like how important is it that a rapper is black and comes from the hood and is actually with the s***s for u to be a fan?

examples would be like cheif keef, nba youngboy, and future

examples of rappers who dont have that image would be drake or gambino or brickhampster

ps pls dont post my avi thank u

(streets wise)

if it goes hand in hand with what they talk about.

except for if their a storyteller on some artsy fartsy type s***
(but rap doesn't have a lot of that when it comes to street s*** )

Zero

artists who are honest about who they are will always be better than artists who pretend to be something they're not

Eh all these dudes embellish to some extent (except Pusha Ton). At least be try to be authentic to who you are and where you come from

Means absolutely nothing to me

At this point it doesn’t matter.

I think it matters as a culture that we support people who represent authenticity. Thats how we got Kanye. He wasnt a street nigga but still had a story to tell.

cmon man

it had to happen

If ur gonna have it in your raps at least don’t try and lie about it outside of your raps

smh

If you claim to be street but really arent I cant take you serious

idc that much but if the rapper is actually as gangster as he says that makes it even better

it means everything to me

i feel like it's more about image and persona than content bc most new rappers don't have much content.
if you a kid from the suburbs making murder music and it slaps i'll listen
but it's another thing entirely to give yourself a false gangster image and backstory to seem cool to other kids when niggas really die for this s*** and throw their lives away for it in prison every day.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Being about what you talk about makes the music resonate more

But you don’t have to be street to create legendary music

Authenticity in general is important

depends on the artist and what they rap about