Rappers who really aren't from where they are associated with

[Deuterion]

Isnt portland on the wert coast?

Yes but it’s considered Pacific Northwest and has a completely different culture so people don’t consider it “The West” from a Hip Hop perspective. If you look on a map? Yeah it’s the West Coast but it ain’t really considered the same as Cali.

 

[Cheese McNair]

Sean made that video in like the 7th or 8th grade. His old manager Sean Menifee had him do this to get his buzz up.





HS era Sean before he signed to Kanye.

Yeah I know, just pointing out that this happened in Detroit.

 

[Killigraphy]

he was 17 a didnt have a choice because he would have been homeless

And he proceeded to claim West Side till he died. Even to go as far as shunning the East Coast in records and interviews....you actually added to my point and didn't realize it.

 

[King Poetic]

It doesn’t matter

Spike lee from Atlanta ... should he been reppin the hawks

 

[tuckgod]

Migos - Atlanta, but really from Lawrenceville, GA
Bow Wow - Atlanta, but really from Columbus, OH
Gucci Mane - Atlanta, but really from Bessemer, AL
Waka Flocka - Atlanta, but really from Queens, NY
Ludacris - Atlanta, but really from Champaign, IL
Young Jeezy - Atlanta, but really from Columbia, SC
Soulja Boy - Atlanta, but really from Chicago, IL

Rick Ross - Miami, but really from Coahoma County, MS
DJ Khaled - Miami, but really from New Orleans, LA
Gunplay - Miami, but really from El Paso, TX

Pac - Los Angeles, but really from Manhattan, NY
Kurupt - Los Angeles, but really from Philadelphia, PA
ScHoolboy Q - Los Angeles, but really from Wiesbaden, Germany

Eminem - Detroit, but really from St. Joseph, MO
Big Sean - Detroit, but really from Santa Monica, CA

Kanye West - Chicago, but really from Atlanta, GA

Pusha T - Virginia Beach, but really from The Bronx, NY

Nelly - St. Louis, but really from Austin, TX

Mase - Harlem, but really from Jacksonville, FL

Wiz Khalifa - Pittsburgh, but really from Minot, ND

J.Cole - Fayetteville, but really from Frankfurt, West Germany


So pretty much if your favorite rapper reps Atlanta, they aren't from there. What are some others?

Where you're born and where you're from is two different things.

 

[Sterling Archer]

A lot of these are huge reaches because being born somewhere and growing up somewhere are two different things.

Prodigy - Long Island

Thread was over before it started with this first reply.

 

[SCJoe]

Where you're born and where you're from is two different things.

Yeah, a few of those dudes are military kids too

 

[King]

When I was in the Air Force I would never tell people I was from Long Beach, I would say Los Angeles because EVERYBODY knows where LA is. So of course an international superstar is gonna say “I’m from ATL” cuz no one knows or cares where the fukk willacoochie,GA is.

Onemicistan or Oochiewally, FL?

 

[get these nets]

Krs-One was from Brooklyn.

I forget the song, but it might have been "We in There". At the end of the song, his brother Kenny Parker is shouting out Brooklyn, while Kris is shouting out the Bronx.

Spoiler: found it

Kenny does YT videos now, and he was a basketball player who starred for Lincoln High School. Which is where Stephon Marbury went. Don't know when Kris left and moved into the shelter system, but he grew up in Brooklyn.