REALITY RAP: ARE RAPPERS DUMB?

I found this opinion piece interesting. The writer asks a legitimate question. In a time where people are struggling to get by in this economy, rappers continue to floss, flash, and detail it all on wax....why? is it stupidity? Here's an excerpt from the piece

" In case rappers, particularly ones who only fall under the term only because they can rhyme words instead of penning their own lyrics haven’t figured it out, there’s a colossal economic recession going on. People are losing their jobs left, right, and center. Read the paper, dunny. It’s getting really, real.

As usual, hip-hop is late to the game by having artists still talk about the same shit that they were discussing in the late 1990s, when Cristal was flowing and every Escalade came loaded with rubies. But in reality, no one has money to buy albums anymore and if they did, would they really cop that new Puffy album to hear him talk about eating diamonds and riding around on a platinum tricycle?

Case in point: During Obama’s inauguration, Jay-Z hopped on Young Jeezy’s song “My President” and while he proclaimed the race of the new Commander-In-Chief, he also spent most of his verse taking about the color his $500,000 car and color of his diamonds. Way to celebrate the historic moment, Hov..."

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REALITY RAP: ARE RAPPERS DUMB?