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Fat Joe Addresses Whether You Need To Grow up In the Hood To be A Rapper

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Glasses Malone recently declared that Drake, a Jew from the suburbs of Canada, was "colonizing" rap, adding that you need to be from the streets to be a genuine part of the culture.

Fat Joe was asked if a hood background is required to be a legitimate spitter.  His answer was interesting.

"I wouldn't say that 2023," Joe answered when Chazz Palminteri poised the question. "Because there is so many different forms of Hip Hop.  But when we first came out, yes.  And it's unfair to rappers that are successful's kids.  Because rappers that are successful have a following.  So now you get  kid of a celebrity or a Hip Hop star and they grew up Little House on the Prairie.  So the hood is like, 'Nah, you grew up rich. We don't want to hear your story.  You grow up rich.  So it's very unfortunate for artists who have talented kids.

You probably didn't think Joe would use the question as an opportunity to speak on the challenges facing nepo babies, but that's the direction he decided to take it.

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