About
#rapalbumsthatcausedslavery is a satirical hashtag focusing on changing the names of hip-hop and rap albums to become related to slavery and racism toward African-Americans. The hashtag was sparked by a discussion of the University of Oklahoma Racism Incident, which came to the conclusion that rap music was to blame for the incident.
Origin
On March 11, 2015, the news network MSNBC aired an episode of talk show Morning Joe , in which the members of the program discussed the University of Oklahoma Racism Incident. Commentators Bill Kristol and Mika Brzezinski in particular asserted that the incident was triggered by rap music, claiming that the perpetrators of the incident had picked up on the language from listening to the genre.[1]
Spread
Later that day, the hashtag was created as a reaction to the incident. Several tweets which used it were retweetedby hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, which helped spread the hashtag.[2] Its spread was noted by several news outlets.
Examples
OH MY GOD "@rodimusprime: Three Fifths Mafia #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery"
— chi (@craetures) March 24, 2015
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted – Ice Cube #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
— JULIAN.xxx.Taylor (@BuggishRuggish) March 22, 2015
LOL!! PRICELESS!: "Boyz N The Hoodz – Eazy E #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlaverypic.twitter.com/ZQnsByuXFh” @28Stinni
— A. Adar Ayira (@AdarAyiraViews) March 16, 2015
Distant Relatives: Massa My Daddy Too #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
— Tayzus (@TayAurelia) March 16, 2015
“@BullhammerPT: LL Cool J "Massa said knock you out" #rapalbumsthatcausedslavery”
— THOTMESSIAH™ † (@jujuofficial) March 15, 2015
Straight out of cotton #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
— Coco (@cocoxocherie) March 14, 2015
Who "Bought" Ya – Notorious B.I.G. #RapAlbumsThatCausedSlavery
— Renee Fletcher (@RThomFletch) March 14, 2015
Trends
References
[1]Talking Points Memo – Bill Kristol: Rap Music To Blame For Oklahoma Frat’s Racist Chant
[2]Talking Points Memo – Twitter Explodes With ‘Rap Albums That Caused Slavery’ After MSNBC Segment