Why is it so important for rappers to have street cred??

[gho3st]

shyt makes no sense to me . How does being in jail, selling drugs or shooting people up makes you a great rapper?

Chiraq rappers actually kill people and 99% of them are wack as fukk

 

[Mr. Negative]

its not about credibility, it's about actually knowing what you're talking about.

especially in our culture, where such things as "street cred" is one of the coolest things you can have.

 

[FreshAIG]

It only matters if that's that you're talking about. You can't be a street rapper and not either lived it or been around it.

 

[Will Ross]

It's the white kids that want the rappers to be that.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

We need a nikka like me to make it. Sure, Im plugged wit the Vice Lords, but im an everyday nikka that never been in trouble. I have to punch a clock makin basically no money to have a stable life.

 

[Non Sequitur]

It only matters if that's that you're talking about. You can't be a street rapper and not either lived it or been around it.

I honestly don't know why OP is having trouble with this concept.