M.I.A. and Lynn Hirschberg’s “Agitprop Pop”

FRIDAY M.I.A. and Lynn Hirschberg’s “Agitprop Pop” By Angela Bacca Last week, the New York Times published a controversial piece by staff writer Lynn Hirschberg on M.I.A, which painted her as a wealthy disconnected and uninformed musician who uses the politics of her native Sri Lanka to further her image and sell records. Most notable was…

Eminem: Recovery

EMINEM: RECOVERY By Angela Bacca I have always liked Eminem’s brutal honesty and raw emotion. He has rapped about killing his mom and his girlfriend in graphic detail, and although mainstream pundits labeled him a violent misogynist, I have always seem it as purely crafted catharsis. They were raps of pure emotions, but I personally…