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Monday, September 21, 2009
Radio Mic Check Vs Fact Check: The Rap/Talk Radio Connection
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:39 AM
The dubiously monikered David Segal (no relation) has a recent piece in the New York Times that delineates similarities between rappers and conservative talk-radio pundits. It somewhat recalls a feature about Southern hiphop's resemblance to Fox News by Ben Westhoff that I assigned over a year ago while I was music editor at OC Weekly. Whatever the case, both articles are worth reading and pondering.
Segal's gist:
Obviously, there are limits to all these parallels, but there is one more worth noting: rap has inspired its share of fear and now, liberals and moderates are asking the same question about conservative talk radio that conservatives have long asked about rap: How dangerous is it?
Westhoff's gist:
[T]hough FOX News and Southern rap both have anti-intellectual appeal, there's more to the story than that. Rather than simply pandering to the red-state masses, they have tapped into powerful populist sensibilities in areas that didn't previously have a national voice.
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