They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

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In an age of confusion, fear, and loss, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib’s is a voice that matters. Whether he’s attending a Bruce Springsteen concert the day after visiting Michael Brown’s grave, or discussing public displays of affection at a Carly Rae Jepsen show, he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates profoundly.

In the wake of the nightclub attacks in Paris, he recalls how he sought refuge as a teenager in music, at shows, and wonders whether the next generation of young Muslims is probably not afforded that opportunity now. At the same time as discussing the on a regular basis threat to the lives of black Americans, Willis-Abdurraqib recounts the first time he was once ordered to the ground by police officers: for attempting to go into his own car.

In essays which were published by the New York Times, MTV, and Pitchfork, among others―at the side of original, in the past unreleased essays―Willis-Abdurraqib uses music and culture as a lens through which to view our world, so that we would better be aware ourselves, and in so doing proves himself a bellwether for our times.

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