Is LL Cool J the only rapper to become successful without riding another nikkas wave?

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True credential for the G.O.A.T. Came into the game solo with no crew and no affiliations making hit after hit over the years with no features on the tracks.

Every other really successful rapper had the hype of being associated with other artists
to get and maintain their buzz for their albums.

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NELLY HAD THE ST. lUNATICS

50 Cent had g-UNIT
Biggie had 2pac and junior m.a.f.i.a.
Mase had bad boy
2pac had digital underground and then death row
Master P had No Limit
Lil Wayne had cash money
Drake had Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj had Cash money/ Young Money
Lauryn Hill had Fugees
Big Pun had Fat Joe
Wu-tang nikkas had Wu-Tang
Ludacris had DTP
Bow wow had snoop and jermaine dupri

Eminem had Dr. Dre and Snoop and Nate Dogg on MMLP
Vanilla Ice had black people in his videos
Ja Rule had murder inc.
Kanye had Rocafella
Jay Z had Biggie affiliations from the start and Rocafella and now has Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, and Kanye
 
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bump this real hip-hop thread. So you nikkas just wanna talk about gossip in the hip-hop section all day?
 

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Dumb thread. Nelly, Luda and 50 were the leaders of their crew. 2pac outshined Digital Underground since his second album and was famous before Death Row as a multi platinum artist and actor. Ja Rule was the main one in his crew, but you're wrong in the sense that his intro to the mainstream was a Jay-Z song.
 

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nikka, nobody from the 80's had a wave to ride on. They were the pioneers.

Having said that, there are probably a few today who can also make that claim. Eg, Rick Ross for one.
 

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nikka, nobody from the 80's had a wave to ride on. They were the pioneers.

Having said that, there are probably a few today who can also make that claim. Eg, Rick Ross for one.
Ross be falsifying his album sales numbers.
 
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