9. "RE: Marshall Mathers: How Blatant Is His Success?" In response to In response to 0
>on. > >Enter: One Eminem- setting records, garnering >worldwide attention, fortune and fame >almost overnight. Is it >a phenomenon or the same >old sad song? That >a Caucasion (albeit talented) but >still Caucasion can come on >the scene (a scene that >has historically been demoninated by >African-Americans and other minorities) and >rob others of what they've >worked so hard to achieve >all these years. For >example: Q-Tip recently disclosed >in an interview that one >year(I think after Low End) >he barely cleared $30,000! >How can this be? That >may be a bad example >because ATCQ was not considered >as mainstream as the now >*gasp* infamous Cash Money & >No Limit squads (they're paid >too but haven't garnered nearly >as much attention and reverence >as Mr. Mathers!) > >It has been surmised that the >overwhelming majority of CONSISTENT hip-hop >consumers are young, caucasion teens? > So, they've supported "us" >too, right? So somebody >please explain this. . .when >is it going to end? >And what can we do >to help elevate the status >of say, culturally uplifting and >conscientous acts such as The >Roots, De La & Outkast?
it will never end. it might not be the in thing in some years time but there will still be caucasians supporting hip hop. culturally uplifting? please just give me an emcee that am feeling and has skills. some people listen to music for entertainment reasons, nothing more nothing less