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Originally Posted by pj3000
 Yeah, the whole Compton/NWA/South Central/LA gangsta aesthetic never really “rang true” for me back then, even as a middle school and high school-aged kid. Came across to me as exactly that - an aesthetic.
It seemed so put on to me... like “this is Hollywood trying to make us believe these dudes are so hard... yet it’s 75 and sunny and they’re drinking 40oz on the front porches of their houses that have palm trees in the front yard”.
I always referred to it as “suburb rap” |
Not me. The setting seemed pretty genuine and the backdrop is pretty similar to what you find throughout the south. Here in Houston for example, the vast majority of the AA population live in suburbanish areas.