op has a good point but I’m not sure if I fully agree

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Em, outkast, drake, kendrick, pac, big, kanye, etc

Pretty much every mainstream rapper that has widespread appeal to other demographics has people in their base that says comments like that

None at all

Ayo try reading it again slowly following each word with ur finger

Kanye doesn’t even have the weirdo Kendrick fans

“Kanye actually respects rap”

we’re talking about the guy who released Lift Yourself? the guy who put globglagloglab on Remote instead of Cudi? the guy who removed a Jay Z verse from his album bc Hov wasn’t controversial enough? he respects rap?

i dont agree and even if thats the case i don’t see why thats a bad thing lol

You know nothing f*** off

nah besides em they ain’t really bring people in they was already fans of hip hop tbh

I don't see how those songs negate his respect for the art

he’s right that a decent portion of his fanbase doesn’t care about rap and looks down on it as a genre. people itt saying it’s because he’s popular aren’t the same fans as those who only check him out from pitchfork n s***

id say kanye has more “weirdo” fans MBDTF and Yeezus exists

Same I just think the whole thing OP is trying to describe was bound to happen with rap topping the charts and not because of an artist in particular

if he respected the art, he’d drop the album instead of touring with theatrics & burning houses to keep his name relevant

he’s Lin-Manuel Miranda tier

Not even outkast ?

And I heard a lot of "pac isn't like other rappers, he talks bout real s***" etc type comments

He does things for attention and to get his name talked about yeah, but again I don't see how that correlates

you either do it for the art or for the attention. it’s a one-or-the-other type thing.

Ok wait I’m remembering the time I asked a co-worker about his Illmatic socks and he said his favorite rapper is Logic.

This type is what we’re talking about right?

Kanye respect rap for sure, but all his fans do not that is my point.

You’re right tho that Tyler and his fanbase are what I’m describing on steroids, but the difference is they haven’t made nearly the impact that Kanye’s influence did

yes

1000% he’s the one that one that put Talib and Jay Z non the Dropout
That Lupe verse on Touch the Sky

Put Jeezy and Wayne on 808’s and let Wayne do whatever he he wanted in See You in My Nightmare

Put Prime Ross on 2 songs on MBDTF

Put Keef on Hold My Liquor

Kanye who favorite rapper was Mase