Post Malone is literally a singer. The fact that some consider him a “rapper” at all is wild because he’s legitimately just a pop singer.

He just uses rap type singing flows, but in no way is he a pop rapper or rapper at all

yuck

Who cares.

see this is why it's an interesting conversation

because he has rapped, his song Wow is a melodic rap song as much as an artist like drake, swae lee, travis scott, anderson paak, some migos. and he has co-opted the aesthetic of a "rapper" with the hair and the tattoos and the grills. he talks about things that rappers talk about especially in that song: material possessions, girls, cars.

if what we're talking about itt is trap not being trap if it only has the sonics but not the content, and what you're saying now is an artist is not a rapper despite them having the both the content and sonics, what is true?

is ynw melly trap despite him singing almost exclusively? what distinguishes him from an artist like post? doing street s***? in that case if post killed a mf in a d*** deal would his music be trap then?

This thread riding on the rims

thread got 30 pages for what

He has some songs with rap elements to them, but that doesn’t make him a rapper. In the same way that Drake has made some R&B songs throughout his career, but that doesn’t make him an R&B singer

i mean it kinda does tho if it's a primary element of his artistry, is it that much of a reach to say someone can be more than one thing?

drake literally has multiple chart topping hits that are not rap. find your love. hold on we're going home. one dance. feel no ways. controlla. hotline bling. the entire latter half of scorpion. and you can't call him an rnb singer? why?

Because he’s not an R&B singer.. he’s a rapper that incorporates other genres into his music. Those specific songs are R&B songs, but he’s not an R&B artist, he’s a rapper.

Are Frank Ocean and The Weeknd rappers because they rap in some songs?

Is Lil Wayne a rock artist because he dropped Rebirth?

An artist can be one main thing (rapper, pop singer, R&B singer) while at the same time experimenting with different sounds

yes literally tons of people call frank a rapper a lot of the time, there is a difference between experimenting with something sometimes and having it be a primary part of what defines you as an artist lol. if wayne mad 4 rock albums yes he would be a rock artist

This is true

Yes people call him that and get clowned for it because he’s not a rapper

He’s literally a singer. Ed Sheeran has rapped numerous times throughout his discography, does anyone call him a rapper? No and you know exactly why

you should work on your reading comprehension skills my guy

Literally no one calls him a rapper

on god I thought this wasn’t making it past 4

lyrical content determines what trap is, and it’s also largely regional, with most trap artists being from Atlanta

Travis Scott does not check any boxes for what defines trap. his only tie to the subgenre is that he often works with trap artists without ever being one himself

i hope this clears things up for anyone still confused

thread has run its course, all debates are going in circles. locking.