal course of life and aspire to a life of limitless indolence." I find this act of revolutionary musicality inspiring, these are the kinds of things that should inspire us as American artists to use the freedom we have to speak out against the problems we have in our own government. I mean, if these people can do it, AND RISK PROSECUTION IN IRAN, why can't we just do it for the hell of it? Why can't we get involved in our local governements and start making change in our own local communities? Why can't we use our art for ourselves and for the betterment of our world? All of these things tie in together, art, government, freedom, life, these things are all very intricately woven together. Without the full strength of one, the tapestry will fall apart.
Think about that,
RicoThaAkronym
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