Rappers that are inspiring

[zmbfan]

Nas 2pac Lupe fiasco Kevin Gates lil baby

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I really wish I could say Ye in good faith, because his story is inspiring. Then he had to say all that crazy shit in 2022

 

[anle]

Guru, O.C., Rakim, Mosdef, Common, and Jay-Z

 

[Yousef]

This thread is a duplicate. There’s a dedicated hip hop thread already with a vaguely similar premise.
https://retrogametalk.com/threads/proper-hiphop-rap.2286/

Please look up a thread before posting one and please don’t create so many threads as to not run the risk of accidentally making a duplicate.

 

[Patches]

Montana of 300. He dropped an impressive and varied discography onto the world and is already retired aside from some features here and there. Wish I could say more, but most fall off at one point or another. That or hurt their reputation doing too much on interviews or the like. I like the humble beginnings of some of the soundcloud artists, but most I like heavily glorify horrible lifestyles.

 

[Bonkers225]

Nobody did it better than Coolio when it came to inspiring songs

And there were other good artists like:

Kid 'N Play

Ice-T

Das EFX

And finally, Wreckx-n-Effect. I know California Love is a beloved song from Tupac/Dre. But these guys did the iconic beat first