Carl Lamarre
Questlove Thinks Rap Lyrics Are Feeding People False Financial Hopes
As part of his six week series with Vulture, Questlove tackles a variety of topics pertaining to the hip-hop culture. This week, he focuses on Jay-Z's plush lifestyle and how his lyrics negatively affect the black community as a whole.
First he compares Jay-Z's "My Picasso" to Run DMC's "My Adidas" saying how the two songs vastly contrast from one another in terms of personal f