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Elessar Zappa

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4. Rap was a lot worse in the late 80's and throughout the 90's.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 07:11 PM

Dec 2024

I do listen to it occasionally but with eyes wide open to the misogyny. It has gotten much better the past twenty years (changing from violent misogyny to more garden variety) but there’s still a lot of progress to be made.

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