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Nipsey was an extremely regional artist, the kind of “got his start selling mixtapes out of a trunk” stories that are all but...

teatrodelabsordo asked: Nipsey was an extremely regional artist, the kind of “got his start selling mixtapes out of a trunk” stories that are all but impossible now because of the rise of streaming platforms. He had a higher platform than say Boosie or Mozzy because he was in LA and dating an actress well known in black media, but there’s zero reason for a white guy in Portland to know him unless you’re very into rap music

so like, what he represented that’s so meaningful was that “from the community/to the community” potential of rap that gets mythologized so much in opposition to the whole mass media corporate business angle?