With 2023 marking the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the Roots rapper blackthought has shared his own incredible love letter to rap music in collaboration with BET.
“This is a Love Letter to Hip-Hop for me because hip-hop is the love of my life,” Black Thought said in a statement to. “No matter what medium that it is that you’re working in, if you’re painting a picture, if you’re writing a book, if you’re writing a song, those works of art that resonate the most are when you actually pour your true self into it.”
Part love letter, part Benny Boom-directed documentary, part hip-hop highlight reel, Black Thought skillfully delivers a nearly five-minute soliloquy charting the history of rap music, explaining how OG artists influenced today’s artists, name-checking the genre’s legends, and celebrating the art form itself.
“Extraordinary ethos / Takeoff from the Migos / to become entire ecosystems / It’s wild / to think about how long people have listened,” Tariq Trotter raps. “Now, 50 years down the line / we could spark this / my eternal beloved / hip-hop is where our hearts live.” “I remember a time before hip hop and it’s something that we need to cherish and appreciate and not take for granted because it’s not guaranteed,” Black Thought added. “Even though it’s always been there for people for the past few generations, it’s not guaranteed that it’s going to always be there if we don’t, you know what I’m saying, treat it the way we’re supposed to and continue to pour ourselves and to invest into it in an authentic way.
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