A large proportion of rappers who are rich and famous now started literally at the bottom of the barrel - growing up on food stamps, without heating/electricity

A large proportion of rappers who are rich and famous now started literally at the bottom of the barrel - growing up on food stamps, without heating/electricity, etc, and that's what they rap about (there are exceptions of course). This is in contrast with VCs, who grew up (again, with exceptions) in privileged, upper middle to upper class environments, with a silver spoon in their mouth. Hip hop resonates deeply with them because it is the life story they'd like to have (from rags to riches only with a pen and a mic), instead of the one they have (from Stanford to Sand Hill Road only with daddy's checkbook and address book).