Did Lil Wayne make being a blood mean something in rap?

[CrimsonTider]

I don’t remember anyone ever caring who was blood before Wayne

Now all these rappers got clout for claiming blood

Future
Bardi B
69
Breezy
YG
Thug
Etc

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Nah it was Game or maybe Quik before that

 

[Jimmy Two-Times™]

clout

 

[Rembrandt]

Nah it was Game or maybe Quik before that

Game is a good modern one, but Wayne made that shyt cooler.

Member those red Arab wraps everybody was copping cause of him?

You might be right about game, though.

 

[Hagendas]

Treach

 

[mortuus est]

jim jones

 

[CrimsonTider]

Nah it was Game or maybe Quik before that

Game did make it matter for him

Treach

jim jones

Were people trying to be a blood cause of these dudes?

 

[mortuus est]

Were people trying to be a blood cause of these dudes?

jim was banging for bloods heavy at one point , way before wayne , jim also had a moment in the rap game so maybe, yeah
maybe someone from new york can confirm if jimmy had the blood shyt on lock early cause i use to hear jim shout out blood sets on his mixtapes

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

Dipset started the Blood/bangin Crip or Blood outside of Cali wave rap in 2002. Jim & Jewelz repped Bloods HEAVY and wore red rags crazy back then. The Im Bout It Pt. 3 video was one big Blood showcase (the actual video isnt up but this BTS video shows it).

 

[CrimsonTider]

jim was banging for bloods heavy at one point , way before wayne , jim also had a moment in the rap game so maybe, yeah
maybe someone from new york can confirm if jimmy had the blood shyt on lock early cause i use to hear jim shout out blood sets on his mixtapes

@Marlo Barksdale

I’m not saying who did it first I’m saying who made being blood give you better publicity and something you sell in rap

 

[mortuus est]

@Marlo Barksdale

I’m not saying who did it first I’m saying who made being blood give you better publicity and something you sell in rap

i'd give it to Game tbh , wayne not being from cali and moving to miami but repping the set always looked fufu to some people

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

@Marlo Barksdale

I’m not saying who did it first I’m saying who made being blood give you better publicity and something you sell in rap

Dipset made it something you sell in rap. It was super attention grabbing and they made Bloods outside of Cali cool. Then Jim linked with Game and was certified (no pun intended).


Remember Waybe hung around Dipset and when he started repping around 2005, that's when it went commercial.

 

[Dwight Howard]

Wayne made it cool...he was 5x bigger than anyone mentioned in this thread

 

[RealestSinceKumbaya]

Dipset kinda popularized it in the music industry... Wayne was definitely influenced by Dipset, even tho Mack 10 was on Cash Money.

Obviously there were rappers who were gang members but their music wasn’t on some “I’m a Blood from so and so set” in your face shyt for the most part.

 

[Will Ross]

Wayne made it popular to be a blood in hip hop.