There are no Gen Z rap super stars

[CM_Burns]

Y’all gotta stop bringing up that xxx guy in these conversations. I’ve literally never heard any of his songs anywhere when he was alive. And he was only trending when he got beat up for talking shyt or when he abused his girlfriend.

Dude was a total crashout and nothing about him or his music had mainstream appeal. He would have been Lil Durk status at best, not a superstar.

Durk was a superstar for a few yrs though

 

[BmoreGorilla]

R&B singers from the 90s grew up with old R&B and still honed their talent like the old singers

Yea but it still sounded totally different. Plus the use of live instrumentation went down dramatically

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Yea but it still sounded totally different. Plus the use of live instrumentation went down dramatically

They adopted a more rap sound production wise and look but the vocals were still on point

 

[MrLogic]

Hip hop is doa now....


I just listen to the old stuff mid 2000's and back

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Hip hop is doa now....


I just listen to the old stuff mid 2000's and back

You can argue that the decline really started during that time. People started making excuses for wack dudes because they were making hits and people starting chasing after a sound and trends instead of bringing something new and being themselves

 

[Mike the Executioner]

pop music doesn't seem to have the issue
Sabrina, Chappel Roam, Tate, Billie

all young-mid gen z

None of them are celebrities, though. They're famous, but when you look at the 80s, you had MJ, Prince, Madonna, Bruce, Stevie, Phil Collins, Whitney, Aretha and so many others running around at the same time. Literal attractions, larger than life godlike figures.

The truth is, most people don't want to know more about artists than they have to. There aren't any gods, no more superheroes. Billie was the hottest thing going when she dropped her first album. Ever since then, she's been around, but she doesn't feel like this mega star. The only ones who do are Beyonce and Taylor, and they're from a completely different era when we still looked at celebrities as superheroes. A lot of these artists are going to have their moment and then they'll just be around.

 

[The Pledge]

Yea he was the guy ranting online while foaming out the mouth like a psycho, getting beat up on camera and raping women with clothes hangers when he was alive. A superstar in the making for sure

This is referring to Xxx? You sounding weird bro.

Minimizing that wave X was on to some TikTok sized snippets is disingenuous at best, corny as fukk at worst.

Do better

 

[TEH]

Central Cee will probably be as closest as they’ll get currently.

Ken Carson killing them streams too

I thought Yeat would have carved a Uzi lane for himself but I guess not.

LAROI might be the closest alive to be like Drake

I dunno.

Male Gen Z rappers currently charting:

Lil Tecca
Key Glock
DDG
BigXThaPlug
Real Boston Richey
Bossman Dlow
Chuckyy

I’m sure there’s more but it’s not like they don’t exist - it’s just a matter of time until one of them blows up.

 

[The Pledge]

Male Gen Z rappers currently charting:

Lil Tecca
Key Glock
DDG
BigXThaPlug
Real Boston Richey
Bossman Dlow
Chuckyy

I’m sure there’s more but it’s not like they don’t exist - it’s just a matter of time until one of them blows up.

A lot of those dudes aren’t considered Gen Z though. I assume we’re going by the age but I agree, I would have tossed Uzi in there and he’s damn sure a super star.

 

[TEH]

A lot of those dudes aren’t considered Gen Z though. I assume we’re going by the age but I agree, I would have tossed Uzi in there and he’s damn sure a super star.

They are born in 1997 or later - how are they not Gen Z????

 

[The Pledge]

They are born in 1997 or later - how are they not Gen Z????

BigX is under 35?

 

[TEH]

BigX is under 35?

That fat mf’er is 27

 

[horizon]

Female rappers are the biggest Hip-Hop stars today.

That’s why it’s falling off

 

[CM_Burns]

Male Gen Z rappers currently charting:

Lil Tecca
Key Glock
DDG
BigXThaPlug
Real Boston Richey
Bossman Dlow
Chuckyy

I’m sure there’s more but it’s not like they don’t exist - it’s just a matter of time until one of them blows up.

None of them are superstars. Pitbull is bigger than all of them if we're being honest. Sone stripper that was a 5 told me about Key Glock once, still.havent heard his sh1t

 

[TEH]

None of them are superstars. Pitbull is bigger than all of them if we're being honest. Sone stripper that was a 5 told me about Key Glock once, still.havent heard his sh1t

It’s not like I didn’t say the same thing in my post. Thank you for your input.