BrandonBanks
Arab Money
First off, I think some ppl exaggerate the amount of black men who really want to be rappers. Yes there are definitely guys who rap but it's not some huge epidemic like some ppl try to make it seem.
Here's what the actual problem is imo. It's not that a large amount of black men want to be rappers, because it's not that large of an amount, not enough to be a problem anyway.
The average black boy boy or man i encounter between the ages of 17-25 usually don't aspire to be rappers.
The actual issue is that even though a lot of us DON'T want to be rappers ourselves, we still have too much of a vested interest in rap, and sports, overall.
And I don't wanna hear "white boys do it too", because white boys and men are more economically advantaged than black men as a group, realistically they can afford to waste time, be mediocre or even below average, and still not be as targeted or disadvantaged. They have it much easier. from the day they are born. Don't use "they do it too" as a copout/excuse.
Contrary to what some ppl say, most black boys/men do NOT aspire to be the next Wayne, or the next Lebron. The average young black male works a 9 to 5, and probably has no aspirations to be a big rap star or athlete.
However, IN OUR SPARE TIME, outside of our job, too many of us do devote too much time/interest to rap insignificant details about rappers and athletes, clothing/shoes/fashion, etc. Knowing about the origins of some beef, somebody's hottest bar or album, who fukked the same industry hoes, who's the best athlete, the illest sneaker colorways, etc may be entertaining but none of that matters. I know i'll catch heat for saying it, but none of those things matter. Knowing these things might be 'fun' but when it comes to business, those things are worthless and will not help us progress as men.
If devoted that much time to researching/discussing business, law, engineering, etc instead of worthless info like gossiping about rap/sports etc we'd gain more economic power. Even researching how to open your own food truck is a better use of time than discussing who murdered who on their own shyt, who's gonna score the most points, who won a beef, etc
Many of us are way too invested in those things, just bump the music and watch the game when it's on and move on, knowing and continuously discussing these meaningless random facts about these rappers, athletes, shoes, etc is an overall waste of time, it's a very immature mentality that many of us need to snap out of. The problem isn't that a lot of black men "want to be rappers", most of us don't, the problem is that in our spare time too many of us spend too much time talking about rappers, athletes and other meaningless things that do not matter at all in the real world.
Here's what the actual problem is imo. It's not that a large amount of black men want to be rappers, because it's not that large of an amount, not enough to be a problem anyway.
The average black boy boy or man i encounter between the ages of 17-25 usually don't aspire to be rappers.
The actual issue is that even though a lot of us DON'T want to be rappers ourselves, we still have too much of a vested interest in rap, and sports, overall.
And I don't wanna hear "white boys do it too", because white boys and men are more economically advantaged than black men as a group, realistically they can afford to waste time, be mediocre or even below average, and still not be as targeted or disadvantaged. They have it much easier. from the day they are born. Don't use "they do it too" as a copout/excuse.
Contrary to what some ppl say, most black boys/men do NOT aspire to be the next Wayne, or the next Lebron. The average young black male works a 9 to 5, and probably has no aspirations to be a big rap star or athlete.
However, IN OUR SPARE TIME, outside of our job, too many of us do devote too much time/interest to rap insignificant details about rappers and athletes, clothing/shoes/fashion, etc. Knowing about the origins of some beef, somebody's hottest bar or album, who fukked the same industry hoes, who's the best athlete, the illest sneaker colorways, etc may be entertaining but none of that matters. I know i'll catch heat for saying it, but none of those things matter. Knowing these things might be 'fun' but when it comes to business, those things are worthless and will not help us progress as men.
If devoted that much time to researching/discussing business, law, engineering, etc instead of worthless info like gossiping about rap/sports etc we'd gain more economic power. Even researching how to open your own food truck is a better use of time than discussing who murdered who on their own shyt, who's gonna score the most points, who won a beef, etc
Many of us are way too invested in those things, just bump the music and watch the game when it's on and move on, knowing and continuously discussing these meaningless random facts about these rappers, athletes, shoes, etc is an overall waste of time, it's a very immature mentality that many of us need to snap out of. The problem isn't that a lot of black men "want to be rappers", most of us don't, the problem is that in our spare time too many of us spend too much time talking about rappers, athletes and other meaningless things that do not matter at all in the real world.
