Will the world ever accept another white rapper?

[Baron_Rouge]

Personally, I like KJ-52 and TobyMac. Although TobyMac's not really a rapper anymore, to be honest...but still, KJ's pretty good.

The more interesting question is: why don't we accept female rappers as easily?

I want to say that there are (were?) more women then whites in rap, but I can't think of any off the top of my head other than Lil' Kim, Missy Elliot, Salt and Peppa, Gwen Steffani, Queen Latifa.

Also, Nicki Minaj is fairly popular these days I believe.

 

[plugav]

We have dozens of rappers in Poland and not one of them is black, as far as I know.

If the first thing you think about when considering making rap is "will they compare me to Eminem," then aren't you already trying to be like him?

 

[tigermilk]

If a large record company thinks they can make a lot of money out of another white rapper s/he will be offered a contract.

I was always slightly bemused by the comparisons between eminem and "gangster rappers". On his first two widely distributed albums the themes he explored were radically different to the typical gangster rap fair.

 

[Zac Smith]

Flobots are pretty decent in their rapping in some songs, and their main singer is white.

 

[Nouw]

The Beastie Boys are fantastic rappers, all white.

 

[Daddy Go Bot]

I just won the entire thread, now leave.

EDIT- The fact no one mentioned R.A. The Rugged Man honestly shocks me. Atleast someone mentioned Vinnie Paz and Aesop Rock.

 

[Doive]

There are lots of white rappers, both past and present, other than eminem. Quality of material is what gets peple accepted as a rap artist, not skin colour.

 

[Aurgelmir]

Personally like Fort Minor... although I guess he gets the "Is the guy from Linkin Park" lable...

 

[Verlander]

There are fucking loads! From MC Chris, to Die Antwoord, the only thing that was "special" about Eminem is that he made a big deal out of it, and played up to his "ghetto" roots. That, and kissed a shit load of black ass to get to where he got.

Seriously, he wasn't the first, he won't be the last, and the fact he takes all the credit, while ripping people off with ever increasingly worse music, is something rooted in commercial hip hop, and not in being a white prick (although I'm sure some of that helped).

 

[Unia]

I'll just leave this here, since I bet nobody here would ever hear it otherwise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6UvuE37yY&NR=1

and as stated, the world is full of white rappers, they're just not the sort that gets featured on MTV

 

[Numb1lp]

Do you really think that Eminem is the only good white rapper? To be honest, I don't even think he's any good now. And what about black artists talking about whatever the hell they want? Not all of them are like that, either.

 

[Daddy Go Bot]

I'll just leave this here, since I bet nobody here would ever hear it otherwise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6UvuE37yY&NR=1

and as stated, the world is full of white rappers, they're just not the sort that gets featured on MTV

Why would I listen to a Finnish emcee I can't understand?

 

[Unia]

I'll just leave this here, since I bet nobody here would ever hear it otherwise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6UvuE37yY&NR=1

and as stated, the world is full of white rappers, they're just not the sort that gets featured on MTV

Why would I listen to a Finnish emcee I can't understand?

Last I checked that song was in English. Then again, I suck at listening to rappers regardless of language. Does anyone else smell smoke..?

 

[Daddy Go Bot]

I'll just leave this here, since I bet nobody here would ever hear it otherwise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6UvuE37yY&NR=1

and as stated, the world is full of white rappers, they're just not the sort that gets featured on MTV

Why would I listen to a Finnish emcee I can't understand?

Last I checked that song was in English. Then again, I suck at listening to rappers regardless of language. Does anyone else smell smoke..?

It is English, you're right.... Man that's a heavy accent.

 

[BonsaiK]

Why is it there can be 1,000 black rappers talking about the same things (ie Flashing cash and getting that ass) and no one cares, but then a white guy other the Eminem trys to rap about anything he is immediately associated with trying to be an other Eminem?

There have been Caucasian rappers around since the very birth of the style commercially, but since Eminem is the most commercially successful and visible one at the moment, other people get compared to him. It's only natural that this happens. The same thing happens to white blues guitarists, they all get compared to the one that's commercially successful at that particular time. Arguably it's racist but it's just human nature to notice these things and draw comparisons like this.

Vanilla Ice had several hits, I know because I'm old enough to remember when they originally came out. He was always considered kind of "rap-lite" though, much like Will Smith.

Not sure what you mean about rap being more "changeable".

Oh and it's off-topic, but best white rapper for my money is Necro. As skilled on the mic as Eminem but with a less grating voice and much more explicit too, plus a little bit more culturally relevant for metalheads and the like.

 

[flam3boy]

Rap has been dying for 10 years or so, just let it go man. Rap was the 90s, just like disco was the 80s. in another 10 years or so, Rap wont even exist anymore.

 

[BonsaiK]

Rap has been dying for 10 years or so, just let it go man. Rap was the 90s, just like disco was the 80s. in another 10 years or so, Rap wont even exist anymore.

Hahahaha, not a chance. Rap has about as much chance of suddenly turning up its toes as heavy metal. Rap now surpasses country music as the #1 most profitable music genre in the US and has made serious inroads in almost all other western countries. There's more rap in more places making more money now than ever before. It won't be dying, the only thing that could kill rap at this point is an EMP burst from the sun frying Earth's entire electricity grid, and even then we'd still have acappella and beatboxing.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

I always found Jedi Mind Tricks to be pretty funny.


They seem pretty white to me.