No Time for Fake Niggas: Hip-Hop Culture and the Authenticity Debates
The presentation that I gave in class the other day really had me thinking. You know...what makes a rapper authentic? What determines if they are Hip Hop or not? Is it their lyrical content? Their swagger? Is it how much money and hoes they have? What truly makes an authentic rapper? Does authenticity lie in the eyes of the beholder (the listeners/fans like you and me)? Or is authenticity something internal, that is to say that if a rapper thinks they are legit then they are legit..too legit too legit to quit (haha MC Hammer- is that man authentic?). But really though- what makes a rapper authentic and who is anyone to judge what authenticity is? I really have to think about that one. Damn, this is getting philosophical.
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