The month's best music: Post Malone, Björk, Lorenzo Senni and more Read moreThe white rapper narrative within hip-hop is a clunky one at best, leaving room for ambiguity with someone like Post Malone. Dubbed “the most streamed artist in the world”, the Texas-raised Malone is currently at No 1 in both the US and the UK with Rockstar. So how problematic is Post Malone? “He’s really no different than white rappers – or white musicians in general – who have preceded him,” says writer and pop culture expert Sowmya Krishnamurthy. Perhaps Post Malone is simply doing what many white artists have done for years: taking on the attributes of black music with none of the burden.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2017 12:22 UTC