In the first episode, rap auteur Tyler the Creator states, “Niggas treat my nuance like a nuisance.” He is describing his trajectory as a Black kid growing up in Hawthorne who eschewed L.A.’s gangsta-rap signifiers of low riders, gang violence and hardened men with criminal records, for skateboarding, candy coloured women’s polo tees and his goofy personality. It exposes structural racism, interrogating how it feeds into long held ideas of hypermasculinity (Tyler the Creator), misogyny (City Girls), body image (Coi Leray), mental health (Roddy Ricch) and violence (Polo G and final episode Rhyme & Punishment). This six-part series tackles long overdue questions through the experience of a handful of the playlist’s most popular acts. ![]() Today, the playlist has a fanbase of more than 15 million users and is widely considered one of the most influential playlists in hip hop. The series takes its name from the playlist RapCaviar, and acts as companion to Spotify’s popular curated rap playlist whose “saves” grew exponentially during the 4 year tenure of hip hop tastemaker Tuma Basa, who was then Spotify’s Global Programming Head of Hip Hop. The DSP put out a bold music docuseries with Hulu, RapCaviar Presents, that elevates the way we talk about rap and hip hop and its accompanying culture. This year, however, Spotify has done something commendable. ![]() ![]() In many circles, Spotify’s name has become synonymous with not paying artists their dues, or Joe Rogan’s bad behavior, or overblown celebrity podcasting deals that apart from the few at the top, have been mostly detrimental to the audio industry.
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