FYI: Ireland just approved Basic Income for Artists which provides a weekly payment of €325 (approximately €1,388 per month) to eligible artists and creative workers.
Better treatment for artists IS possible.
RIP Fatman Scoop, he literally just re-posted a video I shared the other day of the streets LOSING it to his music 20 years later.💔 We grew up on that voice! Thank you for your sound. Rest in paradise.
I’ll never be ok with the level of creative theft that Black youth experience under capitalism. Whole “genres” built off the backs of Black teens who are now adults struggling to have basic needs met. Dance music is the absolute most guilty ‘genre’ for this.
Correct me if I’m wrong, and this is an unpopular opinion but: When DOOM was alive NYC was not really claiming him like that? When Dilla was alive NYC was not tapping in. NYC did not really support the underground hip-hop coming out like Company Flow & Cann Ox? TBH…
Ok, now that this has won, I want IMMEDIATE acknowledgment of regional Black club music styles: Bmore, Philly, Jersey, House & Techno musics to be qualified to win the Best Electronic/ Dance category from here on out. @RecordAcad