SHAQUILLE

5y

Lowkey tho @op just made a s*** on kanye fans thread. Either that or he truly didnt really think deeper about this because this phenomenon has been a thing in rap since the early 90s

Jihyo

5y

Gatekeeping is corny and lame.

More fans of hip hop means more money for the artists which means more people making hip hop which means more opportunities for great music to be made which is turn gives back to the fans and creates an endless loop where everyone wins.

Stop crying.

Laced

5y

Nobody wanna hear 100s of white fans screaming the n word back to them on stage. Doesn't matter how much money is being made if it's harmful to the culture

BlueStepper Gaw

5y

Runaway is the peak of what you're talking about.

I think a lot of people low key like it because it's a criticism of rap culture in general, and they don't even realize that's why they like it.

Great song though.

NEW EQUITY

5y

If anything Ye keeps the spirit of hip hop alive

Laced

5y

Nobody wanna hear 100s of white fans screaming the n word back to them on stage. Doesn't matter how much money is being made if it's harmful to the culture

DZE

5y

After Late Reg Kanye was going to inevitably have to start bringing elements and sounds from prototypical "non-black" genres in order to continue his evolution as an artist.

That evolution would naturally endear him more to fans outside the hip hop genre whether he wanted to or not...which he did. But at least in my experience the type of fans who are avid Kanye listeners are VERY different people than the racist Eminem type fans.

There's a difference between expanding and gentrifying a genre. Kanye did one and another very popular artist on this website is much more responsible for doing the other.

Rainbow Road

5y

Kinda true, people used to start with old school artists and now you have people who don’t know what hip hop was like pre kanye

DZE

5y

After Late Reg Kanye was going to inevitably have to start bringing elements and sounds from prototypical "non-black" genres in order to continue his evolution as an artist.

That evolution would naturally endear him more to fans outside the hip hop genre whether he wanted to or not...which he did. But at least in my experience the type of fans who are avid Kanye listeners are VERY different people than the racist Eminem type fans.

There's a difference between expanding and gentrifying a genre. Kanye did one and another very popular artist on this website is much more responsible for doing the other.

hot pancakes

5y

that’s crazy

i grew up on biggie jay dmx mobb deep nas fugees

i’m old as s*** now in ktt years but it’s wild to me to think people on here were literally children when MBDTF dropped

yesac

5y

Ain't no after Late Reg it started on Late Reg with the orchestra s***

frenchpress

5y

it could just be that young people also use the internet a lot more now than then

Oblivion X

5y

Em, outkast, drake, kendrick, pac, big, kanye, etc

Pretty much every mainstream rapper that has widespread appeal to other demographics has people in their base that says comments like that

NothingIs

5y

if he respected the art, he’d drop the album instead of touring with theatrics & burning houses to keep his name relevant

he’s Lin-Manuel Miranda tier

SIGH

5y

Also if any artist has multiple mainstream hits then that means SOMEONE is going to be listening who didn’t before
Every artist that takes the genre somewhere else is gong. To draw in new ppl

Normies of all sizes are exposed new stuff thru mainstream avenues.

Nirvana was some people’s Intro to punk/rock even tho it was pop centric

HBDUSA

5y

can't believe kanye did this

hot pancakes

5y

yeah usually eminem stans think he is the best and call other rappers “crap”

kanye fans acknowledge other artists. they just hate drake on average (there is some crossover with that tho obviously)