Are famous rappers obligated to help out older/underground rappers?

[josborne3680]

Jus Allah and Necro? Most “famous” rappers don’t know who these dudes are. And these guys kinda suck now anyway. Peace

[Goldenchild]

Jus Allah and Necro? Most “famous” rappers don’t know who these dudes are. And these guys kinda suck now anyway. Peace

Can’t argue with that. Necro makes great beats though, just can’t rap. But the Canibus-Cole incident got me thinking about why these young/famous rappers don’t do more to help out forgotten rappers.

Fat Joe got a lot of heat for ignoring Big Pun’s son, Chris Rivers, who’s a good MC. But Joe made an excuse by saying there’s too much beef between him and Pun’s wife for him to help out Pun’s son. That’s a weak ass excuse

[josborne3680]

Any white dude that lives in his mothers basement has Necro in his top 5. Peace

[Sam the Seed]

You're just arguing for the sake of it. Teenagers and females in their 20s (before they get knocked up) move the needle when it comes to popular music. Wu-Tang concerts are 90% men in their 30s and 40s - packed with women is a god damn lie, and certainly not as many under 30 as old and washed. UGK aren't popular like that either, but they fit the tone better than Wu. Drake aligned with the south early on.

Drake's fanbase categorically does not give a shit if somebody is more lyrical than him. Again, hes a pop icon, not a top tier MC in the traditional sense. Half of his songs are him singing. That Wu collab is probably not gonna happen so get over it. I mean I'm almost certain it would sound like shit.

Real weak trying to minimize this whole topic to a Drake/Wu collab. Stop moving the goal posts. You ducked the original point because I pulled out examples how its wack for hot artists to not support their idols.

Drake and Wu not sounding good together is also silly. You act like Method Man and Ghost don't have a gang of RnB songs and features. "His fanbase are young pop people" Then don't say Bun B makes more sense than Wu Tang haha. You won't admit it but its fucking stupid for an artist to name a song "Wu Tang Forever" and then claim he shouldn't work with them because he's too popular.

[Sam the Seed]

On the original topic, a new poppin' artist doesn't necessarily owe a veteran a feature just because they're an admitted fan... unless the rappers they do feature are trash.

Yeah, you have to be commercial and work with artists who will sell units. I remember the last Eminem album I saw had him working with nothing but trendy, shitty Gen Z rappers. But that also tells me that rapper has sold out and isn't doing it for fun or for "the culture" anymore. Necro's music is kinda wack to me (even tho he's good at that porn/gore thing) but I respect him throwing money at legends on his little budget more than big artists who throw big budgets at rappers who shouldn't even be famous.