Kune vakawanda, mhinduro kumubvunzo uyu inogona kunge iri "hongu" inofadza. Mumavhiki apfuura ndakataura paredhiyo pa "hip-hop mhedzisiro pamushandirapamwe waObama." Ndakataura nevezvematongerwo enyika vanoita zvematongerwo enyika vasingafungi kuti Obama ari pamberi pama primaries. Ndakatumirwa e-vites kumapoka epamhepo anonzi "Hip-hop yaObama." Chiitiko chacho chinoshamisa. Zvinoratidzika nguva pfupi yadarika kuti hapana kushomeka kweavo vakafemerwa neshoko rakarurama rehip-hop avo zvino vanonzwa kuti pakupedzisira vane izwi kuburikidza naBarack Obama. Chokwadi, shamwari yangu yakaona rally yaObama nguva pfupi yadarika yakandiudza kuti "yakaita sekonti yedombo." Mifananidzo kubva kune mamwe ma rally anoita seanotsigira izvozvo. Mhomho huru, vadiki vakawandisa uye vemarudzi mazhinji, vakafara chose pakufunga kwehutungamiriri hwaObama.
Pamusangano iwoyo kwakaridzwa clip yave pakati peakanyanya hutachiona hwemavhidhiyo online. Vhidhiyo ye "Hongu Tinokwanisa", yakagadzirwa naBlack Eyed Peas pamberi-murume uye mugadziri will.i.am, chimwe chinhu chakasiyana nechero chandakaona kubva kumumiriri wemutungamiri wenyika. Nhamba dzakasiyana kubva mufirimu, terevhizheni nemimhanzi, kutaura kana kuimba mitsara kubva mukutaura kwaObama. Zvinofanira kutaurwa; pane chimwe chinhu chinokurudzira pamusoro pekuona vanhu vakaita saKareem Abdul-Jabbar uye Common vachitaura kuti "yakazevezera nevaranda uye vaparadziri sezvavaipisa nzira yekusununguka: 'hongu tinogona.'
Muenzaniso unoshamisa: ndeipi nguva yekupedzisira apo mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika akagashira pachena basa remuimbi wehip-hop? John Kerry akachengeta Sean Combs '"Vote or Die" mushandirapamwe pakureba kwemaoko. Ini handiyeuki Al Gore achitamba kuLauryn Hill (ndinotenda mwari!). Uye Bill Clinton akaita danho rekushoropodza maartist ehip-hop panguva yake yemushandirapamwe muna 1992. Kana riri rebato reRepublican, zvinoenda pasina kutaura kuti havatombotanga kunzwisisa rudzi rwemimhanzi nezve chiitiko chevatema muAmerica, ndoda kuzvigamuchira.
Uye zvakadaro, mune imwe pfungwa, zvakafanira kumurume ane zvakapfuura zvaObama. Zvakakosha kuziva kuti, kana vakasarudzwa, VaObama havangangove mutungamiri wevatema wekutanga, asi wekutanga kuve pwere mukutanga kwema1980. Asati ave akakwenenzverwa, ane rurimi rwesirivheri, akazvigadza sechiratidzo chetariro, akanga ari mudzidzi achitamira kuYunivhesiti yeColumbia muNew York City pakati pekuputika kwehip-hop. Rap yakanga yabuda muBronx uye yakanga ichinyura midzi yayo mutsika yeNYC. Kunyangwe kuna Obama anofarira kudzidza, zvingadai zvisingaite kutiza chiitiko ichi. Mumwe anogona kungofungidzira kana akapedza husiku mukamuri yake yekurara achichera kuRudzi rweZulu, kana kubata musoro wake kune ruzha rweFantastic Freaks.
Kure kure? Zvichida. Asi humbowo hunoratidza kuti haaigona kunge akavharirwa kubva pakurohwa kwaiitwa muguta. Munhoroondo yake yehupenyu anotaura nezve kupindira kwake mumusasa wekurwisa rusaruraganda muSouth Africa uye achifarira chiito chekusimbisa. Izvi zvaisave zvisizvo muReagan '80s, uye zvakadaro mafambiro akafanana aiwanikwa pamakampasi munyika yose. Uyezve, kuva pachena kurwisana nerusaruraganda, vakave nemigumisiro yakakura pakuvandudzwa kwezvematongerwo enyika ehip-hop. Sezvo ma'80s akaenderera mberi, Afrocentrism yakaramba iri dingindira munhetembo dzevazhinji veMC. Kusarurana kweSouth Africa kwaizobuda zvakanyanya mumhanzi yevaimbi vehip-hop vane zvematongerwo enyika vanonyanya kutaura.
Nhasi, VaObama vanobata makore ake emuratidziri nemaitiro ekuramba atakatarisira kubva kune vezvematongerwo enyika. Asi haagoni kuvaramba. Chokwadi, anoita kunge akapindira muzviitiko zvemazuva iwayo mumavhiki apfuura. Akatora nhoroondo yemafambiro ekurwisa huranda, kurwira mubatanidzwa kwakapfuura uye neboka revakadzi. Akataura achifarira kodzero dzevatorwa uye ngochani, uye akashora zvinokosheswa nemajeri pamberi pezvikoro. Mashoko ake pamusoro pehondo aoma. Uye anga achiudza vaiuya kumisangano yake kuti "iyi ndiyo shanduko kubva pasi kumusoro inotaridzika." Nepo vazhinji vanokwikwidza vachizeya nezve shanduko inobva ku "varume vakuru," uyu zvirokwazvo mweya wekufema.
Ko mwedzi yapfuura yakabatidza zvakare mazuva aObama semumiriri wekambasi? Ikoku, pamwe chete nouduku hwake amene, kungamupa kunzwisisa kwesimba renziyo mukukurudzira nokukurudzira here? Kana kuti kuti akangorava zvake, zviri nani kupfuura vamwe vakasarudzwa, zvakanyorwa pamadziro orudzi irwo rumene rwuri kuchinja? Mwedzi mishoma yapfuura yakaona kusvetuka kukuru kuruboshwe pakati pehuwandu hwehuwandu hwehuwandu hwenyaya. Vazhinji vekuAmerica vanovenga hondo muIraq, vanoda hutano hwakanaka husingabudise mabhuku avo ehomwe, vanoda kuti hurumende ipindire mukugadzira mabasa uye vanotsamwira mabhanga achivharira dzimba dzavo.
Izvi zvinonyanya kukosha kune vechidiki venyika ino, avo vanovhota kekutanga vasina chavanoziva kunze kwaVaBush naClinton, uye vanoziva zvakanyanya izvo zvakaitirwa nemutungamiri wega wega nemhuri dzavo. Ichi chizvarwa chave nezera munguva yehondo iyo ivo vachava vekutanga kutumirwa. Vari kutarisana nemusika wemabasa usina zvakawanda zvokuvapa munzira yokuchengeteka. Uye vakakurira mukusiyana kukuru kwetsika nemagariro izvo nyika ino yati yamboona. Vakakurawo panguva yekutonga kwehip-hop sechiitiko chepasi rose. Nzara yavo yekuchinja yakapararira, uye chaizvo chaizvo.
Asi kungofanana nerwiyo rwupi norwupi, kugadzirwa kwakanaka hakugone kugadzira chinhu chisina kusimba. Chokwadi chinorwadza ndechekuti VaObama chikamu cheDemocratic Party yagara ichiisa zvido zvebhizinesi pamberi pezvavanhuwo zvavo. Sevamwe vese vari kukwikwidza mumujaho uyu, mari zhinji yake yemushandirapamwe inouya nerubatsiro rweCorporate America. Zvichida ichi ndicho chikonzero iye asati ataura nezvekutora makambani einishuwarenzi kana achitaura nezvehutano hwehutano. Paakabvunzwa kuti aizopedza sei hondo, anotaura kuti zvingave zvakakosha kuchengetedza humwe huripo muIraq kwenguva refu. Uye chero njere pfungwa dzake dzehip-hop dziri patafura, zvakakodzera kuti titaure kuti akadhonza yakawanda yemutsetse wepamusoro parap mune post-Imus backlash.
Muchidimbu, rudzi rweshanduko inokurudzira yakataurwa nekuimbwa nezvayo mu "Hongu Tinogona" chimwe chinhu icho Obama pachake haakwanise kuunza. Chinjo munhimbe yake, kunyange zvakadaro, yakazarura musuo. Nekutaura pachena nezvenhoroondo yekurwira nyika iyi, VaObama vakagadzira nzvimbo yekutaura pamusoro pekuti hondo iyi ingaite sei nhasi. Mubvunzo ndewekuti chii chichaitika kumafaro aakaita mushure mema primaries, mushure meMbudzi, uye mberi. Zviri kune vanhuwo zvavo kuchengetedza kufara ikoko, uye kurwira rudzi rweshanduko iyo ivo vese, uye hip-hop pachayo, vakashuva.
Ipapo ndipo pachazove neimwe hype yakakodzera kutenda '.
Alexander Billet mutori wenhau wemimhanzi uye muratidziri anogara muWashington, DC. Iye anogara achipa kune Dissident Voice, Znet, uye Slepton.com. Parizvino ari kushanda pabhuku rake rekutanga, The Sounds of Liberation: Music and Social Change mu21st Century.
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