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When I consider the inclusion in Africana of Tupac Shakur and his cohort of the rappers, I wonder whether black academia has been hijacked by a crew of thirtysomething know-nothings who actually think this stuff is important.
Cuttting fellow MCs is a longstanding rap tradition, but the murders of rap stars Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. pretty much shut down the diss-record business.
Here is an intellectual effort that is greatly compromised by anti-intellectual forces of compelling strength: the need to give emphasis to homosexuality all out of proportion to its importance in black life, the need to mention people such as rappers like Tupac Shakur and the like when the art and significance of such people remain to be proved worthy of attention, the need for personalities generally like Rupaul whose inclusion is an embarrassment.
Public Enemy was eclipsed by gangsta rap , which glorifies "Thug Life" (as it was deemed by Tupac Shakur ). Gangsta rap's attitude is disturbing, but it's mostly escapist entertainment, rooted as much in the blaxploitation movies of the early '70s as in reality.
Then there is the "perplexing chasm [that] separated the two Tupac Shakurs": the gangsta rapper (bad Tupac) and empathetic actor (good Tupac) (Richard Corliss, Time).