This got me kinda fuckin heated man.
Its already been said that hip hop (as a music, art form, expression, and lifestyle) is for all races and crosses boundaries and yada yada yada. And thats true. Music is music, and no matter where I go or what I hear I dont classify any of it as black, white, asian, hispanic, regardless of what race is the biggest participant in making the music.
And now for the race thing. Nobody fucking claims hip-hop to belong to anybody's race. You need to get your head out of history books where the black man was oppressed and look toward the future. Im white, and Ive been discriminated against in a predominately black neighborhood that I stayed in for a year... I used to think I would get jumped, stabbed, or shot walking home from school all the time just for the mere fact that I was white. But I dont sit there and ponder that mabye black people are claiming something white people invented is theirs.
And now you're saying everyone tries to take something that the black man created (Im hypothesizing you mean white people) and claim that they are the reason it has become so successful.
What the fuck about Rick Rubin? Thats just one instance where a white dude did more for hip hop than almost any fucking rapper sitting on the shelf today.
I might also let you know that hip hop first started getting popular when MC's started playing in WHITE OWNED PUNK ROCK clubs. Ever hear of the Ramones? Theyve shared venue's with people like Fab 5 Freddie and some other pioneers of hip hop.
You might also want to come to the realization that a good 70 percent of the people who buy rap records out the stores are white. Tech N9ne did an interview with Murder Dog, and they said something about how some black people say he does "white music". Tech told the interviewer that there isnt really a thing such as "black" or "white" music. He also stated the fact that when he toured with Jay-Z, 80 percent of the crowd was white.
So... how about you become a rapper yourself and refuse to sell your music to white people because- shit, who knows- maybe they're try to adopt the culture you portray through your music. Lets see how far you get.
I myself grew up on rock and rap, and I have a very diverse personality in terms of how I act, the way I talk, and how I react toward certain things. I wasn't raised to be any race, I was raised to be a good person. I live in Detroit, and we got races here that ya'll aint never even fuckin heard of. The riots we had in the 60s let everyone know that racism and detroit aren't going to ever be synonymous. Its mostly all love between races here, but just keep your mouth in check.
