An Open Letter to LaRussell
The rapper made an error with the song “Heaven Sent,” writes fellow Bay Area emcee Rocky Rivera. But not listening to his community was the bigger mistake.
The rapper made an error with the song “Heaven Sent,” writes fellow Bay Area emcee Rocky Rivera. But not listening to his community was the bigger mistake.
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Rocky Rivera is a Bay Area emcee and writer who covers hip-hop, food, and community. With cover stories in The Source, a KQED food column, and the podcast Xennial Dilemmas with DJ Roza, her work amplifies voices too often left out of the mainstream.
The rapper made an error with the song “Heaven Sent,” writes fellow Bay Area emcee Rocky Rivera. But not listening to his community was the bigger mistake.