50 Cent Co-Signs Waka Flocka & Gucci Mane's Realness "I Believe Hip Hop Is In A Struggle Of Being Artistic Or Having Autheticity. Waka Flocka & Gucci Mane, Those Guys Have It [Street Cred]"


In some ways the rap game has gone from sugar to sh*t. Keeping it real isn't what it used to be. Back in the day rappers had to stand for something. That didn't mean being a killer or hustler, it simply meant being who you said you were or else fans would reject you, just ask Vanilla Ice.

These days fans don't care so much about that. A guy can for example be an ex correctional officer, then the next thing you know make records claiming to be the world's biggest drug dealer, And nobody cares as long as the music sounds good.

There are still a few real rappers left in the game though. G-Unit General 50 Cent is probably the realest, so he knows the genuine thing when he sees it. He talked to XXL in their latest issue about how the game has changed and a couple of artists who he respects.

“When I offer aggression, I offer it from an author, a real place,” Fif told XXL co-deputy editor Rondell Conway. “It’s who I am; it’s who I had to be. Not even by choice, but to survive where I came from. So a lot of actual artists don’t have it. They don’t have that thing. Waka Flocka, ‘Hard in the Paint,’ Gucci [Mane], those guys have that.”

“It’s just a lot of the other artists, I don’t believe them,” he continued. “I believe hip-hop is in a struggle of being artistic or [having] authenticity—which one matters? Because a lot of them that write music that has a street-life theme to it haven’t actually been exposed to very much of that. It’s starting to feel like it doesn’t matter. I’m watching it, and I’m like, Okay, it sounded great, but ya lyin’.”

That's real talk from a man who came up the hard way and made it to the top, but never stopped being a real a** n*gga in the process.

Pick up the November 2010 issue of XXL to read the rest of 50's interview.

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Comment by Baby LoCC on November 14, 2010 at 12:15pm
MY 3 FAV N***** N THE RAP GAME, FUCC THAT THE REALEST N***** OUT, THE BIG 3 THAT SHOULD BE A MIXTAPE
Comment by Reality on November 7, 2010 at 10:51pm
i f**** wit flocka
Comment by Curtiss on November 7, 2010 at 10:39pm
Gucciii
Comment by C-LOW on November 7, 2010 at 9:57pm
i rather have some real n***** on my label that have a steady fan base than a bunch of fake clowns that wont be hot the next year. everybody cant pull a officer ricky!!!!
Comment by Cashflow on November 7, 2010 at 6:05pm
There has to be some real substance in what n***** rap about. If you a n**** that really been through that s*** you mad these stupid n***** rapping about what you did.
Comment by Cashflow on November 7, 2010 at 6:03pm
"That hook might sound tight/But that don't sound right/i moved snow white/He moved no white/" Jeezy Don't Know You

All this bird talk make me want some popeyes/That fake s*** gets no play in my ride/ They talk bricks and I'm just listening/ Eh i'm just listening." Jeezy Don't Know You
Comment by KelleyKel09 on November 7, 2010 at 3:13pm
or somethin else lol
Comment by KelleyKel09 on November 7, 2010 at 3:12pm
waka flocka lips look like he can suck the hell out of a p**** too!!!
Comment by KelleyKel09 on November 7, 2010 at 3:01pm
i totally see where he comming from. art is better when its not counterfeit. yall laugh at m************ with fake designer s*** on, but shakin ur a** to the fake a** trapper rappers, talkin about what they sold or did to who and all that b*******. you know if u listen to too many lies you soon become one urself. stay above the influence and listen to 50 s*** talkin a**. i love a n**** that talk s***.
Comment by TIGBiitchez on November 7, 2010 at 1:16pm
5-0 would cosign those wack rappers. they might have street cred but who cares if theyre putting out garbage music. 5-0 has no cred nemore. those dudes are making hiphop/rap look bad


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