Hip-Hop needs to decide how we feel about artists with some nasty cases.

Kendrick getting backlash from featuring Kodak Black is interesting.

This is not in defense of Kendrick. Just a conversation about Hip-Hop picking and choosing when to care about things.

Depending on your morale compass and how you feel about “separating artists from their real life and their music”

Kodak was indicted by a grand jury in October 2017. He was indicted for first-degree criminal sexual misconduct.

Kodak Black is not an artist Hip-Hop has “cancelled” by any means

“Super Gremlin” peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 This year in 2022

Notable features since Grand Jury Indictment in October 2017

2018

“Pills & Automobiles“
(Chris Brown featuring Yo Gotti, A Boogie wit da Hoodie & Kodak Black)

· RIAA: 2× Platinum[37]

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“Bestie”
(Bhad Bhabie featuring Kodak Black)

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2019

“Big Boy Diamonds”
(Gucci Mane featuring Kodak Black)

RIAA: Gold

“Hit Bout It“[62]
(Lil Yachty featuring Kodak Black)

“Calldrops” (ASAP Rocky featuring Kodak Black)

“No More” (Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, 21 Savage)

“Benihana” (Lil Durk featuring Kodak Black)

“Tic Tac Toe” (Meek Mill featuring Kodak Black)

“Till I’m Gone” (Flipp Dinero featuring Kodak Black)

“I’m Not Crazy, Life Is” 2 Chainz, featuring Kodak Black)

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2020

“On The Low” (Shoreline Mafia featuring Kodak Black)

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2021

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“Get Ready” (Rod Wave featuring Kodak Black)

“Levels” (DaBaby featuring Kodak Black)

“Mopstick” featuring Kodak Black)

“Record First” (Hotboii featuring Kodak Black)

“Hibachi” (Roddy Ricch, featuring Kodak Black))

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2022

“How did you do that” (Gunna featuring Kodak Black)

“Bussdown” (Latto featuring Kodak Black)

“Silent Hill” (Kendrick Lamar featuring Kodak Black)

Kodak also continues to get booked for shows and festivals.

Why it his most recently released guest versus on a Kendrick Lamar album is causing so much of a stir?

Previously J.Cole received backlash co-signs of Kodak, XXX, and Tekashi 6ix9ine in the Apr. 2019 cover story for XXL. Cole sparked outrage after he made a series of statements praising their music skills or encouraging others to pray for them during tough times. “I get it, there’s some people out there that do things that a person can’t fathom loving anybody that can do that,” he admitted. “But nobody becomes that way overnight. Nobody is born that way. That sh*t is a product of unfortunate circumstances and mishaps in the person’s life, too many to count. Sh*t that they may not even remember that, in my opinion, causes someone to be as sick as they would be to be a fucking murderer, to be dumb enough to just take a life.”

I know some hip-hop artists talk about illegal acts that are not acceptable in society for the most part.

But sexual assaults are definitely in an entirely separate category of being a despicable act (at least to me).

Now I know blogs and all this stuff is not real life. I am just trying to hear some perspective I guess, hopefully this discussion hasn’t been repeated a million times.

Questions:

Does Hip-Hop care if an artist has sexually assaulted someone?

Is the current Kodak backlash Kendrick is receiving only happening because he is Kendrick and people would not expect him to work with Kodak because of the perception they have of Kendrick?

Shoutsout to u/shebreaksmyarm for sparking this conversation topic within me.

She discussed her views Kodak’s inclusion on Kendrick latest album, as someone who was raped and I linked her post below

https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/comments/uq86le/my_perspective_on_kodaks_inclusion_as_someone_who/