Yup, I’m 27 so I’m familiar with everybody from the blog era to the SoundCloud/TikTok/Drill era.
I made a post on Twitter the other day saying the 4 biggest rappers right now are either 40 or pushing 40 (Drake, Dot, Cole, and Future).
That’s….not good. They was hot when I was in middle school and I’m pushing 30 they still on top because they got no one to pass the torch to.
Yes, there’s still good rappers, there will always be good rappers, but guess what? There’s also good rock bands too but the genre is considered dead. Hip Hop has always had superstars, and the genre thrives when there are new superstars, the problem is, due to all the fukkery in the last decade, the 4 guys on top right now might be the last of the rap stars.
Sucks too cause other genres got their stars lined up, country got Jelly Roll and Morgan Wallen, pop got Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter, what does Hip Hop have? Every guy that’s supposed to be next gets their career cut short or they just prematurely fall off.