RIP XXXTentacion.....Tekashi69 is Getting Those Bullets Next...

[Kwon]

there is really no point in posting about the death of rappers that are unknown to most people

there is only about 10 rappers in the world that should make the news if they were shot and historically there's been even less

How do you know they were rappers?

[Tapeworm]

You Japanese? 

Nihonmono nai yo.  Spent a month there once.  Weird damn place.  I'd go back for a skiing holiday or something but doubt I'd do well long term there.

[2ND COMING]

Playing around in the streets is no joke.  Live by the gun and die by the gun

Word. A real tae bo hoe.

(no idea who the fuck this is)

[oldgolds]

Oh yea....he's still sitting in his car if that tells you something   From what I'm hearing, they took half of his head clean off

If it took off half his head it probably destroyed half of his IQ....25-30 points....

[el numero uno]

I had to google those 2 names.

Why would anyone give a damn about some degenerate piece of filth?

[Al Doggity]

I quite like some old school rap groups like Run DMC and De La Soul.
Kanye is one of the few contemporary artists I can appreciate. Outside of that, it's not a good genre imo. It's also too mainstream now which further dilutes any quality.

I'm gonna ignore the part where you say rap is too mainstream right after you say Kanye is the only rapper you can appreciate. Maybe it's not a good genre, but also, maybe it's not meant for you. Art and entertainment is supposed to be subjective. There's another thread on the front page about 70s rock going on. If a black teenager said they didn't think 70s rock was a good genre, most  70s rock fans wouldn't  give a shit. Even though rappers are getting smarter about a sale being a sale or a click being a click, young urban kids are still the gatekeepers of what's hot in rap. One of the defining traits of hip hop and hip hop culture is the veneer of seeming to be  inaccessible to "mainstream culture" (i.e whites-specifically old , uncool whites).

To be honest, even though 90% of the music on my phone is hip-hop, xxx wasn't meant for me, either. I'm 36 and there's a lot of "new" rap I don't like.  I liked Jocelyn flores, but I was actually specifically avoiding this dude. I have yet to hear a tekashi song all the way through. Drake and chance and k.dot style rappers have been too dominant for the last few years  and we had to suffer through the mumblecore trend, so the pendulum has started swinging back in the other direction.  This kind of reaction actually happens every few years in hop hip.  There was another dude named tk47 or something who was becoming popular right when xxx was blowing up and you could see that the trend was in full effect.  Point being, rap is like any other genre of music. You don't have to be into any of them if you don't want to, but one artist or even a group of artists isn't reflective of a whole genre.

[SOMEPARTS]

I've never felt more like a forty something year old white guy than right now.

Don't feel bad, Vince wouldn't know this stuff either but his bottoms are twenty somethings that probably listen to it. 

[bigkid]

Sounds like an inside job robbery.  Probably had a bunch of cash on him to buy jet skis or whatever these guys buy

[Pray_4_War]

Ok, you asked for it...

Oh, this guy?

No big loss.  Probably for the best.

[balzac]

Tekashi69 is really asking for that bullet sandwich....look at this last video

holy shit - name of the blond "girl" 

[ratherbebig]

i dont know whats worse al doggity only listening to rap or fortress only listening to metal

[Fortress]

i dont know whats worse al doggity only listening to rap or fortress only listening to metal

I enjoy a dozen or so non-hard rock/metal bands/artists, and I am also hugely respectful of proficient and virtuoso musicianship found in any genre.

Monster guitarists in jazz, country, flamenco, and classical always grab my full attention.

Look at a guy like Glen Campbell. Amazing.

Hip hop/rap is overwhelmingly music for low-IQ goofballs, wanna-bes and the hopelessly clueless.

In short, it stinks.

And the culture/content of rap has catastrophically damaged black culture in western lands.

As example, the chocolate faces who resided in my neck of the woods while a young kid were considerably more civilized and pleasant than the chocolate youth of today.
 

[ratherbebig]

I enjoy a dozen or so non-hard rock/metal bands/artists, and I am also hugely respectful of proficient and virtuoso musicianship found in any genre.

Monster guitarists in jazz, country, flamenco, and classical always grab my full attention.

Look at a guy like Glen Campbell. Amazing.

Hip hop/rap is overwhelmingly music for low-IQ goofballs, wanna-bes and the hopelessly clueless.

In short, it stinks.

And the culture/content of rap has catastrophically damaged black culture in western lands.

As example, the chocolate faces who resided in my neck of the woods while a young kid were considerably more civilized and pleasant than the chocolate youth of today.
 

what about the faggotry of metal

there's a level of gayness not found in any other musical genre

[Primemuscle]

Never heard of this fellow. Now that I have, there's not much too say except that it is a shame when anyone this young dies a violent death.

[Dan-O]

Never have I been more glad to be white, middle-aged, and hopelessly out of touch with the culture of today's youth.

[Fortress]

what about the faggotry of metal

there's a level of gayness not found in any other musical genre

Error.

Reboot.

[balzac]

holy shit - name of the blond "girl" 

found her - rosa_fidilio

https://www.instagram.com/rosa_fidilio/?hl=de

[K A N N I B A L]

Never heard of this fellow. Now that I have, there's not much too say except that it is a shame when anyone this young dies a violent death.

The only shame is his mother didnt abort him....serious.
Charged with raping his pregnant gf with a bbq fork.

[Thin Lizzy]

Never have I been more glad to be white, middle-aged, and hopelessly out of touch with the culture of today's youth.

Ditto

That said, I have no ill will towards white millennials. In fact I find them pretty cool. They’re into health and fitness, and technology. In that way, they’re actually superior to my generation.

Black culture, on the other hand I have no use for.  It’s a complete fail on every level.

[Bevo]

Only one I ever liked as far as that genre goes is Tone Loc (shows my age). And its not an "anti-black thing", far from it.
I love Hendrix, all the old blues guys (buddy guy, Howlin' Wolf, etc).

I just think rap/hip-hop is talent-less really. Yap nonsense to electronic beats, not too  hard to do.

And what they stand for is comical... Just dont call them thugs... Or Nigs, that would be racist...

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The suspects have been described as two black males wearing hoodies, with the shooter was wearing a red mask.

The irony is rappers always use the word thugs as being hip and cool and now it’s racist haha

[illuminati]

Sounds like an inside job robbery.  Probably had a bunch of cash on him to buy jet skis or whatever these guys buy

whatever these guys Buy —— Mainly Gold Teeth & Gold Chains 

[Irongrip400]

found her - rosa_fidilio

https://www.instagram.com/rosa_fidilio/?hl=de

Tainted goods.

Also, that dude in the video is a moron, riding around in his red Tahoe like some tough guy. It wouldn't surprise me though that he ends up shooting someone just to prove how "tough" he really is.

[Fortress]

White women who “get” with chocolates are traitors to their race and disgusting.

[Al Doggity]

Hip hop/rap is overwhelmingly music for low-IQ goofballs, wanna-bes and the hopelessly clueless.

Quite possibly... but you're arguing with a gimmick over what the correct percentage of faggoty metal is okay to listen to.

[Kwon]

what about the faggotry of metal

there's a level of gayness not found in any other musical genre

You must be thinking of hair metal, there are many different types of metal.