Part of being a millennial is taking responsibility for the crap that plays on the air waves. Let's us take a moment to discuss how the hip-hop industry has dissolved into a melange of different genres with no real authenticity, nuance, or even talent. I recommend that you keep a grain of salt somewhere on your person before reading this article, because I'm about to tear some heartstrings.
God Save the Trap
It all goes back to a very well-known rapper named Radric Davis, otherwise known as Gucci Mane. I remember it oh so well.. how the hip-hop culture had changed from its emphatic love for anything gang related to its obsession to moving out and selling huge quantities of drugs. It was the 2005 when the game changed, and us millennial rap fans were generally tired of faking the funk with red and blue flags hanging from our over-sized jeans. I got nothing against Guwop, but he spawned a myriad of famous, trash rappers. Entering #5 on our list of top clowns in the hip-hop industry:
Top 5 Clowns in the Hip-hop Industry:
#5: Soulja Boy
This guy has hit the trash-rapper trifecta. Step 1: Make a dance. Step 2: Put it on youtube. Step 3: Come up with a catch phrase. Along with pretty much every other rapper on this list, rap isn't a reason to this man success. I gotta give it to the kid, he has made an art of creating infectiously terrible rap jingles. The only problem is, with his lackluster talent and major success, more people like him are bound to follow.
#4: DJ Khaled
Are ya'll %$@# kidding me now? Seriously. HOW DID WE LET THIS HAPPEN. Yeah, I heard his latest Major Keys, and what I heard were features on every track, samples on nearly every track, and DJ Khaled proclaiming his glory, on every track. Khaled's Do you Mind (featuringNicki Minaj, Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future, and Rick Ross) is a clear flex of his hold on the industry. Much like the Lakers in 2013, he tried to throw all his chips down on a group of former all-stars. And you all fell for it.
#3: Kodak Black, 21 Savage, Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug, and Lil' Yatchy
Say all those names out loud and try not to look like a fool in the same sentence. I dare you. I double-dare you. I had to lump all these clowns in the same group because they're interchangeable, unintelligible, and are all big fish in this swamp called the rap game. Aspects of Lil' Wayne are scattered about in there character (face tats, wild hair, arrogant personalities), yet they have none of his lyrical flow or swagger that carried DeWayne Carter all the way up to the top of the industry. This group here embraces there atrocious rapping by telling there audience with the message that "this is what you love, this is what you are." It's working like a charm.
#2: Drake
Awh man, not again. Did he just call out Thugger, the holder of all the keys (specifically the major ones), and Drizzy in one article?? BEFORE YOU LOAD YOUR CHOPPER AND REGULATE, LET ME EXPLAIN. Drake has tons of talent, a respectful following, and apparently enough money to buy large buildings in Toronto so he could sit on them triumphantly. Putting that aside, Drake is the reason this list exist. A number of random cosigns to subpar artist like ILOVEMAKKONEN and the forementioned 21 Savage has opened the floodgate for Lil' Wayne clowns and cornballs who think they can follow in his footsteps. On top of that, he's lost touch. This ain't your Thank Me Later Drake we're talking about here. Now he's involved in every rap beef, doing tours in his rivals hometown, and you better BELIEVE if he wants what you got, you'll probably won't see it ever again. Drake is the Negan of the rap game. Don't watch The Walking Dead? Here's a spoiler: he's a #$%&ing @$%hole. And he has the game at his whim.
#1: The Hip-hop Industry
Yep. Everybody is catching L's here. Whilst Kanye is off gallivanting his latest season of "clothes from the recycling bin" with the Kardashian's, Partynextdoor is somewhere destroying relationships, and Eminem is still reeling from his Relapse phase in which he tried to stay on the straight-and-narrow while hoping to come with the same ferocity as Slim Shady. We invited Taylor Swift and Rhianna to the genre, just to sing their poppy verses in the middle of 'struggle raps' to appeal to a wider audience, only to add more water to the game. The core objective's go as follows: steal your significant other at the club and pop some fine Rozay at any and all cost. That's not what I'm about. Hopefully, that's not what you're about either.
