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Pointing out that he's white is a nod to his status as a dark horse. He is one of the least likely people to disrupt this genre/industry through success. Simply
by jessedhillon 14y ago
Pointing out that he's white is a nod to his status as a dark horse. He is one of the least likely people to disrupt this genre/industry through success. Simply by looking at the statistics of who becomes successful, chart-topping rappers, we can see that it's very unlikely for a white guy to be successful at this level.
- halvsjur 14y agoRegarding color, I think you're at least a decade late. Eminem released The Slim Shady LP in 1999. Then you got Beastie Boys, Aesop Rock, El-P, Atmosphere, etc.
- murki 14y agoBy 1999 Beastie Boys had 5 LPs under their belt
- halvsjur 14y agoYeah, Beastie Boys are huge, but Eminem is a superstar.
- jessedhillon 14y agoI'm just pointing out what the perception might be which caused the author to pick that headline. Plus, really you can only pick a handful of successful white rappers, for the level of success we're talking about here. Black rappers are far and away the majority.
- beedogs 14y agoLet's not forget 3rd Bass, Cypress Hill, House of Pain, etc. White rappers have been around forever; to act like they're some sort of new or even remotely rare phenomenon is kind of silly at this point.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoWhite rappers aren't exactly some crazy, new phenomenon. Vanilla Ice, Eminem, Everlast, The Beastie Boys, MC Frontalot, etc, several of them have been hugely popular. I don't think mentioning race is useful.