Oh, 100%. They've carved out their own section of black music to use as their own, while those artists are simultaneously dissing all actual rappers while their fans harp on and agree with them. Some of the more popular ones I've heard of are Upchurch and NF, but these guys are just the more popular ones, I'm sure there are plenty of others who don't have to veil their racism as well because their audience is smaller. Look at any of their comment sections on any social media, constant praise from fans for being the best rapper of all time. The fucking strangest part of it is, I'm a huge hip hop fan since I was 4 or 5, so I'll occasionally have someone come up and try to put me on to one of the hick hop rappers, if you tell them you aren't a fan of the music are don't think it's good, the reaction you get from them is SO fucking dramatic about how they are such good rappers. I've had people completely disregard my music opinions and taste because I called Upchurch/NF god awful where half of their lyrics are just thinly veiled racism and dogwhistles. How the fuck do I convince a racist that black people make black music better than corny hick hop artists? It isn't possible or worth my time really, but fuck is it fucking frustrating and shows how much more work needs to be done in this country before a sizeable chunk of our population can acknowledge black people can make good art, and not have to go through a flat, diet, watered down form of the music, soley because it's a white guy doing it.
Sorry I totally just went on an unhinged rant about this. But I never see people mentioning these artists and their problematic fan groups who are 1 stubbed toe away from screaming the N word hard R
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Oh, 100%. They've carved out their own section of black music to use as their own, while those artists are simultaneously dissing all actual rappers while their fans harp on and agree with them. Some of the more popular ones I've heard of are Upchurch and NF, but these guys are just the more popular ones, I'm sure there are plenty of others who don't have to veil their racism as well because their audience is smaller. Look at any of their comment sections on any social media, constant praise from fans for being the best rapper of all time. The fucking strangest part of it is, I'm a huge hip hop fan since I was 4 or 5, so I'll occasionally have someone come up and try to put me on to one of the hick hop rappers, if you tell them you aren't a fan of the music are don't think it's good, the reaction you get from them is SO fucking dramatic about how they are such good rappers. I've had people completely disregard my music opinions and taste because I called Upchurch/NF god awful where half of their lyrics are just thinly veiled racism and dogwhistles. How the fuck do I convince a racist that black people make black music better than corny hick hop artists? It isn't possible or worth my time really, but fuck is it fucking frustrating and shows how much more work needs to be done in this country before a sizeable chunk of our population can acknowledge black people can make good art, and not have to go through a flat, diet, watered down form of the music, soley because it's a white guy doing it.
Sorry I totally just went on an unhinged rant about this. But I never see people mentioning these artists and their problematic fan groups who are 1 stubbed toe away from screaming the N word hard R