On the Download: DDm, TV Killed the Radio Star
TV Killed The Radio Star comes just a week after DDm made the cover of Baltimore’s Gay Life magazine, in an article titled “Baltimore’s First Openly Gay Rapper.” And though the EP doesn’t address this revelation, its context hovers in the background of the EP in really touching and fascinating ways. EP closer “Last on Ur Dial” finds DDm rhyming about alienation and people no longer returning his phone calls. It begins with these touching lines: “Trying to be a better man/ But for me to grow momma, you got to understand/ That I confront who I truly am.”
And by not explicitly rapping about coming out, DDm actually makes a bold statement about how little of an effect coming out has on his actual rapping. The EP sounds like all his other hilarious, emotional, shit-talk-filled music. And that should silence any and all of Baltimore’s homophobic rap knuckleheads. Download TV Killed The Radio Star here.
