Can someone explain to me the Phenomenon known as NBA young boy

[Robbie3000]

First I thought he was just an internet sensation, but this weekend, I was in N.O and he was performing across the street from The Hyatt where I was staying. He sold out an Arena with no guests I heard. After the concert I’m chilling at the bar and I just see a mass of people (kids, parents, teens white/black) all wearing green and red bandannas.

The hotel even had a Slime theme with their staff. They had a Slime menu and slime drinks.

Everybody I was with was of a certain age and we were all blown away like

You would have thought this nikka was MJ or something.

But the most amazing thing is. all those kids at the hotel were well mannered and polite af. No shenanigans or YN activities.

 

[King Harlem]

His main fanbase is 25 and under. We've had maybe one Open Registration for like a week over the last 7-8 years. There might be 5 people who actively post in that age range.
@A Tribe Called Quest ™ is the only person I can even think of.

 

[Jaguar93]

He speaks to the soul

 

[010101]

all the celebrities youth praise now make them feel like the least among them can be king

you can be terrible at what you do & have a mob of idiots make you a fortune

this is the dunce era aHA

*

 

[JohnStarksMiddleFinger]

I don’t know but my 25 year old sister swears up and down he saying some real shyt.

She be on a SZA type vibe, it confuses me why she would be listening to him

 

[Mugenight]

My guy I don't understand either I swear to god.

 

[EarlyEarly]

I saw a comment on instagram someone said NBA Youngboy concerts are like the Lion King when Scar took over.

 

[L $ C]

they just want to be his 14th child


unfortunately the youth love ignent chit

 

[Knucklehead]

Young people love him there’s not much more to it than that. Many talk about the emotion and pain in his lyrics…
Bottom line is most people on this site are old enough to have teenage children and no teenagers ever have wanted to listen to the same music as their parents.

 

[bigde09]

They calling him this gen’s Tupac

 

[L $ C]

They calling him this gen’s Tupac

this is why we are lost

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Ain't YouTube a big part of his branding?

 

[bigde09]

Young people love him there’s not much more to it than that. Many talk about the emotion and pain in his lyrics…
Bottom line is most people on this site are old enough to have teenage children and no teenagers ever have wanted to listen to the same music as their parents.

This is true. I wasn’t trying to listen to no Al green or Stevie wonder as a kid. I didn’t listen to them until I got older

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

I just let these young kids listen to what they want.

Every generation goes through this. I don’t bother trying to relate.

My dad thought my music taste was ass when I was in high school

 

[Capital Steez]

Ain't YouTube a big part of his branding?

His fanbase was literally too young to have debit / credit cards for streaming subscriptions, so he distributed a majority of his music through YouTube to democratize access to his catalogs.

He’s the biggest rapper on YouTube, bigger numbers than Drake, Kendrick and Cole.