New Yorkers arent aware that we're from the "North"

[TaxCollector13459]

I’m from NC and have spent most of my life there, but I spent some of my teenage years in the Sip; even went back there for a job once I graduated from college. You were pretty much spot on with your description for both those areas.

Them Mississippi nikkas don’t play at all, and it be small rural towns where sh*t gets wild often and quickly. I’d say their gang culture is pretty active as well, and it’s probably the state in the south with the most gang activity, as them G’s and Lords are rampant through those small rural towns. My bro goes to school in Starkville, and will tell me how this small city that is dominated by Mississippi State Univ, is a hot bed for G activity. It also makes sense that it gets a little more wild in those 3 states, as some of the most brutal slavery was practiced in these states. I know in Jackson and Clarksdale, the pressure is applied and it’s applied quickly. I spent majority of my time on the coast, and while Biloxi and Gulfport would be on that shyt, it was little ass Moss Point that really got down.

I know NC very well, as that’s my home state and where I consider home. I remember telling people in MS that I was from NC, and they could always tell, because my accent or drawl isn’t really that thick at all.
I hate it, but there was a point where NY nikkas was damn near worshipped around here. A lot of Carolina nikkas tried to be like nikkas from NYC. It’s not really like that in the rural towns of NC, and aside from Charlotte, the major cities in NC are heavily East Coast/NYC influenced. I still remember back in the mid 2000’s when we, along with VA, was on that “Middle East” shyt. “We’re not the south, were the Middle East.” Now, like you said, we’re just the Carolinas. Now, it’s not lit that in the rural cities, but Greensboro, Winston, Raleigh/Durham, etc you meet quite a few people who fit your description.

Facts and truth. NYC the reason alotta nikkas around here started claiming blood. I never got into that shyt but alotta my peoples did. Nikka 2005', everyone and they mama was down. That shyt all over Southeast/south raleigh

 

[poppastoppa]

Facts!

For good and bad. I know I love my Red Rice, Eggs and Rice, Purloo, Okra Soup, Fish or Shrimp and Grits, and Frogmore Stew (Don't call it no damn Seafood boil, or Low Country Boil).

 

[GoAggieGo.]

Facts and truth. NYC the reason alotta nikkas around here started claiming blood. I never got into that shyt but alotta my peoples did. Nikka 2005', everyone and they mama was down. That shyt all over Southeast/south raleigh

Not to mention Dipset had a heavy presence down here; especially in Greensboro and the Raleigh/Durham area. They brought that blood shyt right on down.

Freekey Zeeky owns some clubs down here, and I know Cam and Jim were always here.

 

[Citi Trends]

a thread full of people not from the south telling southerners what they do

even got that idiot @HaitianPattyFromNYC in here who said southern black people haven't created any music genres

yall keep proving how gotdamn clueless you are

 

[TaxCollector13459]

Not to mention Dipset had a heavy presence down here; especially in Greensboro and the Raleigh/Durham area. They brought that blood shyt right on down.

Freekey Zeeky owns some clubs down here, and I know Cam and Jim were always here.

Lmao yep, i remember them. They used to carry these desert colored flags around here. Shyt lowkey wild if you think about it, cause alotta blood nikkas in raleigh, alotta nc nikkas in general used to be on that crip shyt back in the day. But you got hella crips and GD in Durham though


East Durham, you can still get ya issue



Hov know how NC get down, he got his chain snatched at a show in greensboro and never really fukked with us again like that. Thats why that j cole shyt surprised me. Alotta nikkas be getting they shyt snatched

And shyt crazy cause nikkas beef with each other here, and they used to be homies in elementary lol

 

[Spade]

In texas and Louisiana, when we hear south, we dont think of no virginia or carolina. Thats north-east coastish to us. It aint mississipi, florida, arkansas,etc

I’m originally from Texas and thought like you until I came here. Virginia and the Carolinas are definitely the South. Especially the Carolinas. If you want to flip this, some people in the southeast don’t look at Texas as the true south.

 

[Spade]

TX/LA/Miss- Gulf coast, heavy creole influence, jambalaya, gumbo, crawfish, Mardi Gras party anywhere at any time type of culture, Slabs, Vogues, Buicks, Grand Prixs, Yat accent in LA which means its a southern accent without a drawl, mix of yat and southern drawl in TX, Miss mostly drawl but still has some of rhythmic way of talking that Yat does. Black folks from that area tend to be very aggressive, in a up north type of way. If that makes sense. Especially LA and Miss, yeah Miss is mostly rural, but that shyt is like Terrordrome in the woods

GA/FLA/Bama- Heavy Geechie influence, geechie kinda like creole without the French and Spanish, Brunswick Stew, Fish Fry's and low country boils, tends to be more religious, not as heavy a party culture like the Mardi Gras demo, which in turn created the Juke Joint culture- little spot that had to be ducked off in the woods cuz you didn't want word to get out that you was turning up at night. Chevy Caprices, Impalas, Monte Carlos, big ass rims, dreads. As a whole more laid back, but, Low country Black folks in this region are more jealous and aggressive than up country/Piedmont brehs, but still not as jealous and aggressive as LA/Miss 3rd coast brehs. The accent gets less the further south and closer to the coast you go, Geechie accent is alot faster and almost sounds up north. SAV, Chucktown, North FLA..etc. Like if you put a ATL breh and a SAV breh side by side and had them speak, you would guess the SAV breh was from the bigger city. Cuz we sound waaaay countrier than they do.

Carolinas- Damn near Mid Atlantic, a lot more European influence with the food, BBQ, liverwurst, cheerwine soda, less of an accent in NC. Even more conservative turn up wise than GA/FLA/Bama, but not as or the same level of religious. Lot more up north/east coast influence. Ford Crown Vics and Caddys, dreads too but lot of braids also. shyt load of light skinned and mixed Black folks, especially in NC. SC tends to be more like GA and NC tends to be more like VA, but they are basically the same damn thing. I don't really think they distinguish from north and south like that. Its just the Carolinas to them.

Upper south-Tenn/Arkansas/KY- industrial midwest kinda vibe, coal mines and other forms of labor like that. West Tenn is Black as shyt, but its not as many brehs in this part of the south. Poorer soil, harder to grow crops so it wasn't as many slaves as further south. Mostly really poor too tho, Memphis, Little Rock, Clarksville, Louisville, all of them are pretty rough when it comes to the Black side of things. I'd say Memphis culture dominates this region, Mtown very much has a big footprint culturally. Not even sure what type of cars for them, Ive seen some of everything the couple times ive slid thru Memphis. They for sure have an affinity for white cars up there, like damn near how it be when you in the Caribbean. Came out this hood club up there and it seemed like half the lot was white cars. Know it sounds wild, but its a thing up there

Perfect description. Arkansas is like a mixture of MidSouth and the Texas/LA/Miss. in fact, to break it down a little more. Central Arkansas and Northern Miss is more Mid South and they are just as aggressive as how you have Miss and LA. But Southern Arkansas is much more like East Texas, Northern Louisiana, and central Mississippi.

The gulf coast is special different flavor of the South. The gulf coast of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are different than the rest of their respective states. They look and feel different. Houston doesn’t look like Dallas. They are more catholic and more into seafood and water activities.

 

[TaxCollector13459]

I’m originally from Texas and thought like you until I came here. Virginia and the Carolinas are definitely the South. Especially the Carolinas. If you want to flip this, some people in the southeast don’t look at Texas as the true south.

Exactly, some people look at texas being closer to the southwest instead of the true south. I went to UH, and it took me 16 hours to drive back home.


I mean to keep it 1000, carolina been apart of the south before texas was even really apart of the U.S. , keep in mind we are one of the 1st 13. as a Carolina nikka born and raised i feel close/ one and the same with SC just as much as I do with VA, GA, Florida and the rest of the brehs.

Like, we connected to everything

7 hours to DC
3 hours to VA
3 hours to SC
5 hours to ATL
10 hours to FL or so
And like 12 to NY i think


I can honestly say personally i have never felt out of place in any state or city in the south

 

[Pazzy]

Speaking as an NJ dude, NY is and has always been it's own separate entity. NY nikkas don't really fukk with us like that and we don't really fukk with them like that either. We're two different states with very different mentalities and culture but we're always grouped with each other because we're right next to each other.

Agree with you on NJ and NY being too different spots but what you said most definitely isn't true in the bolded. There's a lot of NY transplants living in new jersey as well as a lot of jersey transplants living in new York. Same thing with work. You have new Yorkers that work in jersey and jersey people that work in new York. You pretty much have people from both states going back and forth between. It's rare to find or hear anybody from the NYC and north jersey area that has NEVER left their state. It's almost unheard of. You'll have people's who families are all over the Tristate too so this whole new York and new Jersey doesn't mess with each other thing you're putting across isn't true.

 

[How Sway?]

Facts and truth. NYC the reason alotta nikkas around here started claiming blood. I never got into that shyt but alotta my peoples did. Nikka 2005', everyone and they mama was down. That shyt all over Southeast/south raleigh

Tell me about it

Their Shyt be hella fugazi too

 

[How Sway?]

I’m originally from Texas and thought like you until I came here. Virginia and the Carolinas are definitely the South. Especially the Carolinas. If you want to flip this, some people in the southeast don’t look at Texas as the true south.

Anyone that says that needs to brush up on their history. All these nyers and jersey people doesn't mean NC and VA are not in the South. The rural areas in both states are about as country as anywhere else. Only once you get to NOVA do things start feeling more 'northern'

 

[GoAggieGo.]

Exactly, some people look at texas being closer to the southwest instead of the true south. I went to UH, and it took me 16 hours to drive back home.


I mean to keep it 1000, carolina been apart of the south before texas was even really apart of the U.S. , keep in mind we are one of the 1st 13. as a Carolina nikka born and raised i feel close/ one and the same with SC just as much as I do with VA, GA, Florida and the rest of the brehs.

Like, we connected to everything

7 hours to DC
3 hours to VA
3 hours to SC
5 hours to ATL
10 hours to FL or so
And like 12 to NY i think


I can honestly say personally i have never felt out of place in any state or city in the south

Facts. I’ve been all over the south, from Texas to VA, and although we all live a bit differently and have our separate cultures, I feel I can adapt anywhere in the south. Man, it’s all home to me, and as an AA, this is where my ancestors lived and you feel that shyt in your soul just being down here. The south is the home of the AA if you think about it.

It’s funny, because I brought up my southern drawl in an earlier post and how my drawl wasn’t really distinct; atleast not to a nikka from Bama or the Sip, but soon as I left that mafuka, my accent had a little more southern twang to it . Hell, living in the A Now has me picking up some of their slang and the drawl is as distinct as it ever was.

 

[TaxCollector13459]

Facts. I’ve been all over the south, from Texas to VA, and although we all live a bit differently and have our separate cultures, I feel I can adapt anywhere in the south. Man, it’s all home to me, and as an AA, this is where my ancestors lived and you feel that shyt in your soul just being down here. The south is the home of the AA if you think about it.

It’s funny, because I brought up my southern drawl in an earlier post and how my drawl wasn’t really distinct; atleast not to a nikka from Bama or the Sip, but soon as I left that mafuka, my accent had a little more southern twang to it . Hell, living in the A Now has me picking up some of their slang and the drawl is as distinct as it ever was.

 

[Whogivesafuck]

a thread full of people not from the south telling southerners what they do

even got that idiot @HaitianPattyFromNYC in here who said southern black people haven't created any music genres

yall keep proving how gotdamn clueless you are

 

[poppastoppa]

Facts. I’ve been all over the south, from Texas to VA, and although we all live a bit differently and have our separate cultures, I feel I can adapt anywhere in the south. Man, it’s all home to me, and as an AA, this is where my ancestors lived and you feel that shyt in your soul just being down here. The south is the home of the AA if you think about it.

Aint nothing better than seeing that bad bitty with that one open face gold. You know she down to fry fish, buss her gun, and play dominoes like a mofo.