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and now Miguel's avatar

Thanks for your work and sourcing all this. I dig the Cain an Able reference. Really has me reflecting, on violence and kinship/kingship.

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John Noire's avatar

Appreciate you reading man 🙏🏾. Yeah there’s something very mythological / historical about this rap beef so I decided to lean into it and show the longstanding connection between violence and entertainment.

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alex b.'s avatar

Another great Kendrick essay. Thanks for sharing.♥️

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John Noire's avatar

Appreciate you reading as always Alex. It took some time but I had to make sure that it was worth the wait 🙏🏾

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alex b.'s avatar

I had a feeling you were in the kitchen whipping up something good.

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John Noire's avatar

Still cooking 👨🏾‍🍳

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alex b.'s avatar

Yesss

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Delise Fantome's avatar

Great article, and there were so many sources to point our different theories and thoughts . . . One thing Kendrick gonna do, if he does nothing else, is make you think. Whether its thinking up reasons to scoff or thinking up new theories.

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John Noire's avatar

Thanks for reading Delise!

💯, the great thing about Kendrick is that he always leaves you something to go home with, no matter how straightforward the project is (Kamory Rose wrote a great essay about this point recently: https://open.substack.com/pub/lovekamoryy/p/are-kendrick-fans-pretentious)

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ARC's avatar

Super dope essay. Loved the gladiator framing

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ARC's avatar

Yeah boy! Excited to read this one!

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John Noire's avatar

Thanks man, hope you enjoy it 🙏🏾

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John Noire's avatar

Thanks 🙏🏾

The aim was to put people back in the moment but from a broader angle / perspective

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