What 90s and 00s rappers' lives in 2023 are the most unexpected

[badboys11]

Lol how has no one said Kanye yet? Rising from a top producer to top rapper to having a $1.7 billion per year brand and massive net worth to have everything come crashing down following a tweet.

Nah


I was saying back in 03 Kanye was on the verge of global superstardom, bigger than a lot of major rock acts. Music that would crossover without sounding pop. A back story. Unparalleled confidence. Certain level of crazy


What I didn't expect was a generation of kids who were toddlers in 03 turning themselves into a Kanye cult and worshipping him like a god. Buying them ugly ass shoes for 500 dollars. Anything he puts his name on going for thousands. Plain white tshirts. Trash bags.


He'd been ok if it wouldn't been for the kids dikk riding him so hard. And the Kardashians. I knew he was fukked when he married Kris humphries wife.


Kanye rise and downfall was not hard to predict

 

[parallax]

Snoop epitomizes beating the game and just doing side quests

hes trying to max out his job tree

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Pras got this by a country mile.

 

[Iceson Beckford]

Shyne , Gillie and Joe Budden for me

 

[Da_Eggman]

I mean the fact that fukking Gillie Da kid is making millions in 2023 is probably most amazing

 

[Digital Omen]

Really didn’t see Nelly on country music tours when he first dropped

Country Grammar? It was written

 

[Mac Ten]

How no one mentioned Common is beyond me. Common wasn’t that popular in the 90s. In Chicago, you could make an argument that during the 90s, as far as Chicago rappers, he was behind Crucial Conflict, Twista and Do or Die in popularity. Now he’s in the Hollywood circles and has had many public relationships.

Common played the game right and won...


His career really took off once he hooked up with the Soulquarians.

Twista is out here teaching the world how to shoot legally.

I know folks hate Kanye nowadays but there's no doubt that he breathed new life into both Common, Twista, and Do or Die from 2003-2007.

 

[Mac Ten]

TI went from the hottest rap act when Jay Z retired to a failed stand up comedian that's known for picking on his goofy son.

T.I became older and wiser..


I'd rather see Cliff Huxtable than dope boy T.I

Can't have T.I rapping about the traphouse at 40 something years old.

Even Jeezy started stray away from that despite getting a lot of flack from his peers. Dude hosted a show on Fox Soul and he became more classy and sophisticated like Hov.

 

[Digital Omen]

I'm most surprised by squeaky clean image and multi platinum selling The Fugees and crew becoming the actual real live criminals of Hip Hop:

Ex-Fugees rapper Pras Michel found guilty in scheme to help China influence US government | CNN Politics

The rapper Pras Michel was found guilty in federal court in Washington on Wednesday of 10 criminal counts related to an international conspiracy reaching the highest levels of the US government.

www.cnn.com

Wyclef Jean accused of stealing Haiti charity money in disastrous Reddit AMA - Fact Magazine

Wycle Jean is crucified during a disastrous Reddit AMA which brings criminal accusations over his Haiti charity back to the fore.

www.factmag.com

Lauryn Hill Responds to Accusations of Stealing 'Miseducation' Music, Harsh Band Treatment

Lauryn Hill has responded to accusations that she "stole" the music on her 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' and mistreats her touring band.

www.rollingstone.com

Record producer John Forte's sentence commuted

Rapper/producer John Forte, who worked closely with the Fugees before being sent to prison on drug charges, had his sentence commuted Monday (November 24) by President George W. Bush.

www.reuters.com

 

[Mac Ten]

- Fat Joe became the Hip Hop Forrest Gump. Dude is the Spanish version of Oprah

- Jacki-O becoming a preacher

- Trick Daddy is out here with his own cooking show on YouTube. He kinda fell to the wayside when Ross was getting popular. Through the 2010's, he's kinda been MIA versus back in the 2000s, you saw Trick on everyone's albums.

- Lloyd Banks caught a new wave independently. I think 50 may have lit a fire behind him.

 

[Duke Dixon]

T.I became older and wiser..


I'd rather see Cliff Huxtable than dope boy T.I

Can't have T.I rapping about the traphouse at 40 something years old.

Even Jeezy started stray away from that despite getting a lot of flack from his peers. Dude hosted a show on Fox Soul and he became more classy and sophisticated like Hov.

I didn't just mean rapping.

TI had a good acting career until 2018.

 

[Digital Omen]

Early 90s: RZA was a failed solo rapper dust head who beat an attempted murder charge
2023: classic album producer, NYT best selling book author, Tarantino movie scores, actor, creator & exec producer on Hulu show

Bong bong

 

[lib123]

Nah


I was saying back in 03 Kanye was on the verge of global superstardom, bigger than a lot of major rock acts. Music that would crossover without sounding pop. A back story. Unparalleled confidence. Certain level of crazy


What I didn't expect was a generation of kids who were toddlers in 03 turning themselves into a Kanye cult and worshipping him like a god. Buying them ugly ass shoes for 500 dollars. Anything he puts his name on going for thousands. Plain white tshirts. Trash bags.


He'd been ok if it wouldn't been for the kids dikk riding him so hard. And the Kardashians. I knew he was fukked when he married Kris humphries wife.


Kanye rise and downfall was not hard to predict

The level of his rise and the rapid decline was unpredictable.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

How no one mentioned Common is beyond me. Common wasn’t that popular in the 90s. In Chicago, you could make an argument that during the 90s, as far as Chicago rappers, he was behind Crucial Conflict, Twista and Do or Die in popularity. Now he’s in the Hollywood circles and has had many public relationships.

nikka reads lines like he just learned how to read and got called upon by the teacher

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

T.I became older and wiser..