When you think of Rick Ross, you probably don’t think of critical theory. It’s time for that to change. For this week’s “Sweet Spot,” a weekly video series,  New York Times critics A.O. Scott and Jon Caramanica team up to discuss authenticity and fabulism in hip-hop and in nonfiction. Some very interesting points are made regarding “characters” in hip-hop. Watch and learn.

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