Exactly at the bolded. U just played urself. Because the fact that the media is different. Media consumption is different. Social media literally changed the way people interact with eachother and it has changed social dynamics in a way we haven’t seen before in history. Let’s get it straight here. Before Drill music. nikkas was drillin. And posting it on social media with emojis n shyt. I remember when Drill music came out and people started paying attention to Chicago more. And realized and shocked how cats was having shootouts and killing eachother and posting smileys n shyt like that on Twitter and IG. That
@Matt504 nikka keep posting Juice Wrld being influenced by Future to prove his point. Yet ignores the fact that Juice Wrld was a depressed, troubled and desperate individual with PTSD looking for a way to self medicate and escape his internal demons. That ain’t start with the music, we should be looking at what was going on in his life where he felt the need to turn to drugs in the first place. What was his life like in the streets of Chicago? What was his home life like? What would make these rappers write some shyt like..
“I turn the news on and I smell death in the air, I proved YOU wrong I made it out of here, I don’t belong I see my past everywhere, don’t get too close to me, I got PTSD. There’s a Warzone inside of my head, I made it on my own they said I’d be in jail or dead, I’ve seen my brothers fall over and over again, don’t stand too close to me, I got PTSD..”
Those lyrics say it all right there.