The Year Is 2012.....Why Did Diggy Simmons Not Blow Up?

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:patrice:I remember getting word about one of Run's sons, Diggy, coming up in the rap game back in 2011 and I remember checking for him and he was nice...had charisma and he had substance to his lyrics.....On top of a great production squad, good utilization of featured artist, and a quality "image", on top of who his father is....

And if you never heard the kid, this was the tape that impress me most....Even had appearances from Raekwon, Chris Brown, Lupe, Pharrell etc....

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I remember, the ladies really fukked with him heavy and he had the image and sound to sustain a healthy fan base of female fans. He could have easily had that same female core that artists like Drake and Cole have...At least a younger version of that female core they have.




Then he had that beef with J. Cole over Cole's lyrics about his sister in the Purple Rain track.....The beef between the two was weak asf but, it did put Diggy in the spotlight at the time considering he went at one of the games rising stars, Cole.....




Then he dropped his debut album....Like ok, :what:and he had tracks on there that I thought for sure would of blown him up..... 4 Letter Word? Do It Like You with the Jeremih feature?

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But, last I heard this albulm flopped and that was the end of the chapter, I haven't heard from Diggy since then....:manny:What happen to him? Why was this kid not bigger? Anyone know? @The HONORABLE SKJ
 
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Way too glossy & refined. In my opinion he had no sort of personality and the songs I heard sounded like somebody making music how they think music should sound versus an artist making music based on their own sound. He would have benefited running with someone who was musically relevant right now to shield him until he got his footing.
 

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A better question is, how come JOJO didn't blow up? :russ:



this was a banger, :ohlawd:

only 25k views on youtube :mjcry:

Rev Run's oldest son Jojo Simmons explains why he STOPPED rapping and admitted that he is a wack rapper but so is Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty lol he says that nobody ever wanted to hear him rap & give him a chance in the first place so he will NEVER put out another single .....

 

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Rev Run's oldest son Jojo Simmons explains why he STOPPED rapping and admitted that he is a wack rapper but so is Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Yachty lol he says that nobody ever wanted to hear him rap & give him a chance in the first place so he will NEVER put out another single .....



this kinda makes me sad. I was just seeing what he's been up to since and it aint bad :manny:


 
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