This isn’t true at all. Cole has a large down south fan base. Especially with women.
I don’t know about this either. Griselda has a large following in GA and I’m from the sip and people love them there too.
Post 2015 the entire soundscape of rap changed due to futures influence but before especially when I was on college and I travel from MS to GA all the time til this day people liked Kendrick, cole, Joey badass etc.
But now these young folks ain’t hearing that lol they really only fukk polo g Dirk future (like you said) and really drill
It wasn’t anything about guilty conscience. It was more so the media and people not liking the musical soundscape at the time upset with how it was going. The usual older gen hating the younger gen shyt. It was party and dance music dominating the charts. D4L, dem franchise boys, Soulja boy was getting a lot of play.
Esco didn’t explain his title til 2021. Him naming his album Hip Hop Is Dead while not being specific, chuck d was calling out down south artists like Gucci, Soulja was getting attacked, even down south artists were blaming dem franchise boys which made people feel a way. The media and journalists fueled all of it. I think he said it was about music in general lol and that rap died with big and Pac some bs like that. Great marketing tactic though he did the same with untitled (probably my favorite nas album
I really hate threads like this. Because there’s always a handful of idiots (more fans than artists) that downplay other artists and they should be ignored. 2006-2010 was a weird time and the media played a large part in it and underground artists fell for the okey doke too
I’m from the south and I know other people on this board who are too and Nas and Jay are our goats. And I know people in real life that think the same. OP making this thread is suspect because it brings out the idiots that do think their region is superior

look at the front page and read the threads they are terrible
When in reality the majority of everyone from each region fukks with each other. RIP Kay slay he always fukked with 3 6, Nore, and the dips always fukked with the south. nikkas love cam from the sip to Florida. I’m a Jimmy fan though, I’ve treated a lot of kids named Raekwon and both parents love the Wu down here, Nas and lil Jon had one of the hardest songs that’s never talked about with quick to back down
Y’all gotta cut this shyt out. It’s the same people in every thread talking to each other spewing hate when in reality, in 2023 most artists fukk with each other too. It’s been that way for a long time minus a few bone heads here and there and no one cares what they think.