• Megan's Rule: Being exceptional doesn't make you the exception

  • Feb 6 2024
  • Length: 36 mins
  • Podcast

Megan's Rule: Being exceptional doesn't make you the exception

  • Summary

  • In December 2022, one of the biggest trials of the year unfolded in LA. Tory Lanez was facing more than 20 years in prison on charges of shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion, and the internet was intensely divided: You were either pro-Tory or pro-Megan, and there was nothing else to say about it. In this episode, the first of our second season, we read between the lines and lies of hip-hop's most divisive trial to date with Louder Than A Riot's Senior Producer Gabby Bulgarelli. We also examine the roots of rap's misogynoir with the creator of the term, sociologist Moya Bailey. Although this isn't the first time a Black woman in hip-hop has spoken out about abuse, Megan's day on the stand revealed the level of mistreatment Black women must endure in hip-hop – and in America.

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