When rap raged against racism – 2015 and the black protest anthem

Incensed by police brutality in the US, Kendrick Lamar, Janelle Monáe, Prince and A$AP Rocky focused the anger, pain and politics of the Black Lives Matter movement, and made the world hear it Read the first of our musical talking points of 2015, on gender fluidity in pop
The sound of Kendrick Lamar’s Alright rang out like a clarion call this year, from clubs, cars and house parties to police harassment protests. With prevalent, uncompromising lyrics like “Nigga, and we hate p