New Slaves, Noam Chomsky & Baudrillard's Hyperreality: The WallStreetBets Revolution
“Fuck you and your corporation, y’all niggas can’t control me” this line was uttered on ‘Yeezus’ the sixth studio album by American...
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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.
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Acid Rant
- Jan 26, 2021
- 13 min
Cultural Identity's role in handling Covid Lockdown: Hunter X Hunter English vs Arabic Breakdown
I was a kid in the early 2000’s-2010s. I turned 18 in 2016. Before officially moving to Canada in 2010, after coming here every summer, I...
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Acid Rant
- Jan 25, 2021
- 8 min
Uncut Gems: Bitcoin, StockX, Streaming and Imposed Value
I just finished Uncut Gems. Its one of those movies that was so hyped up, I couldn’t believe it could achieve the hype. I’ve been guilty...
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Acid Rant
- Jan 22, 2021
- 13 min
Artistic Integrity in The Culture Industry
The Culture Industry is both a megaphone and prison for the modern artist. Art is an intrinsic part of the human experience, its existed...
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Acid Rant
- Jan 7, 2021
- 6 min
MF DOOM: A Philosophy Towards Art In The Clout Era
MF DOOM recently passed away and the whole world, including myself, have been mourning the loss of him in this life, but at least we’ll...
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Acid Rant
- Dec 31, 2020
- 9 min
Donald Glover, Kanye West, Kobe Bryant & Value in 2020: Toronto's Renaissance Manifesto
2020 is over tonight, it's strange knowing what this traumatic ass year has been. It's not often where you live through a whole year and...
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Acid Rant
- Dec 21, 2020
- 18 min
Simulacra & Simulations, Cultural Capital, Hip Hop and The Matrix
As I get older, I'm beginning to yearn for a simplicity. A simple way of life that I have most definitely romanticized in my head. I...
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Acid Rant
- Dec 13, 2020
- 10 min
DJ Akademiks vs Meek Mill: Ethics & Morality in Hip Hops Hyperreality
Recently DJ Akademiks has been under fire by rappers like Meek Mill, Freddie Gibbs and many vocal fans, for how he has run his media...
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Acid Rant
- Dec 12, 2020
- 14 min
Chris Rock, Jay Z, Baudrillard & Dostoevsky: Crime & Punishment In Simulacra & Simulation
I was watching Chris Rocks: Bring The Pain special for the thousandth time in my life. As I get older, days away from my 22nd birthday,...
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Acid Rant
- Dec 2, 2020
- 11 min
Albert Camus, Creativity, Dreams and Synchronicity: Why Create Through The Absurd?
It's December and we’re 9 months into a global pandemic. It's a rainy Tuesday and my bedroom window is stained with condensation and...
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