yeah I think that's it. it's kinda like younger people who hate drake and u can't really describe to them what it was like hearing someone rap really relatably about certain relatable s*** during a specific time in ur life. people probably just become biggest fans of who was hot during their formative years (HS / college)

come up also felt natural af

MOMMA RAISED A SOULJA

NOT A B****

NOT A B****

YEUH

yeah I was a freshman in high school when I first heard about him lol

very Pac like

I turn 20 in a couple months and I honestly believe for a couple years he was my generations version of the odd future movementr

soundcloud era X was some different fasho

thread has me super nostalgic listening to the songs for the first time like 4-5 years

sorry ab spamming op l just never talk ab x on here and honestly forgot how Important he was for some of my teenage years

x had kids he didn’t know ready to die for him on lG

truly had to be there

im also turning 20 in a few months and i agree. I dont think i can think of a artist in recent memory that grew the cult like fanbase like X. Like compare juice wrld and X. Like these kids really worshiped X

He openly talked about depression and suicidal thoughts in a raw and unfiltered way.

His life was short, tragic, and violent and it was recorded for everyone to see.

He had a very shocking physical appearance. He was good looking but he also had face tattoos and multi colored hair. That contrast immediately catches someone’s attention.

He had s***appeal and charisma which gained him a female audience really quickly.

He had no filter and would basically say whatever came to his mind.

His music was usually totally unmastered and very distorted which was as the time totally unusual for rap music and totally foreign to most people. His early stuff especially is pretty hard on the ears unless you’re used to listening to music of that nature.

I really do miss him. That guy was truly one of a kind. When he died I felt like a piece of my identity died with him.

Absolutely. I’ve never seen an artist of this generation especially a rapper with a fanbase that dedicated. I mean his fans would have literally died for him.

I would compare his fanbase more to Justin Bieber fans in the 2000s or One Direction fans in the early 2010s. Just totally in love with someone they have never even met because they just felt such an indescribable connection to them.

The reason I loved X was his music was actually different, 17 had me so surprised

He had that bad boy thing going on, he was VERY controversial and he appealed to those emo/goth/my chemical romance listening ass niggas. Lotta his fans weren’t even really hip hop fans

random thought, but LA is so unfair cuz there are kids like OF in every city, but only LA has places like Melrose and Sunset. and all the labels are right there. also they were all from a nice neighborhood, Ladera Heights aka the Black Beverly Hills

not saying they aren't talented, but being from nyc or especially LA these days is an unfair leg up

Bc it was natural bro I remember when he blew up while I was in High School. I just saw his mugshot everywhere I was like who the f*** is this weirdo. His face became like a f***ing meme and then when people heard his music it just perfectly tied into his image.

look at me bangs

Cause he’s the goat

agree with all that, except he was big in life and people at the time didn't know his life would be short

i remember first seeing him thinking he looked like Kid Buu lol that one pic he took on stage. his appearance was very striking

If you don’t get why he’s as big as he is, you’re slow as f*** and should just enjoy music on a casual level

You have a bardock avi

There is zero appeal