Legendary metal musician, and noted septuagenarian, Ozzy Osbourne broke new ground when he became the first old white man to complain about a rap song and actually be on the right side of history.

LOS ANGELES — Legendary metal musician, and noted septuagenarian, Ozzy Osbourne broke new ground when he became the first old white man to complain about a rap song and actually be on the right side of history.

“This is the first time we’ve ever seen a person of Ozzy’s age, wealth status, and complexion complain about a rap song or artist and actually be correct. Especially when they say it in an all-caps Tweet,” said music scholar Aiden Lawrence

    • rhacer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      9 months ago

      I’m a 60yo white guy, and this comment hurts me. I used to be in your camp until the radio stations I typically listened to (rock, country, classical) in GTA San Andreas got old and I flipped on the hip-hop station just to get something different.

      I don’t know hip-hop like I know rock or country, but there is a lot of that music that gets five stars on my music server.

      • denshirenji@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        I’m 40 and I grew up listening to rap mostly and metal. I grew up in an era where, at least where I lived, there was this “I listen to everything but rap and country” attitude. There is really great music everywhere you look. It took me a while to look at country to realize what I was missing, though, so I guess I was a part of the problem.

    • jaemo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      9 months ago

      Let’s get down to brass tacks: I probably couldn’t stand what you pass off as “music” either, but you don’t see me showing up at the circus, telling you what notes to play on the organ.