ACID RANT

Name: Acid Rant
Address: Toronto, ON, CA

Counter-Culture

ACID RANT is a cultural movement focused on fostering a community of critical-thinking, creative youth that want to disrupt the system and unlock humanity's full potential. We do that through creating and curating counter-culture.

Jean Michel Basquiat, Kanye West, & Michael Jackson: What Does It Mean To Be King?

Acid Rant

May 10, 2022
10 min

Jean Michel Basquiat, Kanye West, & Michael Jackson: What Does It Mean To Be King?

What does it mean to be a King? Google defined a King as “the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the...

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Atlanta's Three Slaps: The Persistence Of Memory

Acid Rant

Mar 25, 2022
12 min

Atlanta's Three Slaps: The Persistence Of Memory

I just watched the first two episodes of the third season of Atlanta. I don’t know what I just watched. I’ve never seen anything like...

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Jeen-Yuhs, Afrofuturism & Baudrillards Hyperreality: Examining Kanye Wests Role in Black Culture

Acid Rant

Mar 6, 2022
12 min

Jeen-Yuhs, Afrofuturism & Baudrillards Hyperreality: Examining Kanye Wests Role in Black Culture

"Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?" -Charles Bukowski What are your natural drivers? What...

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Acid Rant

Feb 22, 2022
6 min

How Hip Hop Culture Saved New York City

Hip Hop started out in the parties between the 5 Boroughs of New York. It sprang up from this destitute environment that was depleted of...

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Joe Rogan, Dave Chappelle & The Boondocks: First Amendment Rights

Acid Rant

Feb 17, 2022
6 min

Joe Rogan, Dave Chappelle & The Boondocks: First Amendment Rights

“The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the first one doesn't work out.” -Dave Chappelle What...

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Walt Disney’s EPCOT, Steve Jobs & Andy Warhol: How Kanye West is Building A Better World

Acid Rant

Jan 19, 2022
9 min

Walt Disney’s EPCOT, Steve Jobs & Andy Warhol: How Kanye West is Building A Better World

It was William Shakespeare who said Life is a Stage & it was Steve Jobs who revolutionized the medium when he premiered the iPhone. Steve...

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In Praise of Shadows & The Evolutionary Origins of Drip

Acid Rant

Jan 7, 2022
5 min

In Praise of Shadows & The Evolutionary Origins of Drip

Appreciating beauty takes an elevated consciousness. Beauty is an end all by itself. This is something we instinctively recognize but...

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Acid Rant

Nov 29, 2021
6 min

Virgil Abloh: Hip Hops Renaissance Man

Every creative is a Jedi in the fight against the dark side. Every creative has to hone their craft & harness their creative energy or...

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How 'Cancel Culture' is Blackballing Tory Lanez Magnum Opus

Acid Rant

Oct 31, 2021
7 min

How 'Cancel Culture' is Blackballing Tory Lanez Magnum Opus

I see my life through the lens of music. It's probably because I always have headphones on. Every situation is a music video. I'm...

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Hip Hop Producers Are The Oracle of Postmodern Pop Culture

Acid Rant

Oct 29, 2021
7 min

Hip Hop Producers Are The Oracle of Postmodern Pop Culture

What are dreams? You see something with your eyes closed that doesn’t exist in the real world. If you focus hard enough on the visions...

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CONTACT

Toronto, ON, Canada

acidrant1@gmail.com