Graham publicly invited confrontation with his counterculture critics

Evidence

Asked by Shero how he felt about being attacked as a rip-off artist or hippie profiteer, Graham replied that he was “up to my balls” with people criticizing him. “I say, ‘come on up, let’s rap, let’s do it in a park, let’s do it on an FM station, on an AM station, on TV, come on, stand up and explain your position. I’ll explain mine.’” That would happen sooner than Graham thought. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1317

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s central question about artists as advance guard of capital — Graham is the market side already inside the scene, profiting from the culture while being attacked for it.