I see most white fanbases within hip hop/black music in general as the byproduct of a society where majority is still white + minorities getting priced out of shows and concerts due to the expensive tickets.

So yeah. Especially when they view it type a la animal in a cage (shoutout to vince staples senorita video)

You’re right they have different segments of white hip hop fans with some overlap.

Kendrick inherited a lot of the “Danny Brown, Eminem, Hopsin, Logic, tech n9ne, death grips are the greatest rappers ever” type white people.

But his hits got him some casual yt fans to that would be more fans of Drake

See how quick a white man came to adam’s defense?

Hook line and sinker.

It's amazing to me how one second "black isn't a monolith" and the very next, we're "emulating what we think black is."

Which one is it?

It seems to me like a lot of white people listen to Kendrick for the same reason. He represents an amalgamation of trauma p*** and pseudo intellectualism about blackness that they have historically always enjoyed

If that's how you see it. Ok.

I love Vince. He's great.

"black isn't a monolith" and the very next, we're "emulating what we think black is."

These two statements don’t really contradict each other do they?

How can you emulate something that is not a monolith? To emulate, there must be characteristics that are distinct.

IF there a no distinct characteristics of the experience, there is nothing to emulate.

I’m not even gonna argue with you, bigging up Adam22 and acting like a faux intellectual in regards to Kendrick’s music just because you “dislike” him because of some stan s***

a bunch of 30+ yr old white people not from LA are gonna come in and try to refute it btw

Engagement thread

I'm not bigging up Adam22. I am looking beyond the vessel in this case.

I actually dont dislike him, regardless of the amount of s***posting I do on this site.

I just find that people really like obfuscating the intention of the conversation once I get to this part about Kendrick Lamar.

You are free to view it how you see fit Willie.

part 7

Stereotypes exist, that person thinks people like you and others they described try emulating what you think blackness is, it’s really not a difficult statement to grasp if you aren’t being purposefully obtuse

I get what hes saying. Adam is mostly around LA hood niggas. I doubt them niggas are listening to kendrick like that.

But at the same time kendrick has a lot lf black fans too. Dont like it when people try and say hes a white based artist

Says the 30+ white man

“amalgamation of trauma p*** and pseudo intellectualism about blackness”

im begging you niggas to actually listen to a kendrick album

From my experience girls from la really like Kendrick

every drake stan from europe and canada has been saying the same thing on this site since 2012

Why is he speaking on this topic man? Dude is a the scum of earth

There are multiple black culture. National and regional. Drake has worn many of them almost like a costume.

You talking to a white dude breh

I'm not being obtuse. I'm being logical. Nor am I denying the existence of stereotypes.

I do understand what you're trying to say. But by the context of your own logic, that shouldn't be a possible outcome. Unless you do think there are behaviors that define blackness.

Which I think is a widely held belief that we are currently denying rn.

Ctfu

Im black. But this is exactly my point. I must be white if I dont view Kendrick Lamar a certain way. or if I dont view Drake the way that you do.