Y’all always gotta be technical about the shit. I fuck w Philthy at the end of the day a lot of street music has a lot more to do with whether you think he’s the best lyricist the shit just be about storytelling from your side of your town. I feel like people understand that but don’t look at it in the right context. He’s saying free j bay he’s not saying you should say that shit . You’d prolly say the same for your brother. Good or bad.There’s just a lot of different sub cultures of rap now that don’t meet every parameter for hip hop and I’m comfortable w that. Art changes with time good bad or neutral..you look back in history people been getting killed over art.so when someone gets shot over rap..it’s really nothing new.. just a different expression of art and the same issue that happened for hundreds of years.
Off topic, I was looking at a philthy rich billboard for ‘sem god’ on 27th and mlk in the town (west) and you can’t help but notice right underneath it, there’s a tent city full of homeless people..it’s slmost weird to see someone holding all these diamond and white gold (platinum?) chains on the billboard, with people living on the street right underneath it in tents. Crazy , but in reality, it may also serve as inspiration to get out of that situation and strive for something better.