Re: hip-hop, I think the answer to why he likes it is in the quote itself.
The embrace of Black history as a political tool
It’s very possibly genuine, he was in his teens and early twenties as it blew up. But given his record beyond the speech, I think it’s reasonable to have doubt.
I’m skeptical about him too.
Re: hip-hop, I think the answer to why he likes it is in the quote itself.
It’s very possibly genuine, he was in his teens and early twenties as it blew up. But given his record beyond the speech, I think it’s reasonable to have doubt.
His parent were IBM execs and he went to Standford and Yale…
Any connection to hip-hop he had was the same as anyone else in a gated community.