How come Baltimore and DC never produced any rappers?

[BigMan]

Lol yeah when it comes to the Southern side of things, the influence around here is more Upper Southern as opposed to Deep Southern. For the latter, you’ll encounter that moreso in Chicago, STL, East STL, and maybe Cincinnati (unless that’s Mid-Southern)

from what i understand most of the folks in the DMV have roots in Virginia and the Carolinas, so not the Deep South. Deep Southern migrants followed the Mississippi and railroads north to Chicago, STL, Memphis, etc.

My mother's father who was born/raised in the North East (NYC/Jersey) joked on his wife (my grandma) and her extended family, all of the time as being "County" for being born/raised/rooted in Maryland/Virginia/DC

my girl AA from DC/PG and I always joke on about that
"i love your southern accent ma"

 

[JJ_ALL_DAY]

Any links?

Black Boston is so underrepresented.

Here are a few. Not to hate but they're more than likely going to stay local. Too involved in street shyt.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

We created go-go and that’s all that matters

see my old thread

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/dc-...e-deliverer-of-bounce-to-modern-music.618198/

 

[ISO]

Here are a few. Not to hate but they're more than likely going to stay local. Too involved in street shyt.

Yeah they weak

 

[submarine1]

Back on topic tho.......
DMV area got lots of talent and its own distinctive style HOWEVER....
There is still way too much crab in a barrel rivalry for the whole region to pop collectively.
If we keeping it 100 - there are too many people who have issue with the term "DMV" itself

For lots of people they can't let go of past riffs/beef/disrespect etc so they dont wanna be affiliated.
A lotta dudes are like you can only be "D" or "M" or "V" - but not 2 and definitely not all 3.
Some "M" dudes dont include Baltimore and lots of B-more folks dont have a problem with that.

Personally I dont care about the "DMV" term - I know what people mean when they say it and I keep it moving.
Other dudes get in they feelings about it and pretty soon you know which letter they carry the torch for.
Like I said before Southern VA (the 7 cities) have their own lane and they dont wanna be affiliated with the DMV politics because it brings their own shine down- and they have worked too hard to be handicapped by mid-atlantic/DMV/B-more nonsense.

All DMV artists need to do is focus on the art, stay away from the politics, move around, get outta town, make money, leave the regionalism alone regardless of the peer pressure they get from traditional local thought.
literally thats it....everything else will fall into place.

 

[Kyoon]

Not a single mention of Jay Royale?


Just dropped The Baltimore Housing Project as a solid follow up to 2018's The Ivory Stoop.

 

[Bigblackted4]

Wale was top 10 for years. But DC up until recently was a gogo city. A lot of dudes my age and older that I might either didn’t listen to rap growing up or only barely and everybody wanted to be in a bad, even street nikkas.

 

[get these nets]

Kevin Liles was one of the most powerful men in music for several years. He was born and raised in Baltimore.
If there were more acts that had a shot to break nationally from B-more or DC, he would have heard of them before any other exec. And signed them.

 

[TripleAgent]

Kevin Liles was one of the most powerful men in music for several years. He was born and raised in Baltimore.
If there were more acts that had a shot to break nationally from B-more or DC, he would have heard of them before any other exec. And signed them.

Signed one Baltimore rapper, not nearly the best we had. Probably knew him from somewhere or someone.

 

[Roland Coltrane]

lol. Nobody in DC or PG County will claim the south. And I mean absolutely no one.

thank you


nikkas on here just be saying anything

 

[Roland Coltrane]

Hey, historical facts are what they are regardless of modern perceptions






Is the District of Columbia in or part of ‘the South’?

operative phrase being "at it's conception, it was very southern."

modern perceptions do not change historical facts respective to a particular time, but older perceptions do not change the modern facts that nikkas in DC don't say they're from the South


if I take a straw poll in my neighborhood and ask them nikkas if DC is the South and they all say "No", then whatever your talking about in the 1800s doesn't negate that reality

 

[WIA20XX]

If you want to keep up with the DC rap scene

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

DC has it's own thing going rap-wise, but it really seems like it's for locals only.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

operative phrase being "at it's conception, it was very southern."

modern perceptions do not change historical facts respective to a particular time, but older perceptions do not change the modern facts that nikkas in DC don't say they're from the South


if I take a straw poll in my neighborhood and ask them nikkas if DC is the South and they all say "No", then whatever your talking about in the 1800s doesn't negate that reality

I'm not even talking that far back. Aframs even in the 1970s would have thought of those regions as the "South". It's these newer cats that are in denial.

Maryland and D.C. are 100% Part of “The South” but We Should Talk About It

Featured Image: 'Baltimore, MD', Mike Von . . . It is recommended to read this article with a U.S. map. During a trip to New Orleans, I had the great opportunity to visit the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. The Ogden claims to have the largest and most comprehensive collection of Southern Art, wi

reclamationmagazine.com

 

[Nighthawk]

Because DC and Baltimore are two of the shyttiest places in America, with the shyttiest people in America.

Facts.

I hooked up with a bytch from bmore thats living on the west coast and that bytch had the worst attitude of any female i’ve ever been romantically connected to. Dropped her like a bad habit.

Even pac doesn’t even wanna claim baltimore. Pac claimed oakland

 

[Pop123]

“Street dudes” in DC and Baltimore are actual killers, that might have something to do with it, . Back in the day the tough guys looked at rappers as punks…them two spots might still be on that