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

[Art Barr]

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

The whole rappers only sell because of where they are from is a prison industrial economy based ideal from ruthless records and priority.
that was bridged over in the legacy of Warner and interscope to dr.

That most labels followed suit in trying to revenue grab and moving ridiculously against the edicts of the actual culture and its industry.

The idea of this did not even start as a pattern concretely.
till the mtv's oversaturation of dead homies and everythings gonna be alright.




Pac being an MTV darling was an extension of seeing treach his bff made into the MTV darling and he decided to be next.




MTV abandoned NWA for cube as their darling and this video went into oversaturation and the rest is the wack prison industrial economy mislead followers history.

Art Barr

Thejy clockwork orange'd us the fukk up.

 

[Art Barr]

Y'all were duped into this micro sized ideal.


Art Barr

 

[SunZoo]

Not 'better' per say but ...You can take the skills you honed to make a living for yourself but a lot of cat's don't really "need" this...a lot of them wouldn't even give a shyt about rap at all if there wasn't any money in it.

You look at SOME of the great rappers throughout history and without Hip Hop (not Rap Music) they wouldn't be shyt. Look at Jay Z...where would he be if he had given up on rap? Dead or doing football numbers.

Not everybody in the hood is a criminal and even the criminals most of the time only end up being criminals because their options are limited. Hip Hop served as a salvation for poor kids to express themselves and make a way in life. It gave them more options than to be in a gang or to go commit crimes.

Now..look at someone like Drake, it doesn't feel like he NEEDED this to survive or make it in life......Not saying that you have to grow up poor to be dope or participate in the culture but artists who have nothing but their art end up doing the things that stick with people, because there is a level of connection and catharsis that is displayed in their art that could only come from a place of pain. Just like some of the funniest comedians are some of the most depressed people on earth.

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

- Being born into Black Panther lineage and watching it get infiltrated, destroyed and demonized which had personal and societal effects on his entire generation.
- Being seen as a "black leader" and having young black men all over the country looking to him for answers pertaining to the black plight when he hadn't even matured to the point of getting his own emotions and childhood traumas in check.
- Having a mother addicted to drugs, neglect
- Growing up without a father which opens the doors for all kinds of other shyt I could list.
- Born into a poverty mindset
- Being homeless
- Being black in amerikkka...that alone can give you PTSD.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

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

almost every hiphop legend one can think of, came from the hood

 

[the cac mamba]

Yoooo, what in the hell is this smiley

:pactales:

 

[Wacky D]

just saying "people from the hood" or "people in the streets" is a better description.

cuz everybody in the hood isn't living in poverty, and every hood isn't impoverished. a lot of hood are middle-class.

this describes some of the goats.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

Limitation breeds creativity.

A lot of the most creative artists, came from little. Not just in music but other art forms as well.

 

[Doomsday]

almost every hiphop legend one can think of, came from the hood

Wrong.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Wrong.

prove me wrong

 

[semicko82]

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

I didn't know that about Ra. He always had that demeanor like he was from the streets.

 

[boyonamission]

Absolutely not. We all "suffer" in some kind of way. I don't come from a poor background (comfortable middle class) but I still dealt wit' a lot of shyt. Same applies to rappers.

 

[Wacky D]

just saying "people from the hood" or "people in the streets" is a better description.

cuz everybody in the hood isn't living in poverty, and every hood isn't impoverished. a lot of hood are middle-class.

this describes some of the goats.

to take it further, it aint even about struggling.

its about having that sauce. POINT BLANK.

 

[momma]

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[hex]

Long story short, adversity builds character.

Fred.

 

[Cracked]

Could possibly be true if and didn't exist