i dont think its blackface because its something we invented. minstrel shows were a collection of the identities people wrote for black people. hip hop and it participants are more complex than some 2D archetypes HOWEVER when you have mainstream white america (record labels) controlling the images that get out and the records that get played who do you think will sell? im not saying that records labels forced field mob to ride around on some pigs in the "tired of being lonely" video im just saying that records labels are predisposed to sign artists that will fit a certain type and sell to mainstream america, dig?