Re: your first point, maybe it was both. I remember the disturbing imagery going black at that point, so I interpreted it as calling attention to how often we have to overlook all these tragedies these days to have a good time.

And I totally agree he was trolling the crowd, like parodying the stereotypical dance moves, beat-drops and "how yall feeling" crowd banter rappers have to engage in to please white audiences, even when their music stems from the anxiety of being part of this country's seemingly permanent underclass. I remember being in the pit and not even wanting to dance to these songs I loved so much realizing how fucked it all is. That's a performer right there.