IllmaticDelta
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We all know that the music industry is corrupt - but come on - the Jews did not make a rapper use the N-word on his album. I seriously doubt that some grey-headed old guy had the guts to order a young black male - go and use this word 250 times on your album. Please. The word got popular, because rappers made it popular. You don't hear blues or jazz artists using it. The blame is on the artists themselves for allowing the word get lost in translation.
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Who is to blame? Will Smith was succesful and didn't have to use the word once.
Jazz and blues musicians have always used the word. It was through jazz jive talk that people from the outside first became aware of the word "nikka"