Hip-Hop through the Lens of Mumbo Jumbo
"Hip hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent years." * These are the words of Fox News (or should I say - New York Sun ?) reporter Geraldo Rivera . Rivera claims that hip-hop lyrics contain negative content that sets a bad example for Black kids. He argues that Black culture is a problem, one that hurts America as a whole. Sound familiar? A metaphorical pandemic of Jes Grew, which represents Black culture, similarly plagues the world of Mumbo Jumbo . The Atonist Path, a secret society that upholds white culture, opposes the spread of Jes Grew. Colonialist Western civilization - the same people who have violently forced its history and traditions upon others for thousands of years - sees Jes Grew as a threat. The Atonists call African art to be “‘primitive,’’ at best ‘charming’ and ‘mostly propagandistic’” (57). Similarly, many Atonists today have questioned the legitimacy of rap as music and rappers as artists. Also, the narrative around ...