To me, it isn't tight sweaters. That's not what rap is. That's not hip-hop at all. Every phase went through changing up their dress styles and all that, but since Run DMC came out, it's been baggy jeans.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap.
Hip-hop is all over the planet.
Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.
Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture.
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized.
Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
I actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.
I am a huge hip-hop fan, and growing up, I only listened to hip-hop, so I dressed accordingly.
Whatever rappers wear is cool to people.