By this I mean, what cities do you imagine would have a larger presence in hip-hop by making waves on national scale but never really did? If you're from there, feel free to post some material of the local acts and perhaps explain why nobody or just one or two artists popped hard enough (label politics, hood politics, crab in a barrel mentality, etc).
For me I'd say;
D.C. (outside of Wale)
Baltimore
Boston (outside of Guru, Statik Selectah and...Benzino
)
Cleveland (I don't know anybody outside of BTNH but that may be my ignorance)
Not a city but Mississippi and Alabama not producing anybody outside of KRIT and Rich Boy is very surprising
With the black presence in these places it's surprises me that they're underrepresented in hip-hop
For me I'd say;
D.C. (outside of Wale)
Baltimore
Boston (outside of Guru, Statik Selectah and...Benzino
)Cleveland (I don't know anybody outside of BTNH but that may be my ignorance)
Not a city but Mississippi and Alabama not producing anybody outside of KRIT and Rich Boy is very surprising
With the black presence in these places it's surprises me that they're underrepresented in hip-hop
