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13000719, Black Chicago doesn't have a "universal" accent
Posted by after midnight, Thu Apr-07-16 03:51 PM
Some people sound country: Bernie Mac, Chief Keef

But other people; Chance the Rapper, Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle), Michael Clark Duncan (Green Mile), don't.

I don't know why that is. But people from poor/ghetto areas typically sound more "country" than people from so-called middle class Black areas, like Chatham, or Evanston.

I think it's safe to say California has that same thing going on. JD's gaffilin' from the first Ice Cube album, Too Short, and Eazy E all sound country as hell. But not all of Black Los Angeles sounds like that.