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Polo wasn't popular in the hood before KanyeDo you hear yourself?
I never said that. You said that. Please see the above statement.
Really? Your words were....
Even if he didn't invent the 'Lo Life style....none of those things were popular to the masses when Kanye brought it to the table.
Which is false.
The irony of your post is that you even say you were rocking that **** because you went to boarding school. Maybe your experience isn't that unique. Maybe more kids from around the way are going to boarding/prep/private schools more than ever.
Maybe a lot of people are more influenced by their experiences than they are by a rapper. At least the intelligent people. How can you determine who was influenced by what to say "Kanye did it!"?
My G since when do you have to literally be the first to do something in order to popularize it and bring it to the masses?
So him and Pharrell both changed the personification of what hiphop could be but because he didn't do it 100% by himself he's suddenly not essential to it.
YOU claimed Jay-Z is a cultural leader which he is.... You admit that Ye has heavily influenced him..... so he influenced a cultural leader but he isn't a cultural leader?
Doing something that someone just did 2-3 years before you doesn't make you a pioneer or a leader in my eyes. And as I said, all that **** was already being done around the way.
Polo did not need Kanye to propel them in the hood or anywhere. That's been the preppy aesthetic in the hood for decades now. Pharrell had done all the Bape ****.
I didn't admit Ye heavily influenced Jay at all. I am using your words. And just because you "influence" a cultural leader, it doesn't make you a cultural leader.
Don't be ridiculous. We're all influenced by people in our sphere. I'm not about to call Ty-Ty or Bleek cultural leaders because they may have rubbed off a bit on Jay over the years. If that is a pert of your case for Kanye being a leader, it's absurd. Which is my point. You guys are REACHING.
Jay and his entrepreneurial drive was there long before Kanye. THAT is what makes him a cultural leader. Not the clothes he wears. Musically, Jay was HUGELY successful before Kanye.
You guys are just OD with it. Like I said, you'll see it your way. And clearly there is no way I can out-type Kaye fanatics.
As I said above, I am personally influenced by my experiences. Not by a rapper or his music. At least that's been the case since I got past the age of 15. If you are the opposite.....
May he lead you well.....
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