That was during Donda era where he was trying to act like he is a GD to get at Drake

“I’m sorry to all the backpack community and since I’m not from the streets it was easier to pose as a backpack rapper. I listen to cash money, Jay-Z, Lil Baby. I posed as a backpack rapper. I was using it.”

I’m taking the man at his words, salute lol

Reddit nowadays doesn't rock with Ye due to politics but they often act that way about Kendrick and Tyler.

I know you don't know what you're talking about cause the white middle class was already one of the main drivers of rap sales by the late 90s

I don’t know if it’s gentrification or white acceptance but it’s yes to both

Bro the mental gymnastics

He is a grown man who said that s*** while he was sober. He meant it lol. Not everything he does is performance art.

Bro decided to do something other than speed up soul samples and now he's responsible for killing hip hop

and…admitted what he admitted. are we watching the same video???

those people weren’t really hip hop fans though, they wouldn’t discuss artists who weren’t on Shady/Aftermath because they didn’t listen to any of them. they weren’t trying to masquerade as part of the culture.

meanwhile, you have Drake stans on here saying “why doesn’t Rocky talk about his album during these interviews, all i see is him talking about Drake” because they don’t actually pay attention to anyone who isn’t Drake, but they wanna pretend they’re part of the culture too

Are you stupid? He is a notorious liar and his interviews are all performative for most parts to get clipped and get viral

I didn't say he was the only person to do this or that it began with Ye though. I noted in the first sentence of the OP that the shift began in the late 90s.

Even in that quote he’s bigging up other forms of hip hip it’s not like he’s propping up indie rock over backpack rap lmao

Believing what Kanye says in his interviews is a sign of low iq

Nah man. Dude has just honestly been speaking his mind since around 2016. We keep moving the goalpost for the guy and he isn't even good anymore.

but he said he pretended to be a backpack rapper for fame and profit. openly admitted while s***ting on his longtime friend that he never enjoyed that s***

meaning idk what about his character was ever honest

you got it tho lol

Right, Im just stuck with that perception of Reddit dudes even though it probably hasn’t been the case since like 2018 lol

But yep, wouldn’t be surprised if Kendrick and T kinda filled in those shoes

Would you guys support getting rid of the Death Penalty and replacing it with The Pain Penalty? Which gives victims + their families the ability to cause non-lethal pain to the guilty party on demand

Ye got pass the gatekeepers wearing pink polos in a time of oversized jerseys

Ye got bullied a lot to the point beans had to damn there protect him

Yes he gentrified the genre

I don't care about him as a person and I'm taking him at his word as an adult who is voluntarily saying the things he's saying while he is sober. Why would I bother trying to parse whether he's sincere or "performative"? What would he even be performing? For what reason? This is like the rap version of catching strays on Twitter for Elon Musk.

How is this gentrification lol

I do not support human pain and suffering, ya’ll weird bruh

Kanye believes what he says in interviews

yes but only if the person receiving the penalty annoyed me on ktt2.com

I said what I said