Another stereotype of hip-hop lyricists is that rappers are black and could only be black, and if they"re not black, they"re "whack". That's straight up being ignorant and hypocritical. Most rappers today that aren't black could even keep hip-hop realer then those other black rappers that don't know squat about true hip-hop. You got one of the best emcees that bombarded mainstream hip-hop for years now. Eminem isn't black and he's rocking it better then any other black artist that's been in the scene longer then him. It seems like every other lyricist that comes into the game and isn't black, knows how to rock the "mic" right, and keep hip-hop real. I"m not discriminating against black rappers but that is how it seems today.
Hip-Hop is really a beautiful art of music. Using your passions, dreams, aspirations and life experiences and putting it into a rhyme that just makes your head bob and body rock. Speaking your mind. But Hip-Hop is now deteriorated by the mainstream. Putting bad names on the music. Most of America can't experience that true hip-hop because the embodiment of mainstream. I know most of America preferably would listen to mainstream because that is what they are used to hip-hop being like. Most record labels make records so that it would be mainstream, so it could be heard on the radio and make more money. The record labels think the people want to see cars and girls in their music videos and now everyone is so used to these videos and now that is what sells. Money, money, its all about the money now. Not about the true love for making hip-hop music, music that was originally made to speak your mind and for b-boys to dance to and deejays to spin and make cuts. .
People today need to understand and get educated about the true meaning of hip-hop music. They need to know how deep hip-hop culture goes. It wasn't only rapping; it was the break dancing and dj-ing that made hip-hop.
