Social and cultural conversations about hip hop are explored in the new docuseries “RapCaviar Presents” on Hulu. The 6 episode docuseries shines light on current music stars and bring forth conversations about mental health, women in hip hop, criminalization of music, and social media. The stars profiled include Tyler, the Creator, City Girls, Roddy Ricch, Polo G, and Coi Leray.
The first episode of the series highlights the impact Tyler, the Creator has on breaking the mold of hip hop. The episode dives into the hypermasculinity mold in hip hop and the way the media continues to push the image of Black men. The image is best encapsulated by Vince Staples’s saying, “They market Black people to be violent and gruesome. It’s been like that since the beginning of time. In this country, at least. So that’s not a music thing.” In contrast, the Hawthorne artist brought pastel color suits and blonde wigs to the biggest stages winning a grammy for his album, IGOR.
Breaking molds was at the origin of the award-winning artist, saying the direction he wanted for Odd Future was to go against the image of what Los Angeles represented. The Odd Future leader said, “We [Odd Future] are good enough to not fall on the idea of L.A. culture for identity.” The hip hop collective was fading the image of lowriders and chucks, and bringing skate culture to the front with Vans and cat graphics on t-shirts.
Over the years, Tyler, the Creator has not been afraid to continuously reinvent himself, from Wolf Haley to Tyler Baudelaire. Most recently, the creative powerhouse brought together all his alter egos for the music video to “SORRY NOT SORRY”. The song is part of the extended album CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale, which includes features from Vince Staples, A$AP Rocky and YG.
What conversations about hip hop do you think are needed? Let us know. See the RapCaviar Presents series on Hulu.