Back then, it was about being real and showing how you really came up from hard times and now thanks to hard work and skills I've made something of myself. That ghostface single resonates with people because we can relate when Jon Jon peed the bed. Or flaking roaches out the cereal box. It doesn't mean you were weak, this is how we grew up! The rapper would relate to the audience
Nowadays it's about the image. How every rappers life is better than yours. Now the rapper brags to the listener about how much they made. How bad their women are. Can't rap about being broke unless its a comedy rap. Can't rap about the struggle because that image don't sell. We gotta get these fans to spend up their money on trying to dress and live like their favorite rapper even though on the real that rapper might be as broke as his fans
