In Defense of the Money Phone

In Defense of the Money Phone
By Niela Orr
The Baffler

'In “The Story of O.J.,” he instructs, “You wanna know what’s more important than throwin’ away money at the strip club? Credit.” Later, he finesses the argument: “Ya’ll on the Gram holdin’ money to your ear / There’s a disconnect, we don’t call that money over here.” Of course, the attention he pays to social media flossing says more about his own middle-agedness and sense of financial responsibility than it does the spending habits of young rappers who’ve become modestly rich overnight.'