To be criminal defendant donald trump, was a hip-hop figure. he was somebody, people i respect like nas were talking about donald trump. he was a stand-in for the idea of wealth, of having, of gold, of bling. now, he s the stand-in for what? destroying democracy, destroying the electoral system, stealing the votes of people of color, intimidating an elderly black woman who just wanted to help her community vote. he s the antithesis of who somebody in hip-hop should respect. he s still hanging out with kanye west, but when he s a degrading ye. he s essentially the degradation of that part of culture that he broke into before people understood what a vile, racist, buffoon he was. this should not be happening, and i think while we should be glad that the criminal justice system works the same for him that it does for a group of