"At 18, Lil Tecca has had more success than rappers twice his age, but that hasn’t jaded his desire to keep pumping out hits. With We Love You Tecca 2 approaching, the Queens rapper is prepared for both the love and hate."

in an XXL interview & in songs he's said he's from Queens

xxlmag.com/lil-tecca-interview/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

"I'm really from Queens but they say I'm from L.I"

Fetty Wap deserves a mention

There’s literally New Yorkers who do claim Jordan, pathetic stuff

b lovee

He from Paterson tho

Tupac was born in NY but synonymous with LA

Can’t be me smh

Exactly, and Jordan was raised in NC and went to that university too. Synonymous with that area

Oh s*** didn’t know this

It's kind of crazy how much clout other states are stealing from NY

• Rap wouldn't be a thing without NY
• Basketball wouldn't be a thing without NY
• Tupac, MJ, and Posty wouldn't be a thing without NY

Pay homage and be humble

tbh 6ix9ine, that nigga was global

Maybe Pop Smoke, at least he was on his way to be one

this like saying Kanye is a southern rapper cause he born in Atlanta

pop smoke became a superstar after his death or at least he did superstar numbers imo

Pop Smoke

Bobby Shmurda was nationality known I would like to say solely off of Hot Nigga alone and the fact that his dance became a meme

megastars are casually recognized

50

Pop Smoke was well on his way to getting there but then we all know how that ended. Asap Rocky too but NY never embraced him like that and he drifted more towards fashion than music anyway.

I would say 50 Cent was the last major star.

-Southern blues artists were "rapping" before hip hop was a genre

-Canada invented

-Spent childhood there but their other hometowns had the biggest impacts on them

He said the last megastar. 50's from a different era.

Yeah I agree with this

• Rap was born from celebration, not woe. Disco and funk loops literally
• First pro league founded in NY. First black league was founded in NY. BAA, NBA.
• Born there, like rap music, and graced other regions with their presence