Maaaan, this whole thing is so transparent it isn’t even funny.
See, in order for you younger dudes to understand what’s really happening here, you need greater context on just exactly WHO dream Hampton is…..
dream hampton is the Karrine Steffans of hip-hop journalism. Period.
See, journalists are tasked with being objective in order to capture the facts of the story. dream hampton hasn’t been objective a day in her sorry ass life. This bytch is a CAREER groupie, and particularly a Jay-Z groupie.
So for people to feel like Nas has dropped a gem with “Life Is Good”, and then questioning why Jay “can’t do the same”, it forced this bytch to throw back on her cape and come to his rescue. Long story short, she caught feelings because Jay is her dawg. And if you know dream hampton’s history, she has ALWAYS been anti-Nas, and showed her true colors during the Nas/Jay beef.
I mean, this filthy slore has written for almost every major rap publication in history, at one time or another…..and could never stay employed in one place because she always wears out her welcome and eventually burns bridges with the other staff writers because of her tactics. Oh sure, she CALLS herself a “freelance journalist” and will argue that she never worked on staff for any rap publications because freelancing is better for her, but the truth is, other writers can’t stand this chick and the way she goes about getting stories. So now we gon’ act like Reginald Dennis (former editor of The Source”) didn’t catch flack for calling her out back in the day on her “journalistic integrity” for her using her friendships with rappers to get stories? We gon’ act like she didn’t try to do this SAME THING to Tupac to disparage HIM during the B.I.G./Pac beef because she was “close friends” with B.I.G. (she was one of the MAIN “journalists” to imply that Pac was raped in prison)?
See, this is the problem….these young stupids (AS USUAL) don’t have any historical context and, therefore, they’ll believe anything they’re told.
So for dudes to be in here saying “she’s a credible journalist and wouldn’t be saying this otherwise because her reputation is on the line…”, you clearly don’t know this broad’s history. This raggedy-mouthed c*nt been ostracized from the hip-hop journalist community a LOOOONG ass time ago.