Reminds me, me and my friend and some people we met on the road are staying in the Walmart parking lot and this 17 year old comes over to hang out, and we're all 24-34 but whatever right. And we're talking music, particularly non mainstream hip hop. We all have Rhymesayers and Def Jux in common at least. And he's nodding his head with the conversation and when it goes quiet, he says, totally seriously, "You guys like Usher" and we just stared at him and all started cracking jokes. Poor kid. My buddy says "At which movie theater" and one of the other guys cracked wise too, and I just said "No...." It was very akward for him, he was trying to fit in or join the discussion but didn't know anything but radio music. And we honestly don't listen to that ever. So it was kind of a shock to him to meet people that had no idea/no interest in such a well known artist. For the record, I can't name one Usher song but I remember his name as far back as the 90s...
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