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I gotta get to hurtin’
PAUL STEPHEN ADEY explores how rap can create catharsis for both artists and fans
(L) Earl Sweatshirt performing with the rest of Odd Future in March 2012; (R) Kemba [Tyresehasabrain/CC; Frank Schulenburg/CC]

 

I HEARD a rapper’s verse a while ago that stopped me in my tracks. The artist was Kemba and the song, Daemons, featured on the posthumous album Bad Vibes Forever (2019), by the conflicted and gifted artist XXXTentacion.

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