A US Senator has raised a few eyebrows after some questionable comments she made in regards to listening to some of hip-hop’s greats.
Ask anyone what sort of music they were listening to back in the high school or uni days, and the answers will likely be as varied as they are interesting. However, the one thing that these responses share is likely the fact that they’re actually true.
Sure, you might get some folks claiming that, just like LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, they were there when the big artists released their first singles. Most likely though, you’ll just score some folks talking about how year 12 was soundtracked by Sidney Samson’s terrible ‘Riverside’.
However, as The Fader points out, California Senator Kamala Harris has recently given an answer to this very question which is, at best, perplexing.
Check out Kamala Harris on The Breakfast Club:
Speaking to The Breakfast Club recently, Harris’ closet was checked for skeletons, with hosts asking her if she had ever smoked marihuana.
“I have. And I did inhale,” Harris explained, noting that it was “a long time ago”, while she was in college.
After being asked what music she listens to, host Charlamagne Tha God went one better by asking her what music she listened to while she was high.
“Oh yeah, definitely Snoop. Tupac for sure,” she responded, before expressing her love of current artists like Cardi B.
Now, that’s all well and good, right? We’re sure plenty of college students partook in some cannabis while listening to artists like Snoop Dogg. However, as one person on Twitter pointed out, the timeline doesn’t make sense.
Kamala Harris claims to have smoked pot in college while listening to Tupac and Snoop.
Tupac's first album came out in 1991.
Snoop's first album came out in 1993.Kamala Harris graduated college in 1986.
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— muskrat city limits (@joshieecs) February 11, 2019
Yes, one Twitter user pointed out that in fact, Kamala Harris’ *ahem* higher education finished up in 1986, a few years before the likes of Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur first hit the scene.
While Harris did actually go back and received her Juris Doctor in 1989, this is still two years before Tupac’s first album, and three years before Snoop Dogg teamed up with Dr. Dre for ‘Deep Cover’.
As The Fader does point out though, Tupac had already kicked off a recording career back in 1987, though it seems unlikely that Harris would have been listening to a bourgeoning rap career on the opposite side of the country at this point.
Whatever the case, we have to commend Kamala Harris for actually being able to name some iconic artists, unlike a few Australian politicians.
Check out Snoop Dogg’s ‘Gin And Juice’:
