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Earlier this month, SPACE held a panel discussion called “Hip Hop Heaven.” Comprised of five local artists and organized by SPACE intern Nyanen Deng, the event raised questions around the ways in which we love, appreciate, consume hip hop and music created by Black and brown folks.

Mosart Nunez, a member of the panel, asserted that we place far too much burden on Black and brown people to carry society out of confusion and into consciousness. PoC are often heralded as magical and wise (which we are), but because America (read: Whiteness) has a way of cutting out the sweetness of PoC cultures, leaving the rest to rot, PoC are often watered down to mystical status. Additionally, we are placed under a constant microscope, every error carefully catalogued and documented.