Been reflecting on something similar to your original post the last few days (without having seen it til now) as someone who isn't from that background. Literally was thinking about the parallels between Nip and Malcolm X over lunch today.
This verse of his keeps coming back to me and is relevant:
See it's a couple nikkas every generation
I wasn't supposed to make it out, but decode the Matrix
And when they get to speak, it's like a coded language
Reminds nikkas it ain't strength in all this stolen greatness
We used to shoot at nikkas' at the Mobil station
Full circle, mogul motivation
My, self-educated, suit, negotiations
Got these sharks that I'm sitting at this table with afraid to bait me
No tint on my Mercedes, that's for inspiration
Two kilos on my neck, like the fukkin' 80's
Boy south Slauson Ave know my demosntration
Born and raised y'all affiliated
This is really greatness
Riding around like I really made it
Loaded bases I'm gon' Willy Mason
I keep coming back to myself asking what I can do. Like...how can I pick up the torch and what role can I play as a black dude who grew up in the burbs instead of coming from the mud like Nip did to have that same impact. Still don't know the answer. Maybe the answer is I'll never be able to connect that way, but it's not the point.
That's part of what makes this shyt suck so bad - it's not easy to come from where Nip came from and have his vision.