Why is Hip-Hop/Rap so popular now?

[StevenHTX]

I remember when some of mywhite friends used to be little white boys listening to rock music all day.

And now they know about every little mixtape that drops, or they know about HotNewHipHop.com

Now they know every lyric to a Kendrick Lamar song.


No wonder why people hate Wayne, rap wasn't as popular when he was in his prime.

I remember going with my brother to pick up Get Rich or Die Tryin' back in 03.

But nobody gave a fuck about hip hop then.




Rap is everywhere now. Why?

[lil_wayne]

I remember when some of mywhite friends used to be little white boys listening to rock music all day.

And now they know about every little mixtape that drops, or they know about HotNewHipHop.com

Now they know every lyric to a Kendrick Lamar song.


No wonder why people hate Wayne, rap wasn't as popular when he was in his prime.

I remember going with my brother to pick up Get Rich or Die Tryin' back in 03.

But nobody gave a fuck about hip hop then.




Rap is everywhere now. Why?

Wayne brought it to the mainstream

[Weezy_KB24]

Every fucking hipster listens to Kendrick Lamar, Hopsin & Macklemore I swear.

[Cli-City]

Rap aint really that popular though...

[StevenHTX]

Rap aint really that popular though...

Are you jokeing?

It's as big or bigger than pop music...

Rap is a trend now, it's fashion, it's hypebeast

[Cli-City]

Are you jokeing?

It's as big or bigger than pop music...

Rap is a trend now, it's fashion, it's hypebeast

No it's not...we tour more and still sell less seats....we release more tracks and chart less and win less awards...name an old rapper than can come back on the scene and still sell records...Britney, Madonna all of those old heads can leave for a decade and come back and still be relevant...Rap now...if Rakim or Scarface drops an album it will flop....plus remebering you are growing up so things that weren't appropriate when you were small are now..so of course you are gonna meet more people listening to rap/explicit music...

[StevenHTX]

No it's not...we tour more and still sell less seats....we release more tracks and chart less and win less awards...name an old rapper than can come back on the scene and still sell records...Britney, Madonna all of those old heads can leave for a decade and come back and still be relevant...Rap now...if Rakim or Scarface drops an album it will flop....plus remebering you are growing up so things that weren't appropriate when you were small are now..so of course you are gonna meet more people listening to rap/explicit music...

Rap didn't really start become a trend until 2010 or so, Once Wayne you know..."fell off", rap really started to change.

Obviously the hipsters aren't going to listen to Rakim, or Scarface, or any old heads.

[KidComet]

No it's not...we tour more and still sell less seats....we release more tracks and chart less and win less awards...name an old rapper than can come back on the scene and still sell records...Britney, Madonna all of those old heads can leave for a decade and come back and still be relevant...Rap now...if Rakim or Scarface drops an album it will flop....plus remebering you are growing up so things that weren't appropriate when you were small are now..so of course you are gonna meet more people listening to rap/explicit music...

this tbh.


And plus.... Seems like anyone can get thier hands on a Canon t3i and shoot their own videos these days easily and get bigg off of youtube.

[WeEeEeEzZzZyYy]

No it's not...we tour more and still sell less seats....we release more tracks and chart less and win less awards...name an old rapper than can come back on the scene and still sell records...Britney, Madonna all of those old heads can leave for a decade and come back and still be relevant...Rap now...if Rakim or Scarface drops an album it will flop....plus remebering you are growing up so things that weren't appropriate when you were small are now..so of course you are gonna meet more people listening to rap/explicit music...

"we"

[Mars Martian]

I remember when some of mywhite friends used to be little white boys listening to rock music all day.

And now they know about every little mixtape that drops, or they know about HotNewHipHop.com

Now they know every lyric to a Kendrick Lamar song.


No wonder why people hate Wayne, rap wasn't as popular when he was in his prime.

I remember going with my brother to pick up Get Rich or Die Tryin' back in 03.

But nobody gave a fuck about hip hop then.




Rap is everywhere now. Why?

That I don't believe to be true, I know folks who DON"T know Kendrick Lamar I know folks who think Swimming pools is about just getting fucked up period. I agree with [MENTION=61920]lil_wayne[/MENTION] that wayne brought it to the mainstream BIG time.

[WeezYIsCraaazY]

It epitomises the culture most people desire...

[gggggg]

No it's not...we tour more and still sell less seats....we release more tracks and chart less and win less awards...name an old rapper than can come back on the scene and still sell records...Britney, Madonna all of those old heads can leave for a decade and come back and still be relevant...Rap now...if Rakim or Scarface drops an album it will flop....plus remebering you are growing up so things that weren't appropriate when you were small are now..so of course you are gonna meet more people listening to rap/explicit music...

Co-sign this. Couldn't have said it better. My local "hip-hop" station plays more pop and dance music than any rap basically.