Chapter 2317

Biggie and 2Pac have made up.

This news caused a massive earthquake in the rap circle, just like when they broke up. Countless media and gossip tabloid reporters moved at the news, but the point they focused on wasn't how the two made up, but why they broke up in the first place.

Both first indicated that the matter was a complete misunderstanding and that it had been investigated clearly through an opportunity, but they also hinted one after another that the matter at the time wasn't simple, and it was likely someone sowing discord from within.

But when reporters pursued who exactly did it, both started to remain silent, occasionally shaking their heads and sighing, which triggered countless fan speculations.

But this involved another person, a white rap singer from the West Coast.

Just the fact that a white person was doing rap was already very peculiar. This guy even released an album when the two major giants of the East and West Coasts were releasing single previews. What was even more outrageous was that this album sold out.

Of course, the results of this album were still far from the debut works of the two giants, but this guy was white, and he hadn't debuted long. His first album was ignored, and his second album sold to this level; it could simply be called a miracle.

There was a song in this album called "The Great Continent." This song was the most important and most popular song in this album, but the melody leaned toward classical, showing a desperate gamble from the perspective of a desperate gambler.

The narrative plot of this song wasn't important; what was important was that it mentioned that there was once a pair of brothers who jointly operated a brilliant kingdom, but ended up turning against each other due to some conflicts, and in the end, one died and one was injured, and the kingdom also sank into the sea.

Just hearing this, people thought it was a cliché story of power seizure, but the song revealed at the end that there were people on land laughing, people on land laughing wildly.

This was implying that this pair of brothers might have been sowed discord by others, causing the brilliant kingdom to fall. Just looking at the story, it was nothing, but if one connected it to the experiences of Biggie and 2Pac, it was hard not to think too much.

The decisive evidence appeared in Biggie's single—"Who Built the High Wall?" It landed at the top of the Billboard chart that day, then the top, then the top, and remained at the top.

People thought they would hear things related to 2Pac in this single, because rap singers are like this: you diss me, I respond to you. The vast majority of lyrics are attacks and insults.

But this time was different. Biggie used a painful tone to recount his experience of being isolated from white communities when he was a child. This was also the first time this strong man mentioned his childhood.

Many black listeners, when hearing this kind of experience, didn't even understand why he had to bring it up. Wasn't this normal? How could black people possibly enter white communities?

Let alone entering communities, in any public place, whether it was a bus or a smoking area, it was white people sitting and black people standing. This kind of scene could be seen everywhere.

Black people are indeed not slaves now, just second-class citizens. Of course, poor black people are third and fourth class.

But Biggie explored this issue deeply in the second half of the lyrics. He believed that something had isolated them, leaving them with no way out in this society, and then used various methods to make them believe that the existence of this high wall was normal.

But he let out a shocking cry: there shouldn't be any high wall in this society. All walls are built by people, between black and white, between black and black, between poor and poor.

Before the listeners could react to what was going on, 2Pac's single appeared out of nowhere—"The Whole Field in an Uproar." If one had to use a word to describe the popularity of this song, it would probably be "all over the country."

The structure of this song was somewhat similar to Biggie's, but it didn't start from 2Pac's real perspective, but repeatedly repeated in the chorus, "One day, he stood in the crowd and said, 'I am the same as you,' and then the whole field was in an uproar."

The lyrics repeatedly depicted the expressions of the onlookers with delicate words, adding the author's own psychological descriptions. From their expressions, one could see what kind of people they were: terrified were the black people like him, mocking were some successful people among black people, shocked were some uneducated stupid white people, and angry were the successful ones among white people.

These lyrics were a bit too straightforward, but many black people spoke up for this. They had also done this kind of thing when they were children, such as accidentally running into a white community and getting beaten up, and then not knowing why they were beaten when they got home. Their parents just shook their heads and said nothing.

Encountering all kinds of unfair things in society, they asked aggrievedly, "What exactly is different about us?" The result was exchanged for all kinds of mocking gazes, some coming from the other side, some coming from companions.

This kind of question actually always existed in the hearts of many black people. As long as they expressed any dissatisfied views in public, many people, including their parents and friends, would say, "It's already not bad like this now, what exactly do you still want?"

Actually, they themselves were also thinking, what exactly did they still want?

Going deeper, many people would point out examples of successful black people: "Look, didn't these black people succeed? Then isn't your lack of success because you're not working hard?"

In many other countries, immigrants wanting to seek equality are always mocked. To some extent, it makes sense. After all, if it's not an immigrant country, immigrants will snatch opportunities from the locals. The locals naturally don't want to advocate equality, because this was originally their land, their home, and immigrants are the outsiders.

But the situation of black people in the Americas is completely different. People didn't come here voluntarily at all. Why would black people appear on land without black people? Doesn't one still have to ask white people?

Both pointed this out sharply in their songs: when black people were needed, they were grabbed to be slaves; when not needed, they were thrown anywhere. Giving them some food could make them grateful. They lost their own homes and had to be bullied on strange land. Do they deserve it?

Actually, many black people in this era didn't turn this corner, mainly because after the persistent struggle of some people in the group, their situation was indeed much better than before.

Before, saying they were farm tools was a bit of an insult to farm tools; now at least they count as people. Before, white people killing black people didn't break the law at all; now at least they don't dare to openly kill or hurt them. This can also be considered a kind of progress.

In this slow progress, many black people were paralyzed, feeling that what else could be wrong with this? What exactly counts as okay?

And these two black singers proposed this point of view in unison: this is not only not okay, it's very not okay. What else can we want? We want equality, we want freedom, we want the price you have never paid, the price you should have paid for your past mistakes and crimes.

This is too sharp.

So far, black people in the United States account for about 12% of the total population. Although it sounds like not much, black people are not evenly distributed in every state. New York State and California on the East and West Coasts have the most, totaling more than 6 million. These people are also the backbone of the black movement.

Because they live in the most developed states, even if they are the tail of the phoenix, their educational opportunities, vision, and knowledge level are stronger than other black people, and there are more channels for voicing their opinions. The East and West Coasts are also the places with the strongest rap culture atmosphere. These two songs immediately resonated with many black people on the East and West Coasts.

Just them alone were enough to make these two songs popular. For a time, major music media and forums were all popular with analyses of the lyrics of these two songs.

"If they knew the Cat Getan kid was white, wouldn't they explode?" Jason said excitedly on the way to the concert.

"Do you know you're like an ostrich right now?" Dick said.

"What do you mean? I didn't bury my head in the sand."

"You laid an egg, didn't want others to know, but also wanted others to know what a big egg you laid," Tim added.

"It's so easy not to have to hold Aisha," Dick sighed.

Now there were four of them in the car, Bruce driving, Dick in the passenger seat, Jason and Tim in the back row. Usually, Jason always sat in the passenger seat, and Dick had to sit in the back holding Aisha.

"How many of your hoodie strings did she eat?"

"Then you have to ask the toilet."

"Forget it, she only eats and doesn't poop."

The car drove all the way to the Iceberg Comprehensive Commercial Plaza.

After about a year, the commercial plaza invested in and personally planned by Cobblepot had been put into use. Although so far only the first phase of the shopping center had been built, and the subsequent supporting hotels and entertainment centers hadn't been finished, it had already become Cat Getan's hottest new commercial district, and the surrounding land prices had soared more than tenfold.

Today's concert was also to boost popularity for the shopping center. After the entire commercial center was built, it would become the largest comprehensive commercial center on the East Coast integrating entertainment, accommodation, dining, and shopping, and it really needed to make a name for itself among tourists.

So Cobblepot could be considered to have spent a lot of money to invite many stars to support it. Besides local Cat Getan stars, there were also singers, actors, and ball players active on the East Coast, as well as rap singers from the East and West Coasts.

This concert tonight was precisely because the singles of the two major rap giants on the East and West Coasts were exploding. Both needed an opportunity to show their live strength, and Cobblepot also needed their heat, so the two sides reached a cooperation to have them headline the concert tonight, stirring the atmosphere to the hottest.

Bruce's car turned a corner, and suddenly the phone placed on the side rang. After he answered it, he said, "Hello, Amanda, oh, you've already gone back, is that right? Is there anything?"

Amanda seemed to say something quickly. Bruce's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. After a long while, he slowed down the car and stopped on the side of the road. The children were all very sensible and said nothing, waiting for Bruce to speak.

Bruce took a deep breath and exhaled, then said, "There might be some danger at the concert. Should I have Alfred pick you all up first?"

Bruce used a question, but the children didn't rush to refute him or shout that it wouldn't work. Dick hesitated for a moment and then said, "What level of danger?"

"I just received news that there might be a killer mixed into the concert, but it's unclear who it is or what level of killer."

"Who is the target?" Jason cared about this question the most. If the target was Batman, he absolutely agreed to let Alfred come pick them up immediately.

The biggest difference between the Robins of this universe and other universes was that they were busy going to school, and their combat power basically hadn't improved. But the so-called "those who drown are those who can swim"—basically, if they wouldn't fight, they wouldn't think about fighting. When they encountered things, their first reaction was to find Batman, and when Batman had things, their first reaction was to protect themselves and not add trouble.

Bruce was still hesitating. At this time, Tim said incredulously, "Are you serious? There's Batman, Wonder Woman, at least a dozen Spider-Men, Constantine, Zatanna, Pamela, and the Iron Man, Captain America, Loki, etc., from another universe at this concert. Shouldn't the ones you need to worry about be the killers?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

The Flash from the main universe in the other car was puzzled. He said, "Where did Batman go? We agreed to go to the concert together before. Why did he disappear again?"

Peter was typing clatteringly in the back seat and said, "Doesn't he disappear often? I'm used to it. After the music festival ends, do you want to go play in our place?"

"Better not. There's a war in our universe, so Wonder Woman and Superman didn't come. I don't know when Batman will come back after leaving like this. I have to go back to help them transmit messages."

Just at this time, with a "whoosh," a car brushed past their edge, completely violating traffic rules and being very unsportsmanlike, making even the good-tempered Flash unable to help but slap the steering wheel and shout, "Hey, what are you doing!"

Who knew a black and red head would poke out from the car in front? Before Flash could speak, Peter poked his head out of the window first and shouted, "Wade! Are you going to the concert too?!!!"