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  • Nov 1, 2021
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    Rocky appreciates Houston more than Travis does

  • KTT got negative energy for almost everything it’s crazy. Praying one day y’all channel that into something better

  • lil ufo 🛸
    Nov 1, 2021

    cultural approprpiation? man's got his flavor from SGP

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    Rocky got it from that other site

    Real ones know

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    did I go through a wormhole or something? What year is it?

  • Nov 1, 2021
    youngtubesteak2

    Rocky got it from that other site

    Real ones know

  • Nov 1, 2021
    emocean

    did I go through a wormhole or something? What year is it?

    Its 2011

  • Nov 1, 2021
    youngtubesteak2

    “ Let’s start with the obvious, the use of the word trill”

    Sxn….

  • Nov 1, 2021

    They called Drake a culture vulture for his Houston s*** so if he one then yeah Rocky is too

  • Nov 1, 2021
    MyBallsAndMyWord
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    RxK first time New York rappers had their own swag in like 15 years

    talk to these niggas king

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    I had no idea trill came from "too real" damn

  • Nov 1, 2021
    Paper Route K

    Rocky appreciates Houston more than Travis does

    this is extremely false

  • Nov 1, 2021

    If drake get a pass let rocky live

  • "They called Drake a culture vulture for his Houston s***"

    "If Drake get a pass"

    Which one is it man

  • Nov 1, 2021
    blacked

    Is it 2011 again?

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    lol in some threads the age range be too wide to even have a coherent discussion.

    with that said, while Mt Olympus was a Control response it definitely had shots at Rocky too. and @op proved that.

    also that Rocky s*** was lame but NYC needed it, they was down bad culturally. and everyone let it slide so it’s too late to care now.

  • Nov 1, 2021
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    Rocky not even relevant enough for this discussion to happen

  • Nov 1, 2021

    If we never had Houston appropriation hip hop wouldn’t have been as fun in the 2010s so

  • Nov 1, 2021
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    americana

    It’s not even appropriation because he

    • isn’t trying to credit himself with introducing that aesthetic
    • is actually portraying that end of Houston culture accurately
    • gives MUTUAL homage to major and legendary figures of Houston
    • regularly and actively partakes in Houston culture by working with and propping up Houston artists

    He does what Drake and Travis thinks they do

  • Nov 1, 2021
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    dapagod

    lol in some threads the age range be too wide to even have a coherent discussion.

    with that said, while Mt Olympus was a Control response it definitely had shots at Rocky too. and @op proved that.

    also that Rocky s*** was lame but NYC needed it, they was down bad culturally. and everyone let it slide so it’s too late to care now.

    Sorry we’re too young to remember people shunning subcultures for no reason other than geography

  • Nov 1, 2021
    GoodbyeCarl

    He does what Drake and Travis thinks they do

    Travis does s*** for his city too who cares

  • no it is kinda weird that rocky took so much of his style from houston when he has no connections w the place

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    GoodbyeCarl

    He does what Drake and Travis thinks they do

    what?

    and trav is actually from houston too lmao what are u saying

  • Nov 1, 2021
    Him Possible

    I had no idea trill came from "too real" damn

    I thought it was true+real

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    americana

    It’s not even appropriation because he

    • isn’t trying to credit himself with introducing that aesthetic
    • is actually portraying that end of Houston culture accurately
    • gives MUTUAL homage to major and legendary figures of Houston
    • regularly and actively partakes in Houston culture by working with and propping up Houston artists

    How do you accurately portray Houston culture if you have never lived there?

    I think the problem emerges when you change qualities unique to you to fit a culture your not a part of

    Take Lil Yachty for example. He started fw Detroit out of nowhere but not many ppl call him a culture vulture because he doesn't try to be like them niggas. He still dresses the same, talks the same, and acts the same he just uses their beats and raps a lil differently. Hell with Drake the biggest grievance with his biting didn't even have to do with the music but the accents he would put on like he lived in the UK his whole life.

    Showing love is cool but when you start using slang that no one in your community uses and start dressing like you grew up somewhere else, that's the definition of cultural appropriation.

    I think a better question is whether cultural appropriation is justifiable in some cases or not. In this case I don't really think Rocky did anything malicious

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