watching the comments in this IG live battle shows me who truly respects the tradition of southern hip-hip and those who started to listen after “international players anthem”

for those unfamiliar with mannie fresh louisiana rap and southern rap. what cash money did in the ‘90s laid the foundation for acts such as lil wayne to achieve national success and for contemporary rappers like drake and g-eazy to steal the region’s sound to chart on billboard.

“scott got bigger records!”
“scott played hits!”
....

do y’all know the beginnings of “third coast” rap? rappers from the gulf coast; were not respected by coastal rappers, not played in coastal markets, so their success was regional; even though y’all stole years later.

cash money, no limit and swishahouse are the most well-known “third coast” record labels. throughout the ‘90s and early ‘00s, they were disrespected by coastal rappers until they wanted success in the southern market; which resulted in the collaborations like “big pimpin”

can you tell i’m working on a book proposal about southern rap, because i’m fired up! ironic, because the most popular rappers in rap are from the southern untied states. let’s not bring up the limewire and tumblr era of hip-hop, where coastal rappers found out about “trill”

I REPEAT DON’T WRITE AN ESSAY BASED OFF MY TWEETS, IT’S EASIER TO COMMISSION ME OR INTERVIEW ON INSTAGRAM LIVE.

pro-tip: y’all don’t wanna fight me on this because the last coastal nigga got his ass beat, because I keep a mean receipt

“If you go to college in the South, we listened to Southern hip-hop before it became popular. We were Three 6 Mafia and Outkast, when the South had to battle for respect; before it was the cool thing to do.”
thank you, @redclayscholar https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bottom-of-the-map/id1462206435?i=1000469924309