And The Beef Goes On: The “Voice”/Hip-Hop Debate Continues

Brian Raftery | December 11, 2006 1:43 am

Last week, we pointed you in the direction of a post on DallasPenn.com about Village Voice blogger Tom Breihan; at issue is whether Breihan (who is white) deserves to be earning cash money (which is green) writing about hip-hop in a particular voice (which may be interpreted by some as “black”). There have been some fiery back-and-thoughts in the comment section, including a few communiqués from Penn himself; we urge everyone to check out the post and keep the comments coming, because for a site that traffics in Mariah Carey gags and Rolling Stone pot-shots, this may be the closest we ever get to having a semi-intelligent discussion about race and music criticism.

(Oh, and for the record, Sasha Frere-Jones is white)

Earlier: Hip-Hop Blogger Has A Beef With “Village Voice”