Mudcat has just closed a thread posted by a Black rapper requesting lyrics about a song that already has developed many folk variations, "Fifty N-----."
I agree that rap is beyond our scope, and understand deletion of the thread. On the other hand, we are rejecting a large part of new Black composed and folk music. Anyone who has read anything about ebonics knows that there is another language out there and that it is affecting the English we speak.
Yoyotlg apologized for submitting his request to this Forum ("My bad"); but is it "our bad" for cutting him off without an explanation?
I think some discussion is needed here.