I've been somewhat out of the loop of hip hop music, though I'm catching up. A club that I go to regularly has been playing a song whose
lyrics argue for the
Father Absence theory of why some people grow up to be wilder than others. (
See the video here.)
It used to be that art referred to theories that weren't even plausible on their face -- Freud's idea of the Oedipus Complex being one. Whether Teairra Mari's song "No Daddy" reflects a shift over time to more plausible ideas, or simply the contrast between moronic intellectuals and those who believe their lying eyes, I couldn't say. Also unknown is whether she's read Harpending & Draper (1982) or just figured it out on her own. If the latter, she must have been pretty perceptive, as the song was released when she was 17.