Film: Straight Outta Compton

Like several remakes of popular movies, Straight Outta Compton relies heavily on nostalgia and casting for success, instead of addressing glaring problems in the NWA narrative, and film. ‘Cruisin’ down the street in my ’64’ was a line that defined rap in 1988, the year I was born. Now, because I wasn’t there when the […]

Ochot

When someone tells you you look like a prostitute, you start to think about the possibility that you are one. You wonder if actual prostitutes ever get told they look like prostitutes. You wonder if they find it offensive. If you are being called something that you are, no matter how derogatory the label (Nazi! […]