Soulflower

I know that.... but I am talking about in the "mainstream".

GuD

I didn't read your post carefully enough, my bad. Like punk though, Hip-Hop is for the most part kind of a counter-culture and so mainstream representations are never going to be accurate. No one who really listens to punk thinks of a band like Blink 182 as a genuine punk band, likewise no one who really listens to hip-hop thinks of Drake as a real rapper. I could be wrong on this- I am pretty new to the genre but everything I've seen, heard, and been around leads me to think the way I do about it.

Somewhat related, the same corporate dickheads that commercialized hip-hop are the ones who commercialized punk and also many other genres. Whether they're white or not really has nothing to do with it, they're just a bunch of suits tryna make a dime off anything they can that smells of zeitgeist.

Soulflower

Good points, rap music is not the only music that is falsely represented. However, its a genre that exploits black people. There is not alot of black or even white people being exploited in punk music. At least I don't think


There are alot of people that think that the music and images that they see in rap music are "real reflections of the hip hop culture". So there are people that do believe those images are true.

djchameleon

No, I don't think so. It's almost like saying people that watch movies thinks those are actual real life events instead of fiction.

Your favorite Lupe did a video related to those images though.

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Soulflower

Thanks for the vid!


However, there are people that subconsciously believe in those stereotypes. There isn't a lot of people that are as smart as you and can't tell the difference between something that is just being shown on t.v. versus something that is actually "real".

zayernot

To answer the question, no. Most of todays big rappers aren't white, but it is inevitable that more and more will be white. Most rap is American and most Americans are white. But who cares if its good rap then its good rap.

CLOSER

I didn't even bother reading a single post. The title of this thread makes me shake my head.

The Batlord

^^^

Dude, your sig is creeping me out.

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djchameleon

She is always watching and closer than you think!

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

The Batlord

Is that Nicki Minaj? If so then I am even more terrified. Dolls animated by unholy energy are horrifying.

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