>And if you say Lady Gaga or Kanye we probably have different
>definitions of meaningfully and truly controversial.
>
>To be fair, I think I probably wouldn't have thought Madonna
>was meaningfully controversial but it hindsight I think she
>did contribute to the popular discourse regarding America's
>puritanical views on sex.
>
>Folks may want to say Killer Mike or Yasiin Bey but I don't
>think enough of the main stream is checking for them to count
>a pop figures for this discussions sake.
>
>I'd say NWA or Public enemy for sure but there has got to be
>folks since then in hip-hop right?? (not trying to backdoor
>another tupac discussion so I won't mention him).
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>they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
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