Can we all agree that Lil Wayne started the "open colorism" trend in today's music?

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Where are you from? Literaly never heard this from a black american male before

NYC....

I know that here, it ain't really about color. If a chick look good, she look good. Period.

If you go to one of these jamaican, trini, grenadian parties, a lot of times the baddest bytch in there ain't even light skin. She's brown, dark brown, dark skin, etc...

The whole "red bone" shyt... first off of all, the term originated from the south. I ain't ever heard it officially til I visited my fam in Miami when I was a kid.

So if my logic is right, the reason we keep hearing about "red bones" more then before is because ever since the south took over hip-hop, it's shown the world where all the c00ns come from.
 
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I feel like Wayan is the Allen Iverson of rap he gets blammed for all the negative trends in his industry. It was popular before Wayne and colorism ain't even prevalent like how it was before. Wayne has become the scapegoat.
 

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I said, Wayne made it a popular trend and more "open" ... Wayne was the biggest rapper in the world in '09. Things he said on tracks (especially radio singles) mattered. I didn't know light skin girls was so "poppin" until Wayne and the string of rappers/singers afterwards made it so apparent.

HOW OLD ARE YOU BREAUGH?

"AND TRYING TO GET WITH LIGHT SKIN
CUZ SHE GOOD LOOKING" - 2PAC

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What'd he say?

He did an interview where someone asked him what type of chicks he dated (black, white, etc), and he said he preferred light skinned women and wasn't into dark skinned women. There was this huge outrage from some people over it for a long time. They even tried to make him apologize :what: i'm like nikka fukk that, i wouldn't have apologized for shyt
 

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nikka, now you just looking to argue...

Quote me some "early 2000's" lyrics with rappers talking bout "red bone" this and "light skin" that... :martin:

Bet you I find 10x more from everything 2010+

just popped those off the top of my head in 10 seconds from 2 of the most popular rappers of the late 90s early 2gs. I Point is, again, that Wayne ain't start it. But hey, do you.
 

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I completely disagree about Lil' Wayne making it popular trend. Rappers reguarly rapped about lightskin/redbone chick in the early 2000's.
I think the OP is wrong, but i also think u guys are missing where he's coming from.
Colorism has been around in the hiphop culture for a min..., but i do notice a big difference in the luv of exoticals (kim k) types and the luv for regular dark to light brown skinned females by the younger men around me (lil wayne era)...
This is because of the growth of hip hop with the growth of the internet simultaneously , its just that simple.
Look at our "fine women" back in the day (im 36) and look at what constitutes a "bad bytch" now...
There is a big difference...and just like how jayz (being the biggest rapper at the time) influenced everything my gen luvd, from the liquor we drunk, the clothes we wore, to the women we thought were beautiful.
Lil wayne (who i always thought was a lyrical NY/philly knock off and a corny nikka in general) was the biggest influence on the generation that should be between 23-28ish now. You see the tightness of their clothes, the crazy drug use, the luv of "exotic" looking females...
Also, the blending of our culture with things that have normally been attributed to alternative, young white culture....
Thank you for ur time
 
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