Is The Weekly’s Cover Too White?
I’m trying to figure this out. The Divorce, a white rock band, is on the cover of the Seattle Weekly’s music awards issue, which can only mean The Divorce got the most votes from the paper’s readers. But look inside and it’s the Blue Scholars, a hiphop duo, that actually won the “top vote getters overall,” not the The Divorce—they won the most “pop/rock” votes.So what does this mean? I called Blue Scholars, who are on tour in California, and explained the odd situation.
DJ Sabzi, who is Iranian American: “That’s very interesting.”
MC Geologic, who is Asian American: “I’m not surprised, that’s how they treat hiphop. They are always privileging rock over rap.”
Blue Scholars promise to take a deeper look into this matter.
it means the weekly fubbed up, and is out of touch with its readers' likes and dislikes.
why you wouldn't feature the top-vote getter is beyond me, unless you had some interest to prop up rock music .. which it doesn't need-especially when innovative and more poignant musicians are reaching the ears of your readers.
it's like if you were to do a hip-hop/rnb survey of what's hot and the top vote getter over-all was kanye, yet you featured a top crunk artist, e.g. lil' john, instead on your cover.
it's just stupid.