Apple bought Beats. Beats. I’m not sure why anyone seems surprised by this news. It’s Beats and its image has never been anything else, really. Even the headphones and earbuds are tuned for this kind of music.
Dude wants to promote hip-hop for Apple around the world, and Apple is giving him this opportunity, hey, go for it. If people in Japan don’t like it, they won’t listen to it and that will be the end of that in Japan.
I just don’t want to hear anybody mouthing off about “cultural appropriation” when the J-Pop and K-Pop bands start doing hip-hop albums. If they haven’t already started. He is after all, promoting this music to everyone. It’s a gift from one community to the world.
Personally, I liked their gift of R&B, Gospel and Motown best. I’m unapologetically old.