Rappers and rape: the incredible sound and hateful lyrics of Odd Future

This hip-hop crew leaves listeners simultaneously hypnotised and horrifiedThe hip-hop academic Tricia Rose has a brilliant phrase for the disconnect that songs can effect between heart/hips and head. When we hear music whose content we object to, but whose sounds we can't help but respond to, we are "hypnotised by the funk". Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (aka OFWGKTA or Odd Future) are a hip-hop collective of LA "skate-rats" led by Tyler the Creator, a 20-year-old as precociously charismati...

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