In the weird era we're living in today—the one in which Donald Trump is the president, Flint, Michigan still doesn't have clean water, and the likes of Colin Kaepernick and Jemele Hill are being attacked by the White House—art somehow manages to continue on.
But because of the platform many artists, particularly musicians, are afforded these days, it's becoming harder and harder to find art that doesn't have a political leaning, whether explicit or not.
Eminem's biting freestyle at the 2017 BET awards sparked conversation about who has been speaking up publicly against policies (and politicians) a là Public Enemy in the 1980s, and while the list has gotten extensive since the election, here are some you may have missed. Read more...
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