ur honestly so real bandom acts like it’s allergic to listening to a predominantly black genre

yeah i mean i think the strain of antiblackness that is aversion to black artists and black artistry is a fandom wide problem, which manifests in different ways dependent on each unique space, but with bandom specifically bc it is a music based environment it’s imo very easy to tell when ppl only listen to predominantly nonblack musicians, esp when like every few months it feels like there’s some kind of group effort to be weird about black musicians (see the to pimp a butterfly vs danger days poll).

i dislike seeing ppl writing off entire genres of music in general bc i will always maintain that most genres are varied enough that there’s something for everyone but with hip hop specifically (and i’ll focus on hip hop since usually when ppl speak about this in relation to bandom it’s in a USamerican context and they’re speaking about USamerican rappers) i think this attitude definitely comes from racist, preconceived notions of the genre as a whole, and the treatment of black artists as a monolith. there are dozens and dozens of subgenres of hip hop not only from different USamerican regions/states but from all over the world. like go ahead and only listen to grindcore and 2000s pop punk until the end of time for all i care but don’t be a weird racist about it; at least learn the history of hip hop and its importance culturally and how it shapes culture, and treat black artists with the respect that they deserve.

tbh i think in bandom unfamiliarity with the culture as a whole shines through even sometimes when fans are attempting to be complimentary; this is maybe just more of an example of general out of touch behavior, but sometimes i’ll see people be like “fob should put such and such rapper on a track” and it’s like…i’m sorry i love fob as much as anyone but the year is 2024, they very much exist within their own niche, and you think a rapper who’s currently topping the billboard hot 100 and has three grammys is dying for a feature on a fob track? chill lol

anyway idk i’m gonna cut myself off here but i just need everyone so badly to stop acting up. be normal