Did 50 destroy NY hip hop?

[Finesse]

To this day I still see the narrative pushed around. Imo I dont think he did

NYers are just a$$holes

Word to how Lola doing Billy right now too. Its a dog eat dog world outchea. Thats how it was, thats how it is, thats how its always gon be.

It is what is

 

[Amo Husserl]

NY hip-hop sold out to the establishment and the establishment manufactured East Coast-West Coast beef.
50 signing with Dre was the result. NY hip-hop was finished after 50 got on, it took some time to realize. Ja Rule and 50 might have been a bigger blow to NY hip-hop:


Glad it didn't become serious, good question.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

I mean I don’t think so I just think it was the south’s time. When the south was on top NY djs (minus Kay Slay) won’t playing NY hip hop. Was that 50 fault too? No it wasn’t.

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

No one man can "destroy" hip hop or NYC.

That narrative was started by a bunch of B level rappers mad that they couldn't capitalize off G-Unit having the hot hand because G-Unit wasn't doing features.

 

[BK The Great]

It definitely put friction in the East Coast, 50 was shouting out The Lox in his song then dissed them for making music with Ja. Fat Joe also got caught up in that beef too who also held the East Coast down after Pun died. Dipset was running the mixtape circuit along with others that kept it hot but after 2005 it was over. The south was gaining steam after that.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

Check this how come the same songs played in every city and every state? If I’m driving in one state listening to the radio then a few hours later I’m in a different state and the same songs being played how is that possible?

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

To this day I still see the narrative pushed around. Imo I dont think he did

NYers are just a$$holes

Word to how Lola doing Billy right now too. Its a dog eat dog world outchea. Thats how it was, thats how it is, thats how its always gon be.

It is what is

You understand then

There is no way you can be from NYC and say that shyt

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

There is a longggg history dating back to the 80s of NY Rappers being jealous, standoffish and territorial

The only difference was 50 got as big as MC Hammer so of course business sides with him.

If you got a hit your label will force radio to play ball. Nobody can stop that

Nobody

 

[Somebody]

I think Power is trash, but along with MBDTF and Let’s Get It On, I consider GRODT to be arguably the greatest album ever.

 

[Yehuda]

Those cats hated each other before 50 came around.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Nah NY still got great talent like Lex the Hex Master

 

[Somebody]

New york doin just fine btw

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

NY rappers was soo busy battling who was the nicest. They forgot to make feel good music and that’s how the south snuck in. If you blame 50 you gotta blame every other NY rapper too cuz every NY rapper was about bars and who the best. It won’t about just making a good song. That’s how the south came in. They made good songs. Then you had prime Wayne TI Jeezy Luda etc killing it.And NY rappers was talking about mixtapes. If anything Jay and 50 keep y’all alive when the south was taking over.

 

[Tunez]

Ebro

 

[Metal Face]

being left with Papoose & Saigon as "new stars" did