Murder victim an up-and-coming rapper
Duckerns Pierre Clermont, the young man killed on the weekend – shot as he rode his bicycle to see his girlfriend –, was a promising rapper (under the name Jeune Loup) who had just got out of jail. The Journal mentions he was the second rapper killed here recently but says nothing about the other one.
david922 13:47 on 2021-08-10 Permalink
Funny how you never see promising young concert pianists shot and killed shortly after being released from jail.
Kate 15:14 on 2021-08-10 Permalink
The children of the wealthy learn to perpetrate their crimes in other ways.
ant6n 16:58 on 2021-08-10 Permalink
comments like that make me think of Trevor Noah: https://youtu.be/_AB1mxhd_H8?t=628
Chris 20:20 on 2021-08-10 Permalink
In general (nothing about this case), it’s hard to argue that rap culture, white or black, doesn’t glorify violence more that piano culture (if there’s even such a thing). Homophobia in hip hop was recently in the news too. Of course the general case says nothing about this specific case.
Daniel 11:06 on 2021-08-11 Permalink
At least David cut straight to his racist point this time and spared us three paragraphs of pseudo-intellectual garbage (written on a train!). @ant6n excellent referece.
EmilyG 12:40 on 2021-08-11 Permalink
There’s plenty of crime and scandal in the classical music scene, believe me. Only recently has a lot of this come to light, and those not following the classical music scene might not know much about it (and even within it, there are so many people denying/excusing/enabling the problem people.)