Yo, Hov proved himself almighty. Not sure if you peeped it, but we did.
Throwing co-signs left and right over his Twitter yesterday evening, shouting out many of the culture who have inspired him. A thank-you to his peers, for whether friends or foe, I’m sure he shares mutual respect, a love beyond reproach. There were so many, you might have missed some, but rest assure, your favorite rapper was on the list as he didn’t miss one. Yes, Beyonce’s hubby was so in the spirit, he had to be; he hadn’t posted to his Twitter prior to this since March, so you already know. How gracious he clearly was feeling, he had to assure us that he wasn’t drunk lol.
Check the receipts.
Thank you to all the people that have inspired me . Rakim KANE KRS chuck cube Jaz Em Andre Nas big PAC cole kendrick chance jayE ..wait,
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Pac – Happy Birthday & RIP, BIG, Nas, Kendrick, Chance…
G Rap .Mel . Kurupt . Lox. X . Q. Ab lupe. Mos. Foxy. Boss . Ross. Quavo Future Travis too many fuck this. All you!T grizzley song best out
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Lox, Mos Def, Foxy Brown, Quavo, Future, too many is for sure.
I’m trying to see who was actually missing. Hov is very particular, like we know him personally. But a man like that, he has to be. The mogul went down the list, excluding periods and all. He had no time for it, he clearly couldn’t fit all the names within the Twitter character number amount. With a history as long as his, you could imagine his favorite rappers list would have grown, from the old to the new, legendary to baby-legendary, they were on there too.
Shit did I say redman ? Ghost and Rae . Wu tang I beat Genius in a rap battle I think ha . Busta (him too) Treach . Thug . B a rapper too!
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Ghostface Killah, Busta Rhymes, Naughty By Nature…
I feel like he is getting ready to unleash a song or something. Or maybe, just trying to put us on. Ah, the shade towards those who got left off. Or maybe he was trying to tell us something, a metaphorical note; letting all those absentee emcees know, “Sorry beloved, but you are not the GOAT.”
Shit …Wayne , Juve BG Nipsey . Kim . Slaughterhouse (yes mouse too ha) Folarin MC eiht . Short . 40 . Mac dre this shit hard .Never mind
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Fuck ..50 cent big L sho ag nice and smooth Joe and pun . diggable butterfly esp…beanie young chris freeway SP okay for real this time .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Wayne, 50, Lil Kim, the list goes on…
Somebody find that reply I just hit please . I'm new on this . Anyway salute to anybody who made a song to feed their family or just vent .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
And the greatest rapper of all time OBAMA . Thank you 44 https://t.co/CueS0BynCj
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
OBAMA 🙌
Wait . Slick fucking Rick . Pimp C and bun . Wow . I just realized how many fresh people the culture has . Big Sean . Sauce money .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
Too many ..Fab , black people really magic . Mac Miller nice too though .
— Mr. Carter (@S_C_) June 16, 2017
LOL.
It’s important to show love and give credit where credit is due, so big ups to Jay Z for using his platform in such a way. Reminding folks who don’t know, or those who have forgotten some of these names. The road that Hip Hop has paved. Saving souls from disaster, whether you are aspiring or just a huge fan of the culture, Hip Hop provided and provides a focus, an aim. For a kid who can put words together ever so cleverly living in the hood, or an entitled boy from the ‘burbs who can’t do school but is English is just too good.
Today, it’s easy to come across an individual who may not even have a clue who some of these cats are, but then call themselves fans of Hip Hop – aye boys and girls, learn some lessons, it will take you far. I wouldn’t say he was drunk, but maybe Bey was out and he decided to go through his catalog of albums locked in the vault, laid them all out on the marble floors one by one; maybe even shed a tear as he recalled where he was the first time he discovered Kurupt, Rakim, Tupac, BIG, or KRS-One.
How we thank the Bronx gods for using their genius when creating Hip Hop. The pacemaker for every living genre today. Where would music be without it? You really have to question. I mean, think about it. While there was a time where Hip Hop was shunned, frowned upon and disapproved of by radio exec’s. And R&B was the mellow yellow, a warm cup of tea; today, an R&B album gets no light without at least one collab featuring one of these acts.
Ever-evolving, Hip Hop has transcended from our music to “OUR” music, if you get what I’m saying. Debates of it no longer belonging to the culture still churn attitudes without digression, but when considering the unity it has been able to assemble among the different classes and races, it proves the least alienating. Across all genres, Hip Hop, although not the most highly sold of the bunch, it produces the most artistic and elevated of sounds, styles and gains the most attention in a crowd.
Put a Hip Hop track to a Rock song, you get procreation. Hov just might have started something, got me rhyming something, he is not low. A true leader builds his people up, gives them strength in the midst of desolation. A bad day turns into a not so bad day. You look back and remember when… Hip Hop, originally meant to inspire the community with its boom-bap sounds, fabricating a devastating edifice; teaching those who are lost to aspire for the find. Hip Hop, a most magnificent kind.
So where would we be today without it, I ask. Jay seems pretty sure, without really saying it. Some place pretty dull, bland and color-less. Hip Hop, a bold statement, “black people really magic,” he says. We exclaim that affidavit.