Pretty much. It's like me finding a Black dude who listens and likes Hard Dance music. People like what they like.
No, this is not a recent thing. Back in 2005, 50 cent's fanbase was dominated by rich white teens in their pink polos, bleached hair, and Shark tooth necklace.In recent years hip-hop and rap have become incredibly popular among white people, so it was kind of inevitable that these artists' concerts would end up with massive swaths of them in the audience. Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of white people think that being avid listeners of a black artist's music means they (at least somewhat) understand what it's like to be black based on their intimate knowledge of said artist's lyrics. Same with a lot of the cringy rap from the 00's
question for white people: when listening and feeling a track you like and you're singing along out loud do you say nigga when you're alone or what?
How did mca die?3 fly guys
rip mca
Tell him rap is whackMy son listens to rap. I worry a lot
You got a link?I'm white and I am a rapper, I record songs and play shows, I love it.
Music is music, if you feel it then rep it.
What REALLY pisses me off is when people say things like, rap "music", rap rhymes with crap, etc. Like what the fuck man, how can you get so pissed off about a genre of music you don't even understand.
Wow. Get the fuck out of here with this shit. Think about what you just wrote. That word is NOT ok to use.It's fine. Never go full wigger though.
You got a link?
I have no issue with white people listening to the genre, as long as they don't use the n word.
That being said, there's a disconnect between consuming the music and understanding where it comes from and the struggles being portrayed through the lyrics. Hip-hop and rap are more popular than ever but people today aren't all to keen to hear Black people's plight. But that's another topic.
I agree with what you said, anyone can listen to it, but if you can't relate then don't pretend to. And definitely don't say the n word at concerts, people really need to chill with that
i'm black and listen to metal, favorite band is Alice in Chains. I got over that awkward feeling of "I shouldn't be listening to music I like because my race said it's not for us." a long time ago.
It definitely makes me uncomfortable. Fortunately the one white person that I consider a friend doesn't listen to it much.
This is also the reason why I'll never go to a rap concert. I'll pass on being surrounded by hundreds of white people chanting that word.
So you're uncomfortable with people listening to a genre of music if their skin isn't the right color?
What about hip-hop pioneers/ genre defining artists like The Beastie Boys?
I have no issue with white people listening to the genre, as long as they don't use the n word.
That being said, there's a disconnect between consuming the music and understanding where it comes from and the struggles being portrayed through the lyrics. Hip-hop and rap are more popular than ever but people today aren't all to keen to hear Black people's plight. But that's another topic.
The whole white guilt thing about hip-hop is so stale. IMO rap left Harlem like 3 decades ago, and it is the music of the lower socio-economic class, irrespective of color.
White people into hip hop are generally really big Kanye stans.
So you should just ignore them.
That's understandable, but there are also plenty of white hip-hop fans (myself included) who don't ever use the n word.So my previous comment was pretty general. My issue is more with the oversaturation of the "n word" in today's mainstream hip hop/rnb. Personally, I've found that the more I listen to rap, the more I have to fight to keep the "n word" from slipping into my daily vocabulary, and I know that this music is the reason why some white people feel comfortable using that word.
That's understandable, but there are also plenty of white hip-hop fans (myself included) who don't ever use the n word.
If you don't use it then how can you reconcile paying and listening to music where it features quite often?
Because I'm not using it.
If black artists I enjoy want to use that word in their music to express themselves, I don't have a problem with it.
Should I have to reconcile watching movies where people use the n word too?
Do I have to reconcile with hearing people use it in public?
If you don't have a problem with them using it, then why wouldnt YOU use it?
This sounds like cognitive dissonance. The word is wrong, and them selling it to people like you in the form of music is wrong, and you know it which is why you say you won't say it. The problem is, you will still give money to people who do, thus keeping it at the forefront of culture.