Lupe, Chance and the media we all hate

If you follow my blog, I tend to write and cover a wide variety of topics but two things that have peaked my interest since September have been the media and music. They both tend to tie into one another with constant clash between artists and reporters and vice versa. In the eyes of some rappers, reporters don't tend to cover the issues that are really plaguing our country in terms of national security, murder and incarceration rates.

Lupe Fiasco and Chance the Rapper, both Chicago natives released songs entitled, "Words I never said" and "Paranoia" respectively. Both songs referenced the media and what they felt was wrong with it. 

Chance the Rapper (left) and Lupe Fiasco (right)

Where the f*** is Matt Lauer at? Somebody get Katie Couric in here

Probably scared of all the refugees; look like we had a f****** hurricane here----Chance the Rapper

If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the f***s”

Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such

And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news

And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth

Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist----Lupe Fiasco 

Both songs seems to have some similar connections. Chance the Rapper aka "Chance" calls out Lauer and Couric, both journalists, for their lack of coverage to places in his neighborhood. Lupe Fiasco does the same by calling out Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, both openly Republican journalists, and he goes on to call them racist. Beck and Limbaugh both have been heard saying some incredibly vulgar words to describe African American people.

The truth of the matter is, too often the Media tends to focus on a new celebrity problem rather than focusing on murders. In Chicago, the hometown of both the rappers mentioned, four people were murdered just this past weekend (http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/) of April 11-13.  This lack of attention to serious issues is a real problem including issues in foreign problems, education and death rates. Dailysource.org cites the fact that, "Americans give low ratings to the media for school coverage." This limits the way in which we can make crucial decision to inform our government an its citizens about important issues. Without an increase in coverage of issues of all sizes, the public is then less informed about important issues that need voter recognition. This leads to a downwards spiral in which the public doesn't know about issues and legislation that can affect them on a daily basis.