Kendrick sets some boundaries: “The Pop Out” concert analysis

The fact that you aren’t TRYING to get invited is probably the REASON you have been invited 😂

“more americans died building this country than defending it” is a great way to put it prof! much love as always AVAA

I’m a black woman raised in Watts and South Los Angeles and I think your commentary is great. I love hearing all people’s perspective!!

I've only known of this man's existence for like 5 days and I am impressed. I don't know if you've got a team of people or if you're doing all this yourself but I'm loving what I'm seeing. You seem natural enough that I imagine you're doing all of this on your own. 💪

As an African American, I enjoy your perspective on music and the culture. Both are done respectfully and tastefully.

“No jumper my way into the conversation “ That’s why you are the best Prof skye 😂😂

I'm black and I love your perspective. Unlike many, you actually seems like you go deep to try to understand us. Thanks

I def respect that you feel uncomfortable with the “You’re Invited to the Cookout” comments.. But yeah yeah yeah , you’re still getting a plate my guy 🤣🤣🤣

AVAA! I wish more people understood that HipHop started as a movement for peace, love & unity and that it was a force for stopping gang violence - as you pointed out. Youth went from fighting in the streets to battling on the mic, on the turntables and on the dance floor. So many think of it as a violent movement and denigrate it, tho it merely reflects the conditions it came from (no different than the blues). Violence will be a part of the culture until conditions change... not the other way around. Keep up the great work, Skye!

I LOVE THIS VIDEO❤The BLACK FOLKS CAN'T HAVE NOTHING is a joking statement, but REAL STATEMENT ...everything is taken and appropriated..This concert felt like an HBCU homecoming, a cookout, and a house party. It was so EPIC. IT was so needed. It was so culturally needed🎉❤

The apples and cheese bar was too funny. Top tier dad joke 🤣

Josh Johnson is on another level right now. Great shoutout

Just a minor correction Prof, Mexicans don't celebrate their culture on Cinco de Mayo. That's a white drinking holiday. Mexicans celebrate on Sept 16th.

Helping the algorithm, great content. Kendrick warned everyone not to test him and here we are.

This is already an AVAA, even thought I'm only 16 minutes in because I just had to make a comment about your explanation on the use of boundaries. Because I think you're spot on and then some about the perspective of boundaries when it comes to both you and Kendrick. As a recovering Doormat and People-pleaser, the most revelatory advice my therapist gave me was on the "purpose" for setting boundaries. That setting boundaries is often incorrectly perceived as petty control or cruel punishment, when in actuality it's an act that's rooted in compassion. It's telling the person(s): "I still want you in my life, I don't want to cut you off, but respect needs to be a two-way street. And these boundaries are the guardrails that'll lower the chances of our relationship ending in the gutter." For Kendrick, it's your observation on him using this diss battle as Black Culture's champion to suggest boundaries to the Black community when said Culture is being continually commodified and infiltrated. Then for you, it's the fact you set your own personal boundaries about purposefully remaining an outside observer out of respect and love for HipHop/Black Culture as a White man, even while receiving "invitations to the cookout" comments. Which is (and let's be honest) baseline respect that many white Hip Hop fans fail to clear. Don't get me wrong, the performance & the drama from THE BEEF, along with the memes inspired by the aforementioned factors have been the best moments in pop-culture in recent memory. But It's just very validating that nuanced commentary like this is also equal when it comes to this Beef, and that it doesn't stop at just the artists involved in it, but also the consumption of it by Hip Hop fans (communal or outsider).

I am glad someone has pointed out the need for boundaries. “Other” people getting mad that they are not part of the “US” is weird. You have your own groups that you are apart of and no one says anything. The minute American Black culture says this is the boundary there’s a problem and everyone else need to be included. Excellent breakdown.

U cold for that line prof. More people died building this country than defending it!!! Damn that hit hard

As a Black participant in Hip Hop, I enjoy your commentary and the respect you show to the culture and its boundaries. THEY = anyone who tries to colonize a culture they don’t belong to, while also seeking to gain access/resources by exploiting or capitalizing on that culture. US = those who belong to the culture by birth or adoption (ex: Eminem). As a white commentator on Hip Hop, you walk a fine line, because you capitalize on your participation. However, you don’t seek to define what is happening. Rather, you observe the art and share your perspective. You also understand that you are a guest and don’t seek to be anything more. That is the reason you aren’t a “THEY”, nor are you “US”.

"It's not my fault the best art in the world is being made by people who don't look like me or share my life experience." This is why you have every right to speak on these things. You genuinely love the artform and respect the culture. Ignore the negative comments, haters are a part of having any kind of attention.

Livestreaming the show at 3am alone in my bedroom was insane. It felt so... cathartic. "I make music that electrify 'em" never felt more true. And if I felt like that, as a middle class white girl from rural Wales, I can't imagine how it felt for everyone who is part of that community and culture. Absolutely incredible. Hip-hop at it's finest ❤️