Kanye paid his dues in the game and came up through hard work, and good fortune. Yes, he was different than what was going on at the time (super thug, street gangster, hustler, hood rap) but he still had a connection to true hip hop. He made trax for the hood dudes. he just paved the way for dudes to be out the box alil, i.e. outkast.Why would u blame HOV?shyt if anything....I would blame Dame for opening the door to emo nggas like Kanye....which in turn gave birth to Kudis....so on nd so fourth. Which were fine....but now look what it has spiraled into?
I also place blame the South
Once they let Lil John in...everything went downhill from there
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lil wayne is to blame for the culture spiraling downhill, to where its almost a disgrace. He used a fake gang street persona to get younger hip hop fans into a rocker, skate board culture. And inside of that culture theres alotta fukkery. Pill popping, homo-tendencies, disrespecting of things that came before (dismantling of older ways and ideals tends to be a caucasian thing imo, minorites tend to honor the past, and show reverence).
I think the biggest issue for me personally is that he is the one to help usher southern hip hop's culture completely into the up-north east coast. Things like making it rain, and the strip club lifestyle (glorification of strippers). The infatuation with drugs and being "stoned". The making of music with no substance at all just a good beat and nonsense.
All these things were a part of what I saw as I grew further and further away from hip hop.
Wayne should actually be proud that he had such and impact on something so big in his lifetime