Only nerds listen to Benny the Butcher.
nah Chicago had a mega run. I say when 69/Casanova ended.9/11/2007 is when gangster rap died mainstream in hip-hop.
Public Enemy opening up for the Beastie Boys - and seeing Montauk bros knowing all their songs.
Black Thought and The Roots touring the country and dealing with Becky's..
At least DOOM leaned into it.
But Griselda.. WWE stuff is a nerdy as Kung Fu and comic book stuff that the Wu was pushing. Griselda's marketing and merchandising is straight outta nerd-dom.
And if the streets was so lucrative, why even rap? Them and the Clipse and every other "I'm a trapper not a rapper"
Hey guyz, I've written some poetry and would like to recite for everyone!!!
Is that an album cover? Looks like a picture that inspired the album cover of Nas' Illmatic.those people were still "the streets"
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