Indledning
Kanye West is one of the most well-known black artists of the 21st century and one of the most successful rappers in history.
In the song, New Slaves, the rapper is singing about Black American history, and the struggles of being a black man in the “post-racism American” society for him as a private man but also a businessman.
This analytical essay will cover some of the most important lines of the song, analyze them rhetorically and historically.
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Uddrag
Here West delivers a punch to his fashion critics who will critique everything he does. Stating that ‘they (won’t) be satisfied unless (he) picks the cotton (him)self’ sparks a conversation about his ancestry in African American slavery.
West suggest that the critics won‟t be satisfied unless he picked the cotton like a slave would‟ve. In the actuality of slavery
the southern states of America, the cotton production turned out to be an amazing business, America got its nickname “The Cotton Kingdom”, and most slaves were to be found in a cotton-field.
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