The Hypocrisy that Commercial Hip Hop Has Wrought.....T.I. Gets Offended With the N-word!

Please accept my apologies for this late posting but from here on out, I promise to be more disciplined. I wanted to get our readers' opinion on this next issue, although on the surface it may amount to minutia. It's no secret to our regular Afronerd Radio listeners and blog readers that we are not supporters of the current commercial hip hop scene. What was once an authentic underground culture has devolved into an internationally recognized minstrel show bereft of any talent or decency. The above audio clip demonstrates just how hypocritical the alleged art form (artist, for the sake of specificity) has become. At approx. 36:00 minutes into the clip, check out T.I.'s indignant reaction to a White person's use (in context) of the word "nigga."

During this particular segment of the Howard Stern Show (Sirius-XM 100), one of Howard's co-hosts (comedian Artie Lange) began to recite a well known Biggie Smalls rhyme (does TI even know the Notorious BIG's lyrics.......hmmm) to T.I.'s chagrin. Anyone familiar with the Stern show or Lange in particular, knows that the New Jersey comedian possess an uncanny memory-hence his ability to memorize the rap and cadence of the song....verbatim. I'm not sure if I'm looking at this wrong, but does it seem insane that a rapper would get uncomfortable with a White person singing the lyrics to a rap song when hip hop culture's (which TI is a part of) core fanbase is comprised of majority White listenership? What do you guys think? Does this phenomenon seem to be rife with hypocrisy?

And if you need more evidence, check this out: