Later Tom confronts the current gender-pronoun controversy, i.e. Then there is this mainstream focus on gun control in the name of saving the lives of children, but countless more are being done away via abortion. Also MacDonald seems to wonder why America, which has serious issues with racism, contrarily “encourage(s) immigration”. But then politicians themselves tend to be untruthful with impunity. Tom begins the first verse by pointing out different ways the government is hypocritical. His focus for the most part is on American society. And he starts off by noting how ‘lying to the government’ is discouraged, illegal even. He specifically targets those rappers who have come to rely heavily on namedropping to peddle their wares. The overall message the vocalist is making behind such statements is that his standing and talent is such that he does not have to rely on gimmicks, if you will, or even labels in the name of generating bread.īut, the title/chorus would imply that he’s more specifically dissing peers who are unable to generate the type of buzz that he does.Below is a detailed analysis of Tom MacDonald’s “Snowflakes: Hypocrisy

Of course, he’s not the type of rapper to drop a song without making at least one striking statement that’s intended to offend a particular group of people. In this case the target does appear to be mainstream rappers. Rather, Tom really uses the opportunity of “Riot” to celebrate the fact that he’s, if we were to be honest, perhaps the most-successful independent rapper out there right now. Indeed it’s hard to remember when, if ever, MacDonald was backed by a major label. Yet he has been able to sustain a lengthy career largely through social-media results and, as forcefully noted in these lyrics, a very-loyal fandom.

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