Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
No
He can't
Could a 03' 50 cent "ja rule" a current drake back in the early 00s landscape or naw
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He can't
Reality Check
Keepin' it 100
If it were 2003, 50 Cent would have bodied Drake about 10x worse than what he did to Ja Rule.
He definitely can. Easily too.
raoulduke187
All Star
as much as I hate Drake naw bruh
times have changed
Drake been a wannabe his whole life and people looked right past that
real shyt might come back in style but I don't see it happening anytime soon
times have changed
Drake been a wannabe his whole life and people looked right past that
real shyt might come back in style but I don't see it happening anytime soon
Half white Jew Canadian
Upper class suburbs
Ghostwriters
Getting pissed on
He would be the biggest punchline there is.
50 Cent was the last major cash grab of the superthug Crack Era rapper. They knew that NO ONE else would come after him and be "realer" than him. He was the stereotypical black male times 1000 that made white record execs blush.
Kanye came in 04 and everything else changed.
Premeditated
MANDE KANG
Gen Z and young millenials might look at it as this scary darkskin black man trying to bully an innocent well mannered man.
not sure it will fly in this environment
not sure it will fly in this environment
Rozay made Deeper Than Rap...We had to give him a pass
BAWSE
Plus 50 got roasted by Jadakiss in early 2005. No G Unit stan talks about that one.....
Meek ended his own career going after drake.
Who Not How
Superstar
Yeah Ross survived it but that was still after Lil Wayne kissing Birdman came out. That was when I knew the game changed when it came to what fans would accept from their favorite rapper.
The real Rick Ross dissing him + 50 Cent beef hurt his legacy a bit. Some people still hold those 2 things against him.
Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
50 cent didn't end Ja rule's career, Interscope did that. you guys got to realize that the machines behind these rappers is what keeps them from "losing battles". What Joe Budden and Pusha T did to Drake should have ended him, but he's got a powerful machine behind him with them promoting that "back to back" bullshyt like it was the hottest diss song ever. Ja rule and 50 were going back and forth for years, but as soon as Ja rule mentioned amerikkka's favorite kkkrakker, it was over for him. Add in that years following that, Interscope would have their artists on 8 of the 12 covers per year of XXL magazine. This shyt stop being about lyrics in battles once I saw people trying to convince me LL's "the ripper strikes back" was a good song.
Right. That to me is the key, and the shift occurred around 2009. For anyone to get "Ja Ruled", street rap has to be the dominant part of the culture, and it isn't anymore. It's still there, but the "rules" shifted.
