Was asking for more elaborate answers and opinions

Chief keef too lol, that man made the whole country celebrate the death of a teenager

No worries we have NF Eminem and Macklemore to save the day 🙏

When kanYe turned into YEEZUS

No disrespect but you don’t really seem to know what you’re asking

Social media

Oh?

not gonna lie I hate the idea of a gatekeeper in rap. I understand what you're saying but I don't think thats the way to solve any of these problems

Cube and Em biggest offenders

this but highkey.

Took out one of the few major "positive" rappers out of the equation and separated himself from the whole rap game due to his religious content.

Em is extremely toxic

There was always some of that in rap to some degree, but you add in the internet and a lot more voices can be heard and catch on than compared to 10+ years ago. Add on the influence of chicago and you got young niggas doing the same.

That being said tho it's not more toxic than any other point in time, if the 90s or 00s had social media and the internet you'd hear the exact same amount as you do now. Difference is it was less rappers and you only heard s*** if you bought a CD or had the radio on.

Just trying to spark discussion

My writing is lacking I guess.

I never said it was a good thing to have. A lot of promising and aspiring careers in the 90s didn't happen because of that. I'm still mad Gumbo (proteges of Speech from arrested development) never got a chance to make a 2nd album.

You’re dead on about the reflection of their environment but now with everyone being interconnected you get a real peek into the lifestyle that these rappers go through.

I don’t agree with them doing it but pre AK it was just people involved doing most of the talking. Now we got fans wishing death on niggas just because they listen to Durk or Von. Anyone denying the impact AK left is just missing the point on purpose. If AK wasn’t on that lame s*** all this fan getting involved s*** would’ve died with drill in 2014.

That's true.

Good response, surely in the 90's if social media existed, it would be extremely toxic too.

Straight up, ppl quick to diss these type of rappers but then go and support the 1000th trap rapper who ain't no different than the others

Not dissing them but ppl who complaining about toxicity and fuel it is weird af

@mods

Is this allowed?

glad u back kuro

Well we have become lipstick alley of gangster rap... :/

“Omg bruh cmon go avenge Von!!11” like it’s a revenge arc on an anime.

Thanks for speaking up. I think we need to continue to dispel this behavior for what it is, because I’m tired of seeing young ones die and then we say “uhhhhh why are we glorifying their music again?”

Words I wish I could block from the internet

Toxic
Problematic
Exposed
Cancelled

What else?

I feel you.

Seems like Ak just gave them a spotlight but ultimately fans ate it up.

Reminds of this post

I probably see it differently cause I was around before drill went mainstream s*** was mostly in city s*** and mfs wasn’t being lame and wishing death on niggas they didn’t know. After AK is when I noticed a shift.