Byron Hurt interview on “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes”
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Refreshing and enlightening conversation with filmmaker and activist Byron Hurt on his renowned documentary on male identity in hip hop “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes”. The film deconstructs hip hop as it relates to African American culture and consciousness, and it illustrates the elements of violence, misogyny and homophobia that are often endemic in this cultural form. This conversation also engages on aspects of modern race relations, culture and the rise of inspiring new models of …
The brother made very solid points in the documentary, however that doesn’t include all of hip-hop, the hip-hop that is dumbed down and simplistic is the main-stream hip-hop, which includes Trap Muzik, Hood Hop, and the same ole bling- bling records. Overall the brother was very honest but there is various and numerous artist who emcee with substance.
It’s an odd idea, but I reckon a lot of social problems can be solved simply by having a nice view everyday… the places that are most violent, most aggressive etc look like shit… but there are lots of poor places with little to no violence that are beautiful… I can’t think of any beautiful places that have lots of violence… and there are a lot of rich places with shit views where although violence isn’t a huge issue, suicide and drug abuse is…
Maybe it’s your vista that defines you?
Nice points at 15:00
GO BYRON HURT!!!
really enjoyed it