From San Diego since birth, we really don't have much of one, in comparison. In the late 90's the radio was all over rap/r&b, but when it's popularity waned in the mid 2000's, it's been virtually abandoned. And the clubs mostly followed suit, with some exceptions, Belo, On Broadway….With the shift to electronic/trap music so influential it killed rap/r&b in the clubs, and the ones that kept up, are such cesspools of violence and gang banging, deemed too 'ghetto' by most of the public and club goers. Fluxx will have rappers show up and do a few tracks for a few thousand, and so will other smaller venues.
As far as rappers who got on, Mitchy is the best to me, he's grown on me over the years, and really improved his bars and lyrics, his message and stories are authentic and I respect his movement, but he was never really going to get on like that being from here, being reputable LP, in a post 2000 climate. Someone like YG is an anomaly, and take away Mustard's beats and he's passing out cds at the swap meet and trying to duck an indictment.
Problem a lof of them lack originality, authenticity and something to separate themselves from everyone else. It's either street shyt, which is gangs, and if you aren't reputable you aren't on. Period. At least most of the time. The rest of these dudes just don't have much to say. Some of the talent gets swept up fed or state cases, because the main ones to get a look, or trying to transition into rap, which is not a great investment these days. But, no one knows better.
DollaBilla Gates is from out here, I know dudes in his circle and we went t o same school, but he's not on like that, doing mix tapes with Riff Raff and shyt, this track was dope though, and they had a little movement behind it, but that died Mack Twon is facing about a RICO case for pimping, and the other dude doesn't need rap money.
And San Diego can be really backwards and regressive with stances towards hip hop/rap, a lot of these dudes are stuck in a different century.
only SDs nikka will know this
