“The Ultimate Drive by”: Racionais MC’s, Ice Cube, and the Pursuit of Blackness

  • Dutra P
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Abstract: Considering that hip-hop music is the foremost contemporary artistic expression of Black lives I discuss American rapper Ice Cube’s track “I wanna Kill Sam” and Brazilian group Racionais Mc’s’s track “Racistas otários”. The two tracks have in common the fact that they address the experiences of Black people through their relationship with public policies and institutions that claim to promote the emancipation of Black people in Brazil and in the USA. I, then, demonstrate that the Racionais and Ice Cube symbolically (re)dimension contemporary “Blackness” as a result of the constant physical and symbolic clashes that started back in the slavery regime.Resumo: Considerando que o rap é a principal expressão artística contemporânea do “ser-negro”, faz-se aqui uma aproximação dos raps “Racistas otários,” dos Racionais Mc’s, e “I Wanna Kill Sam,” do rapper americano (ex-integrante do grupo N.W.A.) Ice Cube. As duas faixas têm em comum o fato de abordarem as experiências de afrodescendentes por meio de sua relação com políticas públicas e instituições que alegam promover a emancipação das pessoas afrodescendentes no Brasil e nos EUA. Demonstro, ainda, que os Racionais e Ice Cube (re)dimensionam simbolicamente o “ser-negro” contemporâneo como resultado dos constantes embates físicos e simbólicos que tiveram início no regime escravista.

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Dutra, P. (2021). “The Ultimate Drive by”: Racionais MC’s, Ice Cube, and the Pursuit of Blackness. Revista Brasileira de Literatura Comparada, 23(43), 42–55. https://doi.org/10.1590/2596-304x20212343pd

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