What a fukking incredibly sad story.
STAY OUT OF THE HOOD ONCE YOU MAKE IT. The Hood doesn't love you. I wish people would realize this.
Right, but its hard for us as people. Because we all try not to forget the circumstances we dodged ourselves or had luck to escape from, especially entertainers in need to build fanbases to make their shyt heard. People say that once shyt happens..but will say "he/she dont do shyt for the hood" or "dont be in the hood" or whatever the fukk, which hurts ur credential as an entertainer - especially hip-hop, which is built on this "real-ism" persona - other times. So its a lose-lose situation.
Cmon, we see it even on internet forums like these..picture in reality..alot worse.
Entertainers - street or not - are like politicans. They're about image, marketing & what can make them $. With hip-hop the whole "im real" thing been stepped on for decades..so cats feel thats what they HAVE to do in order to be accepted. Think not? Check a Drake when he came out.."cornball", "lame", "bytch nikka"..BUT, he had a machine (ie. J Prince, Cash Money etc) or countless other artist who aint hood, "acting white", "corny"..but then they talk about wanting artists to be themselves.
So hip-hop fans contradict themselves often.