deonte-s:

noticing more and more when white people talk about rap culture negatively saying “it’s just them talking about getting money, who cares that you have money, it’s narcissistic and obnoxious to brag about it”

like oh my god can you make it any clearer that you don’t understand for one second what it means to get money in communities these artists grew up in, what it means to own shit? to be living comfortably? to be paying off a nice car? to be accruing savings? that shit is radical

and it’s a genuine fuck-you to a society that systematically tells them no, you can’t get money like we can get money. this level of wealth is not intended for you and you’re wasting your time trying to be anything.

plus god, do you even know what kind of wealth they’re talking about? these guys aren’t bill gates, even the ones at the very top. you know the chris rock bit where he’s describing his neighborhood in new jersey?

“In my neighborhood, there are four black people. Hundreds of houses, four black people. Who are these black people? Well, there’s me, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy. Only black people in the whole neighborhood. So let’s break it down, let’s break it down: me, I’m a decent comedian. I’m a’ight. Mary J. Blige, one of the greatest R&B singers to ever walk the Earth. Jay-Z, one of the greatest rappers to ever live. Eddie Murphy, one of the funniest actors to ever, ever do it. Do you know what the white man who lives next door to me does for a living? He’s a fucking dentist! He ain’t the best dentist in the world… he ain’t going to the dental hall of fame… he don’t get plaques for getting rid of plaque. He’s just a yank-your-tooth-out dentist.”

so many white people don’t even realize what kind of wealth is being talked about by black artists and professionals at the top of the game

it’s the kind of wealth a hell of a lot of white kids are born into who don’t even consider themselves “rich”

people need a hell of a lot of perspective sometimes