The ONLY artist putting out "gritty" music during 50's era was 50.....
Everyone else was on some other shyt in NYC in the early 00s, as far as the mainstream went, from Dipset to Jay to Terror Squad etc.
Remy Ma was collabin with Neyo....
This is the biggest lie about NYC hip hop.... NYC was done with "gritty street music" pretty much after Biggie died, with the exception of DMX
If money > music why did 50 invest so much time and money into singles and music that went nowhere?
50 could never make a record again and probably die a billionaire.... so clearly music means SOMETHING to dude.