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He was too young to have experienced Too Short’s rap battles first-hand, but old enough to lug the energy of that time around as part of his own identity.

"So, all of us are in danger right now. But we have to stand up. That's our only choice. If we don't do anything, if we just watch, the battle is lost already."

“The analogy that I’ve used this entire season is that these are all battles building up to the war and the war, of course, is the Kentucky Derby,” the 47-year-old Wellman said.

And if you think of many of the battles being waged today — whether it's immigrant rights or Black rights or voter suppression — you could invoke quintessential American values for change.

In fact, it's a bit of a battle of priorities, as Barker explained to Salon.