Emo Rap and <em>Big Little Lies</em>: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing
To Be Young, Angsty, and Black: On Rap’s Emo Moment
Briana Younger | Pitchfork
“Over time, rap’s tough-guy representation has slowed its dominance. Jay Z’s tender but restrained ‘Song Cry,’ from 2002, softened slightly into the loneliness of Kanye’s ‘Heartless’ in 2008, which turned completely inward three years later with the pity party that is Drake’s ‘Marvin’s Room.’ Gradually, this spectrum of vulnerability has allowed in more nuanced issues like mental health.”
Nichole Perkins | “Shows like and help women of color with more
