Are rappers with hood/poverty backgrounds better than those who aren't from the "hood struggle"?

[Sauce Dab]

He sill rapped from a gansta perspective

Doesn't matter if he was really about it

Gangsta perspective?

 

[Sukairain]

Yoooo, what in the hell is this smiley

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Ok

Hood rappers can always lean on

Getting it from the mud
Being the realest nikka ever
Trap tales
Draco tales

It's so easy... this is a hit and we know nothing about him other than he a hood nikka just from the song content

Are you from the suburbs?

 

[King Poetic]

It depends on the rapper

Not all rappers in the hood are about the streets

 

[semicko82]

What was struggle? Not making it to an acting audition on time?

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Probably not in reality, but that's certainly the general perception... Which leads to rappers playing up their humble beginnings or doing everything possible to downplay anything resembling a suburban upbringing ... To the point we almost certainly have a skewed idea of who's from where

Rakim is from suburban long island, and traditional shortlist GOAT candidate... The Clipse grew up in a solidly middle class military suburb in a big two story house and a inground pool in the back... Just as examples

I'd venture say to it has close to no bearing on rap skill and not even a purely hip hop thing at all... But one of those silly ass, counterproductive hangups we have as black folks that seeped its way into hip hop... Along the same lines as being colorstruck...Just flat out ridiculous bullshyt thats the result of this country doing a hell of a number on us

 

[How Sway?]

What was struggle? Not making it to an acting audition on time?

 

[CrimsonTider]

Are you from the suburbs?

I'm from the hood

 

[How Sway?]

Well rap comes from the hood so yeah...... But some of the most innovative/outside the box rappers/producer whatever come from da burbs or middle class backgrounds tbh.

But yeah most suburban rappers a straight up trash tbh

then again a lot of hood nikas now are fukking trash as well., so IDK

 

[FSP]

Different ways to make it out. People from the hood want to be entertainers or dope boys because that's all they see living the good life around them. Hoes, fame, money, etc...

ppl from the suburbs more likely to not have a hunger for that type of lifestyle, though there are some people, Travis $cott comes to mind. Mom worked for Apple, dad was like an engineer or sum... Kanye too

 

[Art Barr]

I think you dudes confused the prison industrial economy style of selling records for urban intellectualism found in the culture of rap.

Art Barr

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I'm from the hood

Then shame on you

 

[Doomsday]

Most successful rappers aren't even from the hood and never struggled, even the ones that rap about it.

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Everyone is from a struggle

yes but that is why I clearly said "hood/poverty" struggle. that particular struggle.

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Such as?

Most successful rappers aren't even from the hood and never struggled, even the ones that rap about it.