Mental Health in Hip Hop

Hip hop has never been a stranger to expression. Pretty much since the beginning, rappers have been talking about things going on around them and events occurring in their lives. For years we've seen the more "mainstream" rappers basically trying to one up one another by trying to be "harder" than their peers. However, as time has gone by, we've seen a shift to rappers being more open about their mental health while peeling back these layers of hypermasculinity. From Biggie and The Geto Boys to Atmosphere to Juice WRLD and Lil Peep, hip hop artists have expressed their mental health issues, which is a good thing to see since the genre is filled with overly masculine themes. As always, you can watch the video version of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/K7ZXiKtj0Co