The Tradition Failed Megan Thee Stallion Earlier than Drake, Says Marc Lamont Hill

Marc Lamont Hill is standing with Megan Thee Stallion in opposition to Drake‘s bars — and others in hip hop — and he is getting flak for it on-line … one thing that does not shock the creator and activist.

On Thursday, Marc — together with Congresswoman Maxine Waters, MeToo founder Tarana Burke, Deliberate Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson, Tamika Mallory and several other different influential leaders — joined the Southern Black Women & Girls’s Consortium in signing an open letter in help of Meg.

The letter denounces violence in opposition to ladies, normally, but additionally strongly proclaims the tradition “failed” Megan after she was shot within the foot … allegedly by Tory Lanez.

Marc tells TMZ Hip Hop he was approached by Tarana concerning the letter … and instantly determined to hitch the trigger.

He says it was a bit mind-boggling seeing so many dudes offended that he spoke out in opposition to Drake’s “Circo Loco” lyrics — those concerning the “stallion mendacity about being shot” — however finally wasn’t completely shocked.

In line with Marc, hip hop has allowed misogyny to run rampant in in any other case good music for years … and when Drake is your favourite artist, you are certain to get a little bit defensive.

Following the observe’s launch, Megan ripped into Drake and social media trolls as an entire … vowing they might remorse making a mockery of the alleged state of affairs.

Her legal professional Alex Spiro instructed us the identical factor after which some … proclaiming all of the artists who publicly flipped on Megan could have a stain on their character when all of the info come out in Tory’s trial.

Marc says his job as a journalist is to problem the dominant thoughts from subscribing to the norm, so he is conscious of the uphill battle forward.