Jun 5, 2018 Yup I agree...get rid of using the word and everybody can enjoy...thats why many white rappers do very well...everyone can listen
Jun 5, 2018 Will black people ever consistantly listen to white music? It goes both ways. Get over it.
Jun 5, 2018 One f---ing word can't possibly ruin your enjoyment of the music LMAO! stop it! And this is the worst argument you can make to explain why white rappers do well lmao! Embarrassing
Jun 5, 2018 One word??? Ya thats how I know u dont know what you're talking about....that word is rooted soo deep its not even funny
Jun 5, 2018 Yeah so? And it's offensive to YOU? You don't really have much to think or care about that word but to avoid using it! It's funny how white folks claim to know how dangerous and deep rooted it is but they really easily let it out when they feeling funny
Jun 5, 2018 It was offensive to K Dot and the rest of the crowd watching...This discussion focuses on the big picture...dont try to make this subjective
Jun 5, 2018 I mean you can say the same about black people and rock/country music cant you? @Big Dangerous
Jun 5, 2018 As Eddie mentioned there is disconnect due to culture...but just like racism outside of music in America (let's not kid ourselves) the actual racism and resentment is not equal both ways.
Jun 5, 2018 few things wrong here imo. there's a stigma to young people blasting RAP music -- doesn't matter if it's a black or white artist. the messaging in rap songs hasn't historically (nor currently) been pc... so i actually empathize with the stigma. lol some, if not a semi-decent chunk, of lyrics are dirty, misogynistic, drug-related -- and are pumped into the skulls of malleable minds. you don't have to jump very far off a soap box to see the negatives to hip hop. that said i don't think it's racism...or at least not the majority of it. h--- -- these days it's difficult to even tell if the artist is black, white, or drake to the untrained/unaware judging ear. the antithesis to your last sentence quoted is that white hip hop artists likely have a low black fanbase -- probably more than the other way around...black culture is idolized in hip hop. not so much the other way around.
Jun 5, 2018 True, But I think it's more personality and taste driven than people give it credit for. As in - there's plenty of black people who are big rock fans, for example and who like Eminem (I've known many in my life) and only listen to Eminem in terms of rap. Because he's one that crossed over into their territory, who they've heard and appeals to their sensibilities - as in he makes music whith rock undertones, musically and in attitude. So I think it's less race related than people try to make it, it's just that obviously... there's A LOT more white people, so this is what you're going to see all the time. So given that we're always seeing white rock fans and s--- like 'I ONLY LISTEN TO EMINEM', it's easy to draw the race conclusion... But this is also subtle racism towards black people who are also like this and it's actually just taste/exposure driven; implying that all or most black people automatically listen to black artists because they're black lol and racist to white AND black people to suggest a) the majority of white people are inherently racist and their main reason for identifying is race and not so if they are black and that b) black people are also inherently the same towards their own race/they automatically listen to black artists BUT are NOT bias like white people and also listen to whites lol. (White rock fans also listen to a lot of black rock artists for example. So it's clear it's not about race. It's what they're exposed to and which appeals to their sensibilities). I think it is much more about taste and who say - rock, or pop fans are exposed to and who actually appeals to their sensibilities - not due to race but due to the music they make; Eminem has always made rock-tinged rap, rock is part of his influence and also with a pop sensibility in the sense of being repetitive and catchy, and he's obviously HUGE so they've heard him and like his music more than other rap they may have heard or not been exposed to. But that's not white people going 'WELL HE'S WHITE SO IMA LISTEN', that's just the fact he appeals to rock and pop sensibilities much more, and there's so many white people that we see them saying this kind of s--- all the time. But I think there is an extremely low amount of actual people who seriously listen to anybody or exclude listening to people because of their race. That's real racists and if anybody seriously thinks the majority of kids, teens or people period are all deeply racist like that... I think it's a bit silly lol. You'll find plenty of white rock fans who also 'just listen to 2Pac' as well and think 'all other rap is trash'.
Jun 5, 2018 will @Big Dangerous consistently make painfully average threads for the rest of this sites existence?
Jun 5, 2018 im racist in the sense that i think white people who bump d--- and kendricks other black-history tracks are gigantic fucken fa----s. like what the f--- are you the first white black panther in Australia???? lmfao.
Jun 5, 2018 yo yo wait what the f---... so u tellin me... *smacks lips* ppl finna talk about MGK irl? lmaaoooooo embarassing
Jun 5, 2018 Rap tends to be youth driven so as time goes on, most fans start dropping off mostly because getting older means less time for recreation because of work and family. It’s up to the artist to remain relevant to the next generations. I think people also tend to become more conservative as they age. For a lot of people, Rap is a casual interest. I don’t think it’s a race issue as much as it’s an age issue.
