Is there a way to be a part of hiphop culture without being involved with the streets?

[dora_da_destroyer]

I'm not getting the question. Is it any tie to the streets? That seems weird and too broad, it's like being from the bourgie side of the family but you got hood ass cousins really putting in work in the streets, just cuz y'all hang every now and then and they buy you some food, or kicks don't mean you involved in their lifestyle.

Cats like tribe and de la soul are integral to hip hop but they not promoting no hood shyt even tho they came from it.

 

[Guvnor]

Sounds like what I originally said neither one have to really deal with black rap fans at all and are still very successful. I think Logic's album had almost 200k pure sales, yet I've never heard a Logic single on the radio nor in any public setting in my lifethose artists can completely bypass black rap listeners on their way to success

But by the streets I didn't mean necserially black people. I meant dealing with a criminal element or those backed by some kind of criminal element.

 

[Guvnor]

I'm not getting the question. Is it any tie to the streets? That seems weird and too broad, it's like being from the bourgie side of the family but you got hood ass cousins really putting in work in the streets, just cuz y'all hang every now and then and they buy you some food, or kicks don't mean you involved in their lifestyle.

Cats like tribe and de la soul are integral to hip hop but they not promoting no hood shyt even tho they came from it.

Well I meant more so being backed by the streets financially or dealing with folks who are backed by criminals in corporations. An example which I posted in the op is an interview where fat joe mentions that when he met Kanye West he was carrying bags for a big time drug dealer. As a rapper I was wondering if it was possible to be in the entertainment business but stay clear of these kind of individuals and just make music.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

But by the streets I didn't mean necserially black people. I meant dealing with a criminal element or those backed by some kind of criminal element.

Ahhhh ok gotcha, I was solely thinking about black rap listeners

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Well I meant more so being backed by the streets financially or dealing with folks who are backed by criminals in corporations. An example which I posted in the op is an interview where fat joe mentions that when he met Kanye West he was carrying bags for a big time drug dealer. As a rapper I was wondering if it was possible to be in the entertainment business but stay clear of these kind of individuals and just make music.

Yea, I don't follow these dude's personal lives anymore so I can't answer for certain, but I would think that since at least 07/08/09 the answer is yes. Squeaky clean cats can make their own beats, record in their own homes, and use their own social media to build followings, sell records, sell out tours, and get singed. No need to mix with any street/hood element. Now back in the 90's, yea, that element was probably more prevalent even amongst the "positive" artists.

 

[Guvnor]

Yea, I don't follow these dude's personal lives anymore so I can't answer for certain, but I would think that since at least 07/08/09 the answer is yes. Squeaky clean cats can make their own beats, record in their own homes, and use their own social media to build followings, sell records, sell out tours, and get singed. No need to mix with any street/hood element. Now back in the 90's, yea, that element was probably more prevalent even amongst the "positive" artists.

That's what I would think too but when you think deeper about it. To do touring you got to use a booking agent or someone who has connections, maybe even work with a live nation or company like that which has the big concert game in a choke hold. To really sell records or get signed you either got to have connections a lot of times who can pay the radio and dj's to play your records, this is unless you get one lucky record. All of this is of course if you want to be bigger then just some SoundCloud artist. If you want to really be a big name it seems like you have to get you hands dirty in some capacity. I could be wrong tho.

 

[Amor fati]

I wonder how groups and rappers like Souls of Mischief, Pharcyde, Skee-Lo, Freestyle Fellowship, Casual and del the funky homosapien would navigate when doing tours or shows in rough towns them guys weren't hood guys they could easily get pressed up.

 

[Guvnor]

I wonder how groups and rappers like Souls of Mischief, Pharcyde, Skee-Lo, Freestyle Fellowship, Casual and del the funky homosapien would navigate when doing tours or shows in rough towns them guys weren't hood guys they could easily get pressed up.

Facts, I know the alcoholics was gonna be backed by Freeway Ricky Ross and Madlib was originally rolling with them along with Declaime aka Dudley Perkins.

Though I'm not sure about the groups you mentioned. However I know they had to have people rolling with them some how cause they used to be in the hood for real doing their shows lol.