What the fukk is an industry plant?

[mr. smoke weed]

See this phrase used at least once a thread. What does it mean? Explain to a hip hop head that came up in the internet era.

Is Kendrick Lamar the only industry plant? Nas's debut was in '91 he came out in '94 was he a plant? What about Ma$e? He was murda before he was $$ was that a plant?

 

[T.he I.nformant]

It's a plant that grows from the industry, duh

 

[jamaicaiwonder1993]

I guess a rapper with no buzz at all prior to his or her mainstream success that just blows up out of the blue.
Example Asap rocky nobody in nyc knew who he was until he signed to a major label

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Every artist is an industry plant...

 

[Kingshango]

As far as im concerned, everyone in the music industry is an industry plant.

It's just that the wack industry plants outweigh the decent plants.

This is why industry plants get look at in a bad light here but we give obvious plants like Kendrick and Cole a pass.

 

[FaTaL]

Every artist is an industry plant...

no

some are actually independent

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

no

some are actually independent

they all start out independent ...

Some just have more money to push themselves and knock on a few more doors