> hip-hop comes out a little after most of the Satanic Panic has died down
That's not the way I remember it. For example, the McMartin trial started the same year as 'Paid in Full' dropped, and the West Memphis Three the same year as 'Enter the Wu-Tang'.
> Rappers get treated as "scary" for basically just being black, RIGHT AFTER
Young men 'get[ting] treated as "scary" for basically just being black' has a history way longer than rap music.
That's not the way I remember it. For example, the McMartin trial started the same year as 'Paid in Full' dropped, and the West Memphis Three the same year as 'Enter the Wu-Tang'.
> Rappers get treated as "scary" for basically just being black, RIGHT AFTER
Young men 'get[ting] treated as "scary" for basically just being black' has a history way longer than rap music.