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A figure stares at a computer screen in the dark while images of the same person are posted to their wall. Becoming so obsessed with a celebrity to the point of excusing problematic behavior is a problematic norm on its own, Opinion Columnist Jackson Shields argues. (Mary Ngo | Northern Star)

We just want to dance

By Jackson Shields, Opinion Columnist | September 18, 2024

On March 22, 2024, hip-hop’s boogeyman returned from a 10-month silence to do what he does best: shake the industry awake. With a single feature verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s collaboration project “We Don’t Trust You,” Kendrick Lamar put...