Music Banter - Are white rappers taking over Hip Hop?

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Originally Posted by dca (Post 1395943)

White people have been integral to the rise of rap/hip hop since the early days.

Arguably the first big rap album to infiltrate the consciousness of the music buying public at large was Beastie Boys - Licence To Ill. - An album by 3 white guys, produced by Rick Rubin (a white guy with a big beard)

Run DMC had achieved some success before that, but their real big break came when they collabed with a white rock band (Aerosmith - Walk This Way).

Back in the early 90s there was a rap group called Young Black Teenagers. All of them were white, and that was the joke. I don't think that joke could be done now, people (both blacks and whites) are too uppity. There were other white rappers in the 90s too...Milkbone, Pete Nice, MC Serch (who was also integral to signing up Nas and putting out Illmatic)... even Brian Austin Green from Beverly hills 90210 put out an album. It's pretty good.

This idea that whites are suddenly "taking over" hip hop is absurd.

You're rite... has to do more with recent society. There are some ppl like paul mooney who are just angry. But there's a ton of white ppl with white guilt and tons of ppl who want others to feel the same white guilt while discrediting hard work. Usually the throw words like privilidge around lol they are idiots