Who’s your favorite musician? Think about them. Are they male or female? What is their skin color? How do they talk? What is their personality? Now look in the mirror. Do you see any similarities? Why in music do we have this sense to relate everything. I don’t think people’s favorite character shows how they are, but their favorite musician seems to be the opposite. In the rap genre, my favorite genre, it seems it’s really dominated by males. And most people listening are males. I remember seeing an internet comment fight about Rihanna being featured on an Eminem track. And yeah, one person almost seemed like he’d be called a faggot if he had a female on his iPod. So why is that? How many dudes have dozens of women in his iPod? Well plenty, but many around me don’t. Nicki Minaj, a female rapper, the moment made big, almost got pushed to the more pop genre, one where women are pretty even. And it makes sense since that’s a more even unisex genre. Then there is genres. How many kids who like a certain genre dress a certain way? Why do people immediately put themselves away from a certain genre and say, "That’s not for me.” or write it off as weird. Why do we do this? Is music this entirely cultural thing where we assume every a certain person listens to a certain thing, and don’t want to associate ourselves with that music because of who we are? Why is this all going on the outside? Why do they orbit somebody their similar to? Why does every music have an image? I mean, these are just sounds in the end. But we see a musician, and know who they appeal to, and whose listening. Or we look at a person, and know what music they like. I mean, musicians are marketers. And they’re just trying to find audiences with their music. When an artist "changes,” I don’t think they do, they’re marketing themselves to a new audience. I think many musicians are wearing a mask, and don’t really mind or care that they do. But I just don’t know why people do this. I don’t know the answer to this one, but will say try to know this when you’re listening to music. You’re genre is better than another person’s by the way. We’re different people, and listen to different things. Just try to remember not to become what you’re listening to.