Comment on Pete Rock Says ‘Chasing The Money’ Ruined Hip Hop: ‘The Bag Has Become The Problem’
CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s a degenerative cycle too. All those rappers pushing the idea of “hustle” and the need to get money by any and all means, have helped create an audience that only values the trappings of perceived financial success. Hustle culture isn’t hiphop’s fault but the two have fed each other for decades to reinforce a terrible system of exploitation at every level.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 9 months ago
When the only people in your neighborhood who ever have money are pimps drug dealers and hustlers what do you think you’d grow up to want to be?
Rappers aren’t a reflection of rap they are a reflection of their environment and neighborhoods.
Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
As a shorty I looked up to the dope man Only adult man I knew that wasn’t broke, man