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The video for 'Can't Hold Us' features a message of freedom, individuality and authenticity. In the closing sequence it features Mackmore atop the Seattle Space needle and mounting a 'The Heist' flag for their album. This links to the Nirvana grunge rock scene that came to represent artist integrity, authenticity and anti-establishment ideals.

I thought this short article was interesting after reading about the "homo-hop" genre. It was helpful for me to hear the perspective of a gay rapper echoing Gebreamlak's assertion about Macklemore neglecting to address his white, straight privilege. I also thought it was interesting that Le1f bashes Macklemore for "ripping from" one of his songs. This brings to light the issues of authenticity and copying from other artists, which we discussed in regards to Lady Gaga.

This video is from Key and Peele's show. I think this video can be relevant to Thursday's class, when we talked about Macklemore and his song, Same Love.  It's obviously supposed to be funny, but just the fact that Key and Peele are both black makes for an interesting twist.