An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.
'Hound Dog' took like twelve minutes. That's not a complicated piece of work. But the rhyme scheme was difficult. Also the metric structure of the music was not easy. 'Kansas City' was maybe eight minutes, if that. Writing the early blues was spontaneous. You can hear the energy in the work.
We gotta stop fighting amongst each other. I think the only rift should be when take it the stage and try to out perform each other.