Hip-hop emerged from the voices of the unheard. But freedom doesn't ring the same for everyone. Inside all corners of the culture, Black women and queer folk have dealt with the same oppression the music was built to escape. Season 2 of <em>Louder Than A Riot </em>examines <em>who</em> hip-hop marginalizes, and how misogynoir — the specific racist misogyny against Black women — is embedded into the fabric of the culture that we love.<br><br>From Rico Nasty facing harassment from toxic fans, to Saucy Santana's unapologetically femme aesthetics in a queerphobic industry, to the assault case that put Megan Thee Stallion's image on trial, each episode of <em>Louder Than A Riot</em> unpacks the unspoken rules of rap that discriminate against a select few and have held the entire culture back. <br><br>Hosted by NPR Music's Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael,<em> Louder Than A Riot </em>confronts power from every angle – from the power the genre wields over its artists, to the power plays that its rulebreakers take in order to get heard. In the midst of a so-called Renaissance for women in rap, these stories reveal a rot at the core of the culture that reflects how voices, bodies, and rights are still policed in America.
| Title | Date published | ||
| The Badder, The Better: Bobby Shmurda (Pt 1) | 2020-11-05 | ||
| The Day The Mixtape Died: DJ Drama | 2020-10-29 | ||
| Outsmarting The Devil: Mac Phipps (Pt 3) | 2020-10-22 | ||
| Lyrics On Trial: Mac Phipps (Pt 2) | 2020-10-15 | ||
| The Camouflage Assassin: Mac Phipps (Pt 1) | 2020-10-08 | ||
| The Conspiracy Against Hip-Hop | 2020-10-08 | ||
| Louder Than A Riot: Coming Thursday, October 8 | 2020-10-01 | ||
| Introducing: Louder Than A Riot | 2020-09-16 |