NY hasnt had a male superstar rapper in over 20 years

[Finesse]

Oh if u making it regional sure

Nas is a global icon breh. Stop the shennanigans lol. When you think "Hip Hop". Nas face comes up in people's minds before any of the other names I listed.


Its deeper than record sales. Also remember Nas was the first to pop out of all the names on my list. So selling records in the early to mid 90s is different than coming in after Hip Hop already exploded due to 2pac/Biggie shyt post mid/late 90s like Jay n everybody else did.


He is actually one of the main reasons that took hip hop out of NY n made it a global phenomena.

 

[Reptile]

nikkas making up they own definition for what a superstar is.

 

[Doctor Wily]

they all get locked up or die before they can blow up.

its a curse.

At this point I truly believe it's karma.

Cause alot of the old heads seemed primed to live past 70 +(Jada/Styles P/Q-Tip/Jay/50 etc)

But anyone who had a chance or is coming up is dead or failed potential (Juelz)

 

[MajesticLion]

@ somebody else creating a strawman for "superstar" and you're just off to the races chasing it without question, tryna skip steps

 

[Finesse]

Sex sells and the drill scene is deadly

True.


None of the drill nikkas is superstars tho. NY drill being going on for almost a decade now. Its finest hour was pop smoke (rip)

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

and look what the genre has become...

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

They put her in Sprite commercials

Saweetie had a whole McDonalds meal. These people stay getting an endorsement but ain’t superstars

 

[010101]

superstar is stadium status*

 

[semicko82]

You think Kendrick is a "superstar?"

 

[maxamusa]

superstar is stadium status*

thats what I'm saying.


like grandmas need to recognize you.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Ice Spice aint no fukking superstar bruh fukk you on?



Ice Spice gon be putting up Jay-Z/Beyonce numbers bruh?

This here.

The clock is already ticking on her sh*t.

 

[maxamusa]

This here.

The clock is already ticking on her sh*t.

Ice spice opening up for doja cat n they calling her a superstar

 

[ThirdAct]

All the big NY rap stars had a rawness to them, a grittiness (even the polished, mass marketed ones like 50). Modern popular culture doesn't require rappers to be like that anymore.

 

[maxamusa]

your grandma would have recognized him? can kendrick leave a hotel without having hundreds of fans mobbing him globallly?

 

[SpacelySprockets]

asap rocky knocked up rihanna twice hes there by default