"Black Youth look up to RAPPERS because they SHOW what they HAVE and what they have DONE. OLD nikkaS just TALK but show NOTHING BUILT" - Tariq Nasheed
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He isn't lying, unfortunately. Its not unlike being a square all our lives even when we came from the same background but the POS who did dirt for years and turned his life around gets love for being "real." For a subset of folks, sense can't be told.
RaspberryFitted
Boyz In Motion Member
sounds like an old stream but still applies
How much longer will the mythos of rappers being the apex of Black Manhood last?
How much longer will the mythos of rappers being the apex of Black Manhood last?
CreepyMcCreeperson
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They look up to rappers because a lot of them don’t have fathers in the home. If you saw a man taking care of business everyday, you wouldn’t feel the need to model your life after an entertainer.
Diddly Drogba
Superstar
He's right old nikkas let Asians, Arabs and hipsters take over their communities.
Problem is, black life in the last 25 years been taken over by high end superficial shyt. The idea of having a 9-5 and a college education is 'lame' and 'swagless' and far too many black folk think that life is just one major music video where partying and fukkery is the ideal lifestyle. Materialistic black folk feel like temporary embarrassed millionaires that are forced to live in a basic lifestyle and hate the idea that they can never drive a high end car like a Rolls Royce or travel to exotic destinations and party like Puffy in 1997.
IG, you can forget it. The average black person looks like they make 400k a year and stay partying and stunting.
IG, you can forget it. The average black person looks like they make 400k a year and stay partying and stunting.
RaspberryFitted
Boyz In Motion Member
How old are we talking? Because a lot of old brehs on this site are an example of this
It’s a terrible thing because at its core they are entertainers just like rappers. It also fuels parasocial relationships which leds to more awkward back hunched over dweebs who can’t hold a two minute irl conversation.
RaspberryFitted
Boyz In Motion Member
really society has transitioned into a hyper superficial mindset but whatever affects the world affects Black People the worst
UncleTomFord15
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The idea of being "real" is legit one of the worst things to ever happen to black people especially men in the last 50 years. Its the main reason they're black kids who grow up middle class with both parents and still end up in prison/dead or a single mother because they wanted to be "down". Seen this my whole life.
But they’re not outside committing crimes like that. They can hold conversations, are they compelling is another story.
sounds like an old stream but still applies
How much longer will the mythos of rappers being the apex of Black Manhood last?
Rappers show their purchases and money.
What are OLD nikkas showing they've built?
Ski Mask
Friendzone: Collection 1
I would go as far to say that rappers have more influence due to the fact thats the kind of successful person they see the most in person and in the media.
The problem i have with finger waggers is that they either speak to the choir or in front of non black people safely in the suburbs. I bet kids in the hood know more successful criminals than they do doctors/lawyers/tech/business owners/etc...
The problem i have with finger waggers is that they either speak to the choir or in front of non black people safely in the suburbs. I bet kids in the hood know more successful criminals than they do doctors/lawyers/tech/business owners/etc...
Yeah, and a lot of black folk under the age of 35 let rap videos of Puffy's and Cash Money's superficial paradigm raise them from the TV screen back in the 90s. "Bling Bling" at the Fall of 1999 done ravaged the minds of millions and for a lot of people, nothing chanced for the better ever since.
Social media made this even worse, somehow.