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Gray said Palestine is among the top concerns on her mind during this election. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Emma Gray, who lives near Stockton, came to see Megan Thee Stallion with her fiancé, Abby Nation. “It’s very disappointing that I don’t feel there is a candidate that I can trust to end genocide,” Gray said. “I would vote for a third party, [even if] I know it’s probably not going to result in that person being elected,” she explained. “But I’m also not going to put my vote to someone who is causing so much harm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Adrienne Williams, Erica Williams, Lauryn Major and Jasmine Cannon pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“For me, the most important thing is to free Palestine,” echoed Lauryn Major, who showed up to the concert with three of her friends. “That’s the only thing that I’m voting on this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding to Major’s comment, her friend Jasmine Cannon listed some of her priorities: “Ceasefire, reproductive rights, voting access, education, funding libraries, decriminalizing weed and other nonviolent crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960244\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian, who declined to give her last name, poses for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Christian considers President Biden her only option of the two leading candidates, but is conflicted due to his support of Israel. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Christian, who declined to give her last name, flew in for the show from Arkansas. She said she “doesn’t really like either of [the candidates], but Biden is better.” Still, she’s upset by Biden’s continued support of Israel and “sending money to help kill other people […] when we should be helping our citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1746px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1746\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13960450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych.jpg 1746w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-800x586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-1020x748.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-768x563.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-1536x1126.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1746px) 100vw, 1746px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kierunya Davis, who brought a bouquet of flowers, poses in her custom Megan The Stallion-inspired outfit outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kierunya Davis flew in from Compton bearing gifts for Megan Thee Stallion, who later accepted them on stage. “White men do not speak for the majority,” Davis said. “We deserve better as brown and black people — for somebody to actually make promises and follow through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960236\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960236\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Cruz (left) and Katarina Ruiz pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Cruz has reproductive and immigration rights front of mind this election year. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Self-identified Hottie Alex Cruz said she’s anxious about the election, “especially with Roe v. Wade recently being overturned.” She said it’s “disappointing that Biden hasn’t been able to do more” regarding reproductive rights and immigration reform, but clarified that she is “probably just going to end up voting for him anyway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960231\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960231\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Williams poses for a portrait in her Starfire superhero costume outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Williams isn’t happy with the choice of presidential candidates in the upcoming election. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mia Williams, from Seattle, also traveled hundreds of miles to see Megan Thee Stallion. “She stands up for body positivity and she helped push female rap to where it is,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the election, Williams was less hopeful. “I feel like regardless, it’s a bad choice,” she said. “I don’t know how [Joe Biden] could do another four years,” she said, “and [Donald Trump] is just a bigot.” She continued, “Also, he’s a felon now, so I don’t think a felon should be a president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960243\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960243\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourice Grey (left) and Karl Daniels pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mourice Grey and Karl Daniels both live in San Leandro, and cited rent control, women’s rights and queer rights as their top concerns this year. “[Trump] broke the law, so he should not get the opportunity,” Daniels noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Iyobosa Igbinake, Ayah Benjamin, Aminah Benjamin, Ifela Hayes pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Benjamin has yet to decide if she’ll be voting this year, and said being a young person today is exhausting. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Decked out in Sailor Mars cosplay, Ayah Benjamin said she “hasn’t made a decision yet” on whether she will vote this year. “Capitalism and being a young person in society is genuinely exhausting,” she expressed with frustration. “Civil rights, humanitarian issues and obviously the genocides globally” are her primary concerns in this election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960240\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960240\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destiny Phan (left) and Jeneveive Kongkham pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Megan Thee Stallion show at the Chase Center was Destiny Phan’s first concert. This year’s election will mark another first, as she’s finally old enough to vote. Phan said it’s been “hard to keep up” with politics this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960246\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourean Barnes (right) poses for a portrait with his nephew Javonte Barnes outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Tourean Barnes is unsure if he’ll vote in the next election and said he sees the two leading candidates as entertainers rather than presidents. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tourean Barnes was there to attend the concert with his nephew Javonte Barnes. “My main issue would be the stability of our democracy,” said Tourean, adding that the two front-running candidates are “more like entertainers than presidents.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of the KQED series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/fandomvote\">The Fandom Vote\u003c/a>, exploring the election-year concerns and voting preferences of significant pop culture fanbases.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">M\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>egan Thee Stallion fans from the Bay Area and beyond flocked to San Francisco’s Chase Center on June 23 for the rapper’s Hot Girl Summer Tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As anticipation filled the air outside the arena, we talked with Megan Thee Stallion fans, known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/a/cmplxkishlal/megan-thee-stallion-fans\">Hotties\u003c/a>, about what they admire about the rap star — and, evidently, what they do \u003cem>not\u003c/em> admire about the candidates in the 2024 Presidential Election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960247\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_31-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_31-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_31.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abby Nation (left) and her fiancé Emma Gray pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center on Sunday, June 23, 2024, during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour. Gray said Palestine is among the top concerns on her mind during this election. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Emma Gray, who lives near Stockton, came to see Megan Thee Stallion with her fiancé, Abby Nation. “It’s very disappointing that I don’t feel there is a candidate that I can trust to end genocide,” Gray said. “I would vote for a third party, [even if] I know it’s probably not going to result in that person being elected,” she explained. “But I’m also not going to put my vote to someone who is causing so much harm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_22.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Adrienne Williams, Erica Williams, Lauryn Major and Jasmine Cannon pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“For me, the most important thing is to free Palestine,” echoed Lauryn Major, who showed up to the concert with three of her friends. “That’s the only thing that I’m voting on this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding to Major’s comment, her friend Jasmine Cannon listed some of her priorities: “Ceasefire, reproductive rights, voting access, education, funding libraries, decriminalizing weed and other nonviolent crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960244\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_28.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian, who declined to give her last name, poses for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Christian considers President Biden her only option of the two leading candidates, but is conflicted due to his support of Israel. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Christian, who declined to give her last name, flew in for the show from Arkansas. She said she “doesn’t really like either of [the candidates], but Biden is better.” Still, she’s upset by Biden’s continued support of Israel and “sending money to help kill other people […] when we should be helping our citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1746px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1746\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13960450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych.jpg 1746w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-800x586.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-1020x748.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-768x563.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStalliondiptych-1536x1126.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1746px) 100vw, 1746px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kierunya Davis, who brought a bouquet of flowers, poses in her custom Megan The Stallion-inspired outfit outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kierunya Davis flew in from Compton bearing gifts for Megan Thee Stallion, who later accepted them on stage. “White men do not speak for the majority,” Davis said. “We deserve better as brown and black people — for somebody to actually make promises and follow through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960236\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960236\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_20.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Cruz (left) and Katarina Ruiz pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Cruz has reproductive and immigration rights front of mind this election year. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Self-identified Hottie Alex Cruz said she’s anxious about the election, “especially with Roe v. Wade recently being overturned.” She said it’s “disappointing that Biden hasn’t been able to do more” regarding reproductive rights and immigration reform, but clarified that she is “probably just going to end up voting for him anyway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960231\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960231\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_15.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Williams poses for a portrait in her Starfire superhero costume outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Williams isn’t happy with the choice of presidential candidates in the upcoming election. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mia Williams, from Seattle, also traveled hundreds of miles to see Megan Thee Stallion. “She stands up for body positivity and she helped push female rap to where it is,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the election, Williams was less hopeful. “I feel like regardless, it’s a bad choice,” she said. “I don’t know how [Joe Biden] could do another four years,” she said, “and [Donald Trump] is just a bigot.” She continued, “Also, he’s a felon now, so I don’t think a felon should be a president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960243\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960243\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_27.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourice Grey (left) and Karl Daniels pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mourice Grey and Karl Daniels both live in San Leandro, and cited rent control, women’s rights and queer rights as their top concerns this year. “[Trump] broke the law, so he should not get the opportunity,” Daniels noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_26.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Iyobosa Igbinake, Ayah Benjamin, Aminah Benjamin, Ifela Hayes pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Benjamin has yet to decide if she’ll be voting this year, and said being a young person today is exhausting. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Decked out in Sailor Mars cosplay, Ayah Benjamin said she “hasn’t made a decision yet” on whether she will vote this year. “Capitalism and being a young person in society is genuinely exhausting,” she expressed with frustration. “Civil rights, humanitarian issues and obviously the genocides globally” are her primary concerns in this election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960240\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960240\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_24.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destiny Phan (left) and Jeneveive Kongkham pose for a portrait outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Megan Thee Stallion show at the Chase Center was Destiny Phan’s first concert. This year’s election will mark another first, as she’s finally old enough to vote. Phan said it’s been “hard to keep up” with politics this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13960246\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13960246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/240624_MeganTheeStallionPF_EG_30.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourean Barnes (right) poses for a portrait with his nephew Javonte Barnes outside the Chase Center during Megan Thee Stallion’s Hot Girl Summer Tour on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Tourean Barnes is unsure if he’ll vote in the next election and said he sees the two leading candidates as entertainers rather than presidents. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>From the moment the lights went down at Chase Center in San Francisco, it was clear that Megan Thee Stallion was ready to leave it all on the floor for her Bay Area Hotties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 23, the rap titan ascended on a platform during her trash-talking, latest No. 1 single, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVgCLQ_JQfU\">HISS\u003c/a>,” delivering venomous bars a cappella as an enthusiastic crowd rapped along. The track clapped back at her former collaborator \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953284/nicki-minaj-review-oakland-arena-pink-friday-2-tour\">Nicki Minaj\u003c/a> and Canadian menaces \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/drake-controversial-support-tory-lanez-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-appeal-1234975634/\">Drake\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1181702809/tory-lanez-megan-thee-stallion\">Tory Lanez\u003c/a>, leaving no doubt that this tour represents a boisterous victory lap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan Thee Stallion captured the zeitgeist in 2019 with her sex-positive lyricism and superhuman knee strength. After a global pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163603837/megans-rule-being-exceptional-doesnt-make-you-the-exception\">surviving a shooting\u003c/a> and enduring a battle with her former record label, the rapper at long last embarked on her first headlining tour, flying her “Hot Girl Summer” banner across the country in support of her self-titled third studio album, due out Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958683\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_MeganTheeStallionMAIN_EG_34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_MeganTheeStallionMAIN_EG_34.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_MeganTheeStallionMAIN_EG_34-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_MeganTheeStallionMAIN_EG_34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_MeganTheeStallionMAIN_EG_34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_MeganTheeStallionMAIN_EG_34-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_MeganTheeStallionMAIN_EG_34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, May 24, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 26-song setlist covered a lot of ground, and had a lot of payoff for new and old-school fans alike. Megan Thee Stallion reached as far back as her 2017 track “\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/gvSD05Yu7Ig?si=195uTm3kfDZ6ZHtg\">Stalli (Freestyle)\u003c/a>,” where she questions the penmanship of her peers while impressively using the word “onomatopoeia” in her flow: “Your favorite rapper only use onomatopoeias / You don’t wanna hear it ’cause you only wanna see her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superstardom has not been easy for the Houston rapper, who has received misogynistic and racist backlash following her breakthrough. “My motherfuckin’ body, my choice / Ain’t no lil’ dick takin’ my voice,” she rapped to the menacing beat of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA9M928sL5Y\">Gift & A Curse\u003c/a>.” The roaring crowd echoed her words back in a moment that felt both timeless and extremely timely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in the night, fans of all genders, shapes and sizes — many dressed in their best cheek-baring outfits — joined her on stage for an epic twerk-off that celebrated individuality and pride in their bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958607\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958607\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_BottleRock_EG_28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_BottleRock_EG_28.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_BottleRock_EG_28-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_BottleRock_EG_28-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_BottleRock_EG_28-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_BottleRock_EG_28-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/240524_BottleRock_EG_28-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, May 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>GloRilla, who delivered a high-octane opening set earlier in the night, returned to the stage to perform her addictive new track featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT_83vSP1es\">Wanna Be\u003c/a>.” The duo’s synergy elevated the cocky tune to new heights, and a symphony of “Go Meg!” and “Get ’em Glo!” chants erupted as they got low. [aside postid='arts_13960019']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the show, Megan Thee Stallion interacted with the crowd as if they were her best friends, which created some hilarious moments. A fan seemingly proposed to her with a banner: “Petite Black woman who will sign an NDA.” Another fan’s sign read “Both of my boyfriends are Captain Hook,” referencing the rapper’s explicit 2020 hit. “I’m jealous,” Thee Stallion commented after initially being taken aback — the best we can do is hope the boyfriends don’t mind sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the show drew to a close with Megan Thee Stallion’s gargantuan Beyoncé collaboration “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEIqjoO0-Bs\">Savage Remix\u003c/a>,” for which she had a cameo in the singer’s \u003cem>RENAISSANCE\u003c/em> tour film, all I could think about was what a huge triumph this tour has been for her. 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"content": "\u003cp>BottleRock has a reputation as a luxury experience curated for wealthy Napa wine drinkers, with past lineups consisting mostly of older rock acts and some pop sprinkled in. Yet this year’s edition, held Sept. 3-5 at the Napa Valley Expo, marked a turning point for the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BottleRock 2021 saw many changes, and not just because of pandemic safety measures. More than that, it featured artists we might expect to see at niche festivals like Noise Pop and Rolling Loud. Miley Cyrus, Big Freedia and Brandi Carlile held prominent time slots on the bill and showcased queer representation across multiple genres. There was a new emphasis on hip-hop and rap acts, including Digable Planets, Run The Jewels and G-Eazy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miley Cyrus performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to say whether it was pandemic concert deprivation or a fresh take on the lineup that packed the crowds at BottleRock this year. But one thing is for sure: it felt like a triumphant comeback for live music in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902609\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Megan Thee Stallion Celebrates Hot Girl Summer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Megan Thee Stallion’s performance on Sunday, Sept. 5, drew a crowd of “hotties” ( as the Houston rapper calls her fans) who saw her as the true headliner of the night and chanted her name long before she took the stage. The Verizon Stage was just as packed, if not more so, than the main JaM Cellars Stage where Foo Fighters closed out the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite playing for less than her scheduled 90 minutes, Megan Thee Stallion and her dancers made up for the lost time with their performance. Dressed in a black matching two-piece ensemble, Megan played hit after hit and delivered a show that made it worth getting stuck in traffic on the way out. She performed radio favorites “Savage,” “Hot Girl Summer” and “WAP,” her collab with Cardi B. The set also included classics like “Big Ole Freak” from 2018’s \u003cem>Tina Snow\u003c/em> for her longtime fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full of sex-positive songs that embrace bodies of different shapes and sizes, the set was a power-packed performance that turned the tables on some of the misogynistic rap songs played earlier at the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Highwomen headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Highwomen Save the Day\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Highwomen proved the Friday, Sept. 3, headline slot on the JaM Cellars stage wasn’t cursed (and saved the festival from a year of all-male headliners) after Chris Stapleton canceled at the last minute. The original BottleRock lineup featured Stevie Nicks as Friday’s headliner, and Stapleton was set to take her place after the Fleetwood Mac songstress canceled her 2021 live appearances because of COVID concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Highwomen headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Highwomen only have one full-length album, and had less than a day to put a show together, but Brandi Carlile and Maren Morris (who were already on Friday’s bill) called up the other half of their all-star band and took on the headline slot. The only hitch? Amanda Shires had recently undergone surgery and couldn’t make it. Thankfully, Natalie Hemby and a friend of The Highwomen, Brittney Spencer, were able to rush to Napa just in time to close out the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlile, who played an extended set and had less than an hour between gigs, admitted that this was The Highwomen’s second performance to date. Yet, backed by members of both Carlile’s and Morris’ bands, the supergroup gave Napa a healthy dose of country music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Big Freedia Brings the Dance Party\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier that Friday, Big Freedia treated BottleRock attendees to a flawless performance. Wearing a dazzling purple jumpsuit and equipped with backup dancers, the “queen diva” turned the Truly Stage into the biggest dance party of BottleRock weekend, silent disco included. The set marked the start of Big Freedia’s first tour back since COVID-19, and featured a makeshift imaginary catwalk on stage that had the crowd cheering during “Strut.” The set also included popular songs “Judas” and “Karaoke” featuring Lizzo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902534\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The biggest highlight of Big Freedia’s set came during “Azz Everywhere,” a song during which she normally invites fans on stage. Instead, the New Orleans performer asked fans to join her for a “COVID edition” of the song and asked the audience to put their hands on the metal barricade near the stage while Big Freedia twerked along with her fans. She even adapted the song lyrics to “hands on the rail, hands on the rail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Run The Jewels perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The First Run The Jewels Show in Three Years\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After releasing a new album during the height of the pandemic, it was clear Run The Jewels couldn’t wait to perform \u003cem>RTJ4\u003c/em> live for the first time. “I’m so happy to be the fuck out here,” Killer Mike told the crowd at BottleRock on Saturday, Sept. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His partner in crime, El-P, admitted it was Run The Jewels’ first show in three years. But by the end, the pair delivered a performance that felt as though no time had passed. The crowd was ready to hear the songs too. Many repeated the words back to the duo. Others jumped along to the beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902576\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Run The Jewels perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pair flowed off each other seamlessly between “ooh la la,” “holy camalafuck” and “out of sight.” Danceable numbers aside, Killer Mike took a moment to note the pain many experienced during this pandemic at the end of the set. “We are all human beings,” he told the crowd before closing with the track “a few words for the firing squad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessie Reyez and Jon Batiste backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jessie Reyez, Jon Batiste Stun with Powerhouse Vocals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jessie Reyez might not be a household name, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard her music. Her set included a celebration of her first hit as a songwriter, “One Kiss,” which Reyez penned for Dua Lipa and dedicated to all the “dreamers” out there chasing their passions. But her own songs were the real gems, particularly “Sola,” a soft, acoustic track Reyez sang in Spanish alongside her guitarist Heather, about not fitting the mold of a good Latin woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2721.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2721-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2721-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessie Reyez performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after, Jon Batiste played for the biggest crowd at the smaller Plaza Stage all weekend. Many know Batiste as the bandleader of Stay Human, the house band for \u003cem>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u003c/em>. Ever the showman, Batiste graced the crowd in royal blue sequins and a silver space cape that matched his backing band’s colorful wardrobe. A classically trained musician, Batiste wowed the crowd by switching between vocals, piano and melodica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Batiste performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessie Reyez backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Batiste backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 773px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275.jpg 773w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disable Planets perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902585\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902613\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Eat World perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polo G performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cage The Elephant perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chromeo perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902526\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia and Kosha Dillz backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902537\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandi Carlile performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902538\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandi Carlile performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">G-Eazy performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 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alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2051.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2051-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2051-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young The Giant perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902560\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2154.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2154-160x107.jpg 160w, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>BottleRock has a reputation as a luxury experience curated for wealthy Napa wine drinkers, with past lineups consisting mostly of older rock acts and some pop sprinkled in. Yet this year’s edition, held Sept. 3-5 at the Napa Valley Expo, marked a turning point for the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BottleRock 2021 saw many changes, and not just because of pandemic safety measures. More than that, it featured artists we might expect to see at niche festivals like Noise Pop and Rolling Loud. Miley Cyrus, Big Freedia and Brandi Carlile held prominent time slots on the bill and showcased queer representation across multiple genres. There was a new emphasis on hip-hop and rap acts, including Digable Planets, Run The Jewels and G-Eazy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2510-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miley Cyrus performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to say whether it was pandemic concert deprivation or a fresh take on the lineup that packed the crowds at BottleRock this year. But one thing is for sure: it felt like a triumphant comeback for live music in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902609\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3183-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Thee Stallion performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Megan Thee Stallion Celebrates Hot Girl Summer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Megan Thee Stallion’s performance on Sunday, Sept. 5, drew a crowd of “hotties” ( as the Houston rapper calls her fans) who saw her as the true headliner of the night and chanted her name long before she took the stage. The Verizon Stage was just as packed, if not more so, than the main JaM Cellars Stage where Foo Fighters closed out the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3232-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite playing for less than her scheduled 90 minutes, Megan Thee Stallion and her dancers made up for the lost time with their performance. Dressed in a black matching two-piece ensemble, Megan played hit after hit and delivered a show that made it worth getting stuck in traffic on the way out. She performed radio favorites “Savage,” “Hot Girl Summer” and “WAP,” her collab with Cardi B. The set also included classics like “Big Ole Freak” from 2018’s \u003cem>Tina Snow\u003c/em> for her longtime fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full of sex-positive songs that embrace bodies of different shapes and sizes, the set was a power-packed performance that turned the tables on some of the misogynistic rap songs played earlier at the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1913-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Highwomen headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Highwomen Save the Day\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Highwomen proved the Friday, Sept. 3, headline slot on the JaM Cellars stage wasn’t cursed (and saved the festival from a year of all-male headliners) after Chris Stapleton canceled at the last minute. The original BottleRock lineup featured Stevie Nicks as Friday’s headliner, and Stapleton was set to take her place after the Fleetwood Mac songstress canceled her 2021 live appearances because of COVID concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1886-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Highwomen headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Highwomen only have one full-length album, and had less than a day to put a show together, but Brandi Carlile and Maren Morris (who were already on Friday’s bill) called up the other half of their all-star band and took on the headline slot. The only hitch? Amanda Shires had recently undergone surgery and couldn’t make it. Thankfully, Natalie Hemby and a friend of The Highwomen, Brittney Spencer, were able to rush to Napa just in time to close out the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlile, who played an extended set and had less than an hour between gigs, admitted that this was The Highwomen’s second performance to date. Yet, backed by members of both Carlile’s and Morris’ bands, the supergroup gave Napa a healthy dose of country music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1685-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Big Freedia Brings the Dance Party\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier that Friday, Big Freedia treated BottleRock attendees to a flawless performance. Wearing a dazzling purple jumpsuit and equipped with backup dancers, the “queen diva” turned the Truly Stage into the biggest dance party of BottleRock weekend, silent disco included. The set marked the start of Big Freedia’s first tour back since COVID-19, and featured a makeshift imaginary catwalk on stage that had the crowd cheering during “Strut.” The set also included popular songs “Judas” and “Karaoke” featuring Lizzo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902534\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1710-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The biggest highlight of Big Freedia’s set came during “Azz Everywhere,” a song during which she normally invites fans on stage. Instead, the New Orleans performer asked fans to join her for a “COVID edition” of the song and asked the audience to put their hands on the metal barricade near the stage while Big Freedia twerked along with her fans. She even adapted the song lyrics to “hands on the rail, hands on the rail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2251-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Run The Jewels perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The First Run The Jewels Show in Three Years\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After releasing a new album during the height of the pandemic, it was clear Run The Jewels couldn’t wait to perform \u003cem>RTJ4\u003c/em> live for the first time. “I’m so happy to be the fuck out here,” Killer Mike told the crowd at BottleRock on Saturday, Sept. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His partner in crime, El-P, admitted it was Run The Jewels’ first show in three years. But by the end, the pair delivered a performance that felt as though no time had passed. The crowd was ready to hear the songs too. Many repeated the words back to the duo. Others jumped along to the beat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902576\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2341-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Run The Jewels perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pair flowed off each other seamlessly between “ooh la la,” “holy camalafuck” and “out of sight.” Danceable numbers aside, Killer Mike took a moment to note the pain many experienced during this pandemic at the end of the set. “We are all human beings,” he told the crowd before closing with the track “a few words for the firing squad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2733-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessie Reyez and Jon Batiste backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jessie Reyez, Jon Batiste Stun with Powerhouse Vocals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jessie Reyez might not be a household name, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard her music. Her set included a celebration of her first hit as a songwriter, “One Kiss,” which Reyez penned for Dua Lipa and dedicated to all the “dreamers” out there chasing their passions. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after, Jon Batiste played for the biggest crowd at the smaller Plaza Stage all weekend. Many know Batiste as the bandleader of Stay Human, the house band for \u003cem>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u003c/em>. Ever the showman, Batiste graced the crowd in royal blue sequins and a silver space cape that matched his backing band’s colorful wardrobe. A classically trained musician, Batiste wowed the crowd by switching between vocals, piano and melodica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2757-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Batiste performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2741-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessie Reyez backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2725-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Batiste backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A3009-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2968-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foo Fighters headline BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 773px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275.jpg 773w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/IMG_6275-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digable Planets backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2553-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disable Planets perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902585\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2620-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902613\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2597-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jimmy Eat World perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902542\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1833-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polo G performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902598\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2853-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cage The Elephant perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1420-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chromeo perform at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902526\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1501-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Big Freedia and Kosha Dillz backstage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902537\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1761-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandi Carlile performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902538\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1776-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandi Carlile performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2014-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">G-Eazy performs at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902523\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1479.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1479.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1479-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A1479-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ayesha Curry and G-Eazy cook together at the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13902551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13902551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/D7A2051.jpg\" 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"content": "\u003cp>“I wanted to have a dance party because that’s my personality. And of course I had to shout out L.A. because we out here, UCLA.” So said gymnast Nia Dennis over the weekend, after performing a floor routine that has since gone viral. “This routine definitely reflects everything that I am today as a woman and of course I had to incorporate a lot of parts of my culture,” she told the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dailynews.com/2021/01/23/new-stars-emerge-as-ucla-gymnastics-defeats-arizona-state-in-opener/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Daily News\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>[aside postid='pop_108600']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 21-year-old senior scored a near-perfect 9.95, and helped her team beat Arizona State with her powerful but consistently joyful performance. And the soundtrack she chose for the routine helped her pack even more of a punch on the floor. Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion were featured, alongside Kendrick Lamar’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4RELGc9su8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HUMBLE\u003c/a>,” Missy Elliott’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjIvu7e6Wq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Work It\u003c/a>,” Soulja Boy’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFIYGkROII\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crank That\u003c/a>” and Tupac and Dr. Dre’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wBTdfAkqGU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Love\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dennis’ performance, in which she raised her fist in a Black Power salute and stepped in honor of her father, has since been dubbed the Black Excellence routine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since going viral, Dennis has received shout-outs on social media from the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1353423196754595841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simone Biles\u003c/a>, \u003cem>Queer Eye\u003c/em>’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Karamo/status/1353454885958639616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karamo\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MissyElliott/status/1353434461548015617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Missy Elliott\u003c/a> herself. You can see exactly why in the video below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/uclagymnastics/status/1353398409038680065\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time last year, Dennis went viral for an equally impressive floor routine that was inspired by Beyoncé’s \u003cem>Homecoming\u003c/em>. That one prompted actual \u003cem>screams\u003c/em> of delight from the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ZuPBi2bJQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If, after all that, you feel the need for a little more gymnastics in your life, the UCLA alum below has some suggestions…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/rizzayfoshizzay/status/1353475475432120320\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, Oct. 8, 2020: \u003c/strong>According to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-megan-thee-stallion-tory-lanez-shootings-hollywood-185874c9213d94b556e40d5ca5e64b82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press\u003c/a>, Los Angeles prosecutors have charged Tory Lanez with two felonies in relation to his alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion: one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, Aug. 21, 2020: \u003c/strong>More than a month after surviving a shooting in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion named Tory Lanez as the alleged assailant in an Instagram Live video. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office is conducting an investigation to decide whether to press charges against Lanez for felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 12, one of the brightest stars in rap could have been killed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following days of online speculation about what happened after a late-night party in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrBV3vlHvA/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">took to Instagram\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to explain that she had “suffered gunshot wounds as a result of a crime that was committed” against her and that she was “grateful to be alive.” Though she didn’t name the assailant, hip-hop commentators and fans widely believe him to be Tory Lanez, the R&B singer Megan had been seen hanging out with on social media since at least May. Following the incident, Lanez was arrested on concealed weapon charges and awaits a court hearing in October. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the seriousness of the situation, people continued to post \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/megan-thee-stallion-shooting-twitter-memes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">jokes, memes and judgmental comments\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. While recovering from gunshot wounds in both feet, Megan took to Twitter to remind people that “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/theestallion/status/1284236881971085313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black women are so unprotected\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” and “we hold so many things to protect the feelings of others w/o considering our own.” She asked for sympathy, something that should have been granted to her from the beginning. Yet the public still \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/27/megan-thee-stallion-shooting-black-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">seemed reluctant to show\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> any. Black women’s hearts sank as they read Megan’s reflections, an all too familiar feeling of grief setting in. If a megastar like Megan was unsafe, what did that say about the average Black woman in the United States? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/theestallion/status/1284236881971085313?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black women’s concerns about their physical and emotional safety are not exaggerated. Statistics show that more than \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/dv_in_the_black_community.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">40% of Black women will experience intimate partner violence\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in their lifetimes, and that they’re 2.5 times as likely to be killed by a man than white women. Black girls are also seen as adults from an earlier age; people view them as “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/research-confirms-that-black-girls-feel-the-sting-of-adultification-bias-identified-in-earlier-georgetown-law-study/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">less innocent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” and, at times, blame them for experiencing abuse. The anger and grief associated with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://now.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Black-Women-and-Sexual-Violence-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">higher rates of sexual abuse\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are routinely misjudged as “attitude” instead of as trauma responses. This can limit the compassion Black women and girls receive from their communities and people in positions of authority alike. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorism only intensifies these disparities. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2011/07/09/lighter-skin-ligher-sentence/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dark-skinned Black women\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> face harsher punishments and prison sentences. Skin color seems to be directly tied to perceptions of victimhood. So it’s heartbreaking—and, unfortunately, unsurprising—that many onlookers discredit the severity of the violence that Black women like Megan Thee Stallion experience. [aside postid='arts_13881399']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Comic relief, albeit an important part of Black culture, can also be used as a defense mechanism to avoid complex emotions. Jokes become deadly ideological ploys when made at marginalized people’s expense. And most of the “comic relief” about Megan’s tragic ordeal did more to expose the public’s inability to take domestic violence seriously. There were some jokes about Tory Lanez’ \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sohh.com/internet-roasts-tory-lanez-megan-thee-stallion-destroying-his-stature-in-savage-memes-had-to-give-him-a-booster-seat-so-he-could-ride-in-the-police-car/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">height\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and bravado, but they failed to get at the root issue: That women still have to tiptoe around men’s fragile egos, whether it be their \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Napoleon complexes\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or their failure to process rejection. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another issue is fake news. Some speculated that Megan fought Tory Lanez, a claim she has denied, and others—including Cam’ron—made unfounded claims that Megan revealed that she’s\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/camron-megan-thee-stallion-tory-lanez-transphobia-insensitive-joke/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> trans\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as if that would somehow justify Tory Lanez allegedly shooting at her. This claim contributes to the dangerous normalization of harming Black trans people. It still hasn’t sunk in. In order for Black lives to matter, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">all\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Black life must be respected, protected and affirmed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Savage” and Megan Thee Stallion’s other hit songs inspire millions of listeners to take charge. She’s built a career off of her fierce public persona, but that doesn’t make her invincible. We can’t forget that she’s experienced immense trauma in her young adult life, including losing numerous close family members. On July 27, Megan returned to Instagram to make an emotional plea. Tearing up, she described the physical and emotional trauma of the shooting. The post led to apologies from celebrities such as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chrissy-teigen-apologizes-joke-she-154312497.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chrissy Teigen\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2020/07/50-cent-apologizes-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-incident-meme\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">50 Cent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/1173039/draya-michele-apologizes-to-megan-thee-stallion-for-making-light-of-shooting-incident\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Draya Michele\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, all of whom had made light of her experience. Thankfully, Megan’s fans and supporters stood\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://uproxx.com/music/megan-thee-stallion-rihanna-lizzo-gifts-shot/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> behind her\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Lizzo sent her a bag of goodies and Rihanna mailed flowers, both demonstrating the importance of Black women standing up for one another. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Megan’s story also exposes the difficult position Black women survivors of domestic violence navigate as their desire not to “snitch” on abusers clashes with their need to get out of harm’s way. Police involvement can put Black women in danger or at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://vawnet.org/material/womens-experiences-abuse-risk-factor-incarceration\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">risk of incarceration themselves\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And many survivors and their advocates argue that the criminalization of abusers does little to rehabilitate our communities, and that the focus should be on providing survivors with resources they need for healing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So where can Black women turn? Organizations like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ujimacommunity.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ujima\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, part of the National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community, offer educational tools and community outreach. But it’s clear that there aren’t enough tools for survivors. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Prison abolition activist \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.indigomateo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indigo Mateo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recently commented that to be a Black woman survivor is a kind of strange privilege—in a sense, we’re lucky because not all of us make it. Black women are killed at a higher rate than any other group of women. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During this moment of national reckoning against racism, we must take violence against Black women seriously. We must speak up. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of our sisters will never get the chance to speak again. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Resources for Survivors\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thehotline.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National Domestic Violence Hotline\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is available 24/7 at \u003cstrong>1-800-799-7233\u003c/strong>. If you are unable to speak safely, text LOVEIS to \u003cstrong>1-866-331-9474\u003c/strong>. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.womaninc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">W.O.M.A.N. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, Oct. 8, 2020: \u003c/strong>According to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-megan-thee-stallion-tory-lanez-shootings-hollywood-185874c9213d94b556e40d5ca5e64b82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press\u003c/a>, Los Angeles prosecutors have charged Tory Lanez with two felonies in relation to his alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion: one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and one count of carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, Aug. 21, 2020: \u003c/strong>More than a month after surviving a shooting in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion named Tory Lanez as the alleged assailant in an Instagram Live video. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office is conducting an investigation to decide whether to press charges against Lanez for felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 12, one of the brightest stars in rap could have been killed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following days of online speculation about what happened after a late-night party in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrBV3vlHvA/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">took to Instagram\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to explain that she had “suffered gunshot wounds as a result of a crime that was committed” against her and that she was “grateful to be alive.” Though she didn’t name the assailant, hip-hop commentators and fans widely believe him to be Tory Lanez, the R&B singer Megan had been seen hanging out with on social media since at least May. Following the incident, Lanez was arrested on concealed weapon charges and awaits a court hearing in October. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the seriousness of the situation, people continued to post \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/megan-thee-stallion-shooting-twitter-memes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">jokes, memes and judgmental comments\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. While recovering from gunshot wounds in both feet, Megan took to Twitter to remind people that “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/theestallion/status/1284236881971085313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black women are so unprotected\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” and “we hold so many things to protect the feelings of others w/o considering our own.” She asked for sympathy, something that should have been granted to her from the beginning. Yet the public still \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/27/megan-thee-stallion-shooting-black-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">seemed reluctant to show\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> any. Black women’s hearts sank as they read Megan’s reflections, an all too familiar feeling of grief setting in. If a megastar like Megan was unsafe, what did that say about the average Black woman in the United States? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black women’s concerns about their physical and emotional safety are not exaggerated. Statistics show that more than \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/dv_in_the_black_community.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">40% of Black women will experience intimate partner violence\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in their lifetimes, and that they’re 2.5 times as likely to be killed by a man than white women. Black girls are also seen as adults from an earlier age; people view them as “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/research-confirms-that-black-girls-feel-the-sting-of-adultification-bias-identified-in-earlier-georgetown-law-study/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">less innocent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” and, at times, blame them for experiencing abuse. The anger and grief associated with \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://now.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Black-Women-and-Sexual-Violence-6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">higher rates of sexual abuse\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are routinely misjudged as “attitude” instead of as trauma responses. This can limit the compassion Black women and girls receive from their communities and people in positions of authority alike. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorism only intensifies these disparities. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2011/07/09/lighter-skin-ligher-sentence/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dark-skinned Black women\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> face harsher punishments and prison sentences. Skin color seems to be directly tied to perceptions of victimhood. So it’s heartbreaking—and, unfortunately, unsurprising—that many onlookers discredit the severity of the violence that Black women like Megan Thee Stallion experience. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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There were some jokes about Tory Lanez’ \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sohh.com/internet-roasts-tory-lanez-megan-thee-stallion-destroying-his-stature-in-savage-memes-had-to-give-him-a-booster-seat-so-he-could-ride-in-the-police-car/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">height\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and bravado, but they failed to get at the root issue: That women still have to tiptoe around men’s fragile egos, whether it be their \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Napoleon complexes\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or their failure to process rejection. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another issue is fake news. Some speculated that Megan fought Tory Lanez, a claim she has denied, and others—including Cam’ron—made unfounded claims that Megan revealed that she’s\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/camron-megan-thee-stallion-tory-lanez-transphobia-insensitive-joke/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> trans\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as if that would somehow justify Tory Lanez allegedly shooting at her. This claim contributes to the dangerous normalization of harming Black trans people. It still hasn’t sunk in. In order for Black lives to matter, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">all\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Black life must be respected, protected and affirmed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Savage” and Megan Thee Stallion’s other hit songs inspire millions of listeners to take charge. She’s built a career off of her fierce public persona, but that doesn’t make her invincible. We can’t forget that she’s experienced immense trauma in her young adult life, including losing numerous close family members. On July 27, Megan returned to Instagram to make an emotional plea. Tearing up, she described the physical and emotional trauma of the shooting. The post led to apologies from celebrities such as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chrissy-teigen-apologizes-joke-she-154312497.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chrissy Teigen\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/2020/07/50-cent-apologizes-megan-thee-stallion-shooting-incident-meme\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">50 Cent\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eonline.com/news/1173039/draya-michele-apologizes-to-megan-thee-stallion-for-making-light-of-shooting-incident\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Draya Michele\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, all of whom had made light of her experience. Thankfully, Megan’s fans and supporters stood\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://uproxx.com/music/megan-thee-stallion-rihanna-lizzo-gifts-shot/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> behind her\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Lizzo sent her a bag of goodies and Rihanna mailed flowers, both demonstrating the importance of Black women standing up for one another. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Megan’s story also exposes the difficult position Black women survivors of domestic violence navigate as their desire not to “snitch” on abusers clashes with their need to get out of harm’s way. Police involvement can put Black women in danger or at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://vawnet.org/material/womens-experiences-abuse-risk-factor-incarceration\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">risk of incarceration themselves\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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Prison abolition activist \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.indigomateo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indigo Mateo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recently commented that to be a Black woman survivor is a kind of strange privilege—in a sense, we’re lucky because not all of us make it. Black women are killed at a higher rate than any other group of women. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">During this moment of national reckoning against racism, we must take violence against Black women seriously. 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"content": "\u003cp>Megan Thee Stallion said on Wednesday that she had been shot during an incident that took place in the Hollywood Hills early Sunday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrBV3vlHvA/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram post\u003c/a>, Megan wrote: “On Sunday morning, I suffered gunshot wounds, as a result of a crime that was committed against me and done with the intention to physically harm me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She continued, “I was never arrested, the police officers drove me to the hospital where I underwent surgery to remove the bullets. I’m incredibly grateful to be alive and that I’m expected to make a full recovery, but it was important for me to clarify the details about this traumatic night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early media reports, including one posted on TMZ, attributed her injuries to the rapper having stepped on \u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/13/tory-lanez-arrested-gun-concealed-weapon-charge-megan-thee-stallion-involved/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broken glass\u003c/a> during the incident. Police had reportedly responded to a complaint about an argument outside a house party in the Hollywood Hills. TMZ reported that witnesses heard people arguing inside an SUV, and that shots were fired outside the party. When police tracked down the SUV, they encountered three people in the car: Megan, fellow rapper Tory Lanez and an unidentified woman. Lanez (born Daystar Peterson) was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her Instagram statement, Megan did not identify the shooter. Her statement was released shortly after TMZ posted\u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/15/megan-thee-stallion-shot-twice-foot-tory-lanez-arrest-glass-injury/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> a video of Lanez’ arrest\u003c/a>. During the footage, a woman who appears to be Megan is shown exiting the SUV with her hands up following a policeman’s orders, and is also shown handcuffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 25-year-old musician’s song “Savage” went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May, after it went viral on TikTok and was remixed in a version featuring Beyoncé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last October, Megan, whose real name is Megan Pete, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJ03MIPoIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">performed\u003c/a> as part of NPR Music’s popular Tiny Desk concert series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEIqjoO0-Bs\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Rapper+Megan+Thee+Stallion+Says+She+Was+Shot+On+Sunday&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>ne time for hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’re influential. You’re in politics, technology and sports. You run pop culture, and you’re talking about ownership. You’re in the ears of folks: young, old and older. You’re the most popular genre of music in the United States, and you’re still growing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m going to tell you if no one else has: hip-hop, ya doin’ good, baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-13833985\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_-160x184.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/05/OGPenn.Cap_.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">A\u003c/span> quick recap of some of the headlines from the past week or two in hip-hop: Freddie Gibbs \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/XXL/status/1154959589009289216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spat fire while holding his son\u003c/a>, Tyler The Creator laid down some \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/arts/music/tyler-the-creator-funkmaster-flex.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bars about having sex with men\u003c/a>, simultaneously challenging homophobia in the rap game and causing Funkmaster Flex to nearly have a conniption. A slew of people dropped their list of Top 50 rappers ever, leaving old heads to argue about the importance of KRS-One and MC Lyte. Meanwhile, younger artists continued to put out new heat, like YBN Cordae, who dropped his debut album \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ybn-cordae-the-lost-boy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lost Boy\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, a well-polished project that even hip-hop heads stuck in the ’90s can appreciate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/XXL/status/1154959589009289216\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A broader review of this year in rap has seen Lil Nas X blur the lines between country music and hip-hop, and in doing so, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13862433/lil-nas-x-lassos-the-record-for-longest-running-no-1-song-in-u-s-chart-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">break the record\u003c/a> for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard charts. Megan Thee Stallion caught folks’ attention, and made ’em change their entire 2019 agenda; “hot girl summer” is so real that she’s even reportedly \u003ca href=\"http://thesource.com/2019/07/24/megan-hot-girl-summer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademarking the phrase\u003c/a>. And the late Nipsey Hussle’s legacy of longevity through self-sufficiency continues to grow: despite a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/nipsey-hussle-los-angeles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longstanding investigation\u003c/a> into Hussle’s business empire, last week it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.vibe.com/2019/08/development-begins-on-the-nipsey-hussle-tower-at-marathon-clothing-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced that a tower\u003c/a> would be erected in the late MC’s honor. The marathon continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hip-hop is in a good state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I love it. I really do love it. The rebellious culture. The stories. The clever wordplay. The beats. I’m married to this music and the culture from which it emanates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know that now, after an on-and-off relationship with hip-hop since the early ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It started off as thug passion: I stole a tape of Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony’s \u003cem>E. 1999 Eternal\u003c/em> from the Tower Records in Emeryville when I was seven or eight years old. I had the \u003cem>Friday\u003c/em> soundtrack, listened to it on my sister’s Discman. I loved Mac Mall’s “Get Right,” Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day,” Snoop and Dre’s “Nuthin’ But A G Thang.” The Luniz asked, “Why you wanna playa hate on me?” Dru Down asked, “Can you feel me?” And Tupac asked, “Does heaven have a ghetto?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then Pac was taken from us. I was hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biggie was taken from us. I was hurt again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the first time the music I loved hurt me. And you know, the first cut is the deepest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I almost fell out of love with hip-hop before we even really got started. But the deaths of the two legendary rappers actually motivated me to drop my west coast bias; I realized the east coast had some dope MCs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PnuIRnJW8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DMX made me bark. Foxy Brown was the flyest, and she had bars. And Big Pun was spectacular with the wordplay. Ma$e had me wearing my hat backwards. I was probably the only kid on AC Transit blasting Big L through my taped-up Sony headphones. I got my writing style from literally taking Nas’ verses and flipping the words to fit my life’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around that same time, Outkast told the world that \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLG7aSYM3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South got something to say\u003c/a>. The “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1fBYUWxaKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make ‘Em Say Uhh!\u003c/a>” video was always on \u003ca href=\"https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-box-tv-channel-changed-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Box\u003c/a>. Scarface spoke to me. Devin was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_2TE6C56Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that Dude\u003c/a>. Trina was the baddest (expletive). And then Cash Money \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL2txMU50CI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took over for the 99 and the 2000\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the honeymoon phase of my prepubescent romance with hip-hop. I considered getting a gold grill as a sign of our holy matrimony, but my momma wasn’t going to have it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fairytale ended around the time the hormones kicked in, my voice got deep and other forms of love caught my attention. At the same time, the music got weird: big bright clothes, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitJkK7XrI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snap rap\u003c/a>” and ringtone beats in the early 2000s pushed rap to the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were certain aspects that kept me attracted to the music. The Jay-Z vs. Nas beef. Folks like Nelly, Eminem and Missy were making noise, and the south was running things: Gucci Mane had a movement. Free Boosie was more than a saying. Young Jeezy, Ludacris, and T.I. were dropping classics. And Lil Wayne was on another planet with the flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the Town had this new thing brewing, something about “goin’ 18 dummy.” It was a spirit that jumped up from the soil and got into my people; it bled into the music and became a movement. “The Hyphy Movement,” they called it. We called it life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJtzEKetBM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too $hort left Atlanta, moved back to the Town and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJtzEKetBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought a whistle\u003c/a>. Mistah F.A.B. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLz5Y3-wwp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drove the yellow bus\u003c/a> to the front of the class. And Goapele, oh Goapele. Her hit “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9fkGCCV1o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Closer\u003c/a>” was officially R&B, but to me—to us—it was simply slappin’. When the video for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZbaXdK8Js\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tell Me When To Go\u003c/a>” dropped, the world stopped. I can’t tell you how happy I was that Keak Da Sneak was getting recognition, and that 40 Water had \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/K71IXLQpGss?t=20s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught his second wind, pimp\u003c/a>. Man. RIP Mac Dre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As glorious as those times were, honestly, I wasn’t in love with hip-hop. Both hyphy and crunk sometimes tap-danced the line of being gimmicky. I couldn’t do the D4L or the Soulja Boy thing, and that’s what was dominating the airwaves. Plus, around that time I started getting deeper into journalism. I didn’t want to be another “black hip-hop journalist,” so I didn’t write about it much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you know how it goes. The music and I stayed in touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took note when Kanye West outsold 50 Cent. Word was that physical album sales were down, and the industry was declining; only half true. That decline in physical sales was real, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8495067/hip-hop-album-sales-plummeting-fast-why-artists-teams-dont-mind\">and continues\u003c/a>, but now, artists have the ability to count streams and downloads from digital albums and mixtapes. That, coupled with the ability to interact with fans on social media, results in revenue via merchandise and touring, and an ability to operate independently. It opened the doors to a next generation of hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was far removed from my early experience of rap, you know, “thug passion”—this was more like \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aVa7qVKUHI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">computer love\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSx1m9UOiK0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2010/04/2010-xxl-freshman-class/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>XXL\u003c/em> Freshman lineup of 2010\u003c/a> was a good sign. Not a total change, but an altered direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>J. Cole and Wiz Khalifa were cold. Freddie Gibbs was the first musician I heard from Gary, Indiana who didn’t have the last name Jackson. Big K.R.I.T. was the first rapper I heard from Mississippi aside from David Banner. Curren$y emerged from lackluster experiences at Ca$h Money and No Limit to create Jet Life, and I was on board with the movement. And around that same time, I heard about this kid named Kendrick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay, the Mekanix and DJ Fresh were dropping joints like Jordan dropped retros. Beeda Weeda and J. Stalin put out a few bangers. Man, RIP The Jacka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highlight of that post-Kanye/50 Cent early mixtape era was how the best rappers weren’t exactly gangstas or gimmicks, they were people. Many even used their real names. That was appealing. Music was relatable, and it kept hip-hop very much alive, despite Nas’ claim that hip-hop was dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ3OStBQfwk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he relationship has stood well since then, gone through some ups and downs, but the marriage has survived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were times when I didn’t care for the whole singing/rapping thing. Autotune was death. Drake kind of made me want to revert to the gangsta tunes of the mid-’90s. Jay-Z dropped some real mediocre albums. The idea of Tupac’s hologram being at Coachella was disgusting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the same time, Nicki Minaj’s combination of punchlines and wild voices hit me over the head. I found whole universes in the music that Future and Travis Scott put out. While Chicago as a whole needs to be mentioned for artists like Chance the Rapper and Saba Pivot, it’s Noname that stands out to me the most—her delivery and wordplay are so cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music has evolved. Popular artists now explicitly write about mental health, unrequited love and depression, all wrapped in dope samples and 808 kicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Can’t lie, I don’t understand all of it. Kodak Black doesn’t hit for me. Blueface isn’t on beat. And rest easy XXXTentacion, but I listened, and didn’t get it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve been following the paths of Rapsody, Isaiah Rashad and Little Simz. Appreciating what I’ve recently heard from Benny the Butcher, Tierra Whack, DaBaby and more. I even like that singing-rapping stuff that Anderson .Paak, Smino and GoldLink do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5c2iRHlAHA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the Bay, there’s a \u003cem>long\u003c/em> list. Larry June, Kamaiyah, ALLBLACK, and that “My Type” song by Saweetie. Rexx Life Raj is also creative as hell, he dropped a little something on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RexxLifeRaj/status/1155303093086539781?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u003c/a> recently that speaks to his creativity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for my stuck-in-the-’90s head-ass folks: Pusha T is still rapping about dope, Busta Rhymes dropped a track this month, and it’s not bad. My favorite rapper, Nas, dropped an album this summer; it’s extra lukewarm, but I’m happy he’s still rocking. 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And the late Nipsey Hussle’s legacy of longevity through self-sufficiency continues to grow: despite a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/nipsey-hussle-los-angeles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longstanding investigation\u003c/a> into Hussle’s business empire, last week it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.vibe.com/2019/08/development-begins-on-the-nipsey-hussle-tower-at-marathon-clothing-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced that a tower\u003c/a> would be erected in the late MC’s honor. The marathon continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hip-hop is in a good state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I love it. I really do love it. The rebellious culture. The stories. The clever wordplay. The beats. I’m married to this music and the culture from which it emanates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know that now, after an on-and-off relationship with hip-hop since the early ’90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It started off as thug passion: I stole a tape of Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony’s \u003cem>E. 1999 Eternal\u003c/em> from the Tower Records in Emeryville when I was seven or eight years old. I had the \u003cem>Friday\u003c/em> soundtrack, listened to it on my sister’s Discman. I loved Mac Mall’s “Get Right,” Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day,” Snoop and Dre’s “Nuthin’ But A G Thang.” The Luniz asked, “Why you wanna playa hate on me?” Dru Down asked, “Can you feel me?” And Tupac asked, “Does heaven have a ghetto?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then Pac was taken from us. I was hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biggie was taken from us. I was hurt again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the first time the music I loved hurt me. And you know, the first cut is the deepest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I almost fell out of love with hip-hop before we even really got started. But the deaths of the two legendary rappers actually motivated me to drop my west coast bias; I realized the east coast had some dope MCs.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/e5PnuIRnJW8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/e5PnuIRnJW8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>DMX made me bark. Foxy Brown was the flyest, and she had bars. And Big Pun was spectacular with the wordplay. Ma$e had me wearing my hat backwards. I was probably the only kid on AC Transit blasting Big L through my taped-up Sony headphones. I got my writing style from literally taking Nas’ verses and flipping the words to fit my life’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around that same time, Outkast told the world that \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLG7aSYM3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South got something to say\u003c/a>. The “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1fBYUWxaKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make ‘Em Say Uhh!\u003c/a>” video was always on \u003ca href=\"https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-box-tv-channel-changed-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Box\u003c/a>. Scarface spoke to me. Devin was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_2TE6C56Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that Dude\u003c/a>. Trina was the baddest (expletive). 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Young Jeezy, Ludacris, and T.I. were dropping classics. And Lil Wayne was on another planet with the flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the Town had this new thing brewing, something about “goin’ 18 dummy.” It was a spirit that jumped up from the soil and got into my people; it bled into the music and became a movement. “The Hyphy Movement,” they called it. We called it life.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/CBJtzEKetBM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/CBJtzEKetBM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Too $hort left Atlanta, moved back to the Town and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBJtzEKetBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought a whistle\u003c/a>. Mistah F.A.B. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLz5Y3-wwp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drove the yellow bus\u003c/a> to the front of the class. And Goapele, oh Goapele. 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I didn’t want to be another “black hip-hop journalist,” so I didn’t write about it much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you know how it goes. The music and I stayed in touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took note when Kanye West outsold 50 Cent. Word was that physical album sales were down, and the industry was declining; only half true. That decline in physical sales was real, \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8495067/hip-hop-album-sales-plummeting-fast-why-artists-teams-dont-mind\">and continues\u003c/a>, but now, artists have the ability to count streams and downloads from digital albums and mixtapes. That, coupled with the ability to interact with fans on social media, results in revenue via merchandise and touring, and an ability to operate independently. 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Appreciating what I’ve recently heard from Benny the Butcher, Tierra Whack, DaBaby and more. I even like that singing-rapping stuff that Anderson .Paak, Smino and GoldLink do.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/x5c2iRHlAHA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/x5c2iRHlAHA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Around the Bay, there’s a \u003cem>long\u003c/em> list. Larry June, Kamaiyah, ALLBLACK, and that “My Type” song by Saweetie. 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