Brown_Pride
All Star
I would say no because modern hiphoppers dont care about realness to the degree old school hiphoppers do. How many thug rappers are out there eating? Only Ross is eating and we know that he isnt gonna be out there thuging in the streets so its only a persona or alter ego. When Ti,Wayne and Gucci went to jail their careers suffered irreparable damage which tells you that people dont care whether guys lyrics are lived out despite what record companies try to push. Plus the most popular rapper of the moment is proud of being from a middle class background
So the view of hiphop from the OP is very dated.
which i think was the point.
I'm loath to call what's out today hip hop, it really does a disservice to what the old school represented and even accomplished.
That's why i call it rap.