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 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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- 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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Acid Rant
- Nov 25, 2020
- 7 min
Dave Chappelle's Intimate Trilogy: Transcendent Art
I love things that evoke true and pure human emotion in me. Things made by people different from me but contain an accurate example about...
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Acid Rant
- Nov 20, 2020
- 13 min
Catcher In The Rye: Authenticity, Urbanization and Meaningful Living
Another day of lockdown, another day of my old-man free trial. I’ve been doing a bunch of old man things like bird watching, taking walks...
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Acid Rant
- Oct 31, 2020
- 7 min
The Renaissance, The Hippies and The 2020's: A Crisis Of Meaning
The world has recently felt like it's in a constant flux of turmoil. Our information intake is flooded by images of destruction, decay...
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Acid Rant
- Oct 21, 2020
- 15 min
Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K. & Basquiat: The Medium is The Message
Both Chappelle and Basquiat consider themselves Griots, which is a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who mai
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