First off...I listen to hip hop, because I love the MUSIC..to me, it's ALL about the MUSIC. I could give a fuck less if you are real, fake, sell coke, don't sell coke, if you're black, white, if you're lying, if you're telling the truth...why does all that matter?!? As long as the music is good..that's all what counts. So Jeezy sold drugs...does that make his music better? Not even close, so why does it matter if he's 'real'.

I hate when people get all caught up in the 'aura' that hip hop gives off. It's like...if you don't have a gun, if you didn't sell drugs, if you're not from a poor neighborhood, if you don't have 'street cred', if you didn't kill someone....then you're not as good? Why does this take place..I couldn't tell you. It's pathetic really, that we praise these people for things that are clearly immorally wrong. I'm glad to hear Nas wasn't selling drugs and all that...it shows he's smarter than that and started off on a better path in life...and that is a bad thing because?!?

I'm sorry for any 'child' remarks...but think about it...you do sound pretty immature if you only like a certain rapper because he is 'real'. It has nothing to do with that...as long as the music is good. Some people just get too caught up in things that are unimportant...like taking sides in a rap beef..lol..it's just childish. You don't even know these people, yet you act like you're in their click or something...just listen to the music...and if you want to talk about real, you must throw in Jada and Styles...right? But so what if they're real...half the stuff they say is still creatively made up...and that's what makes them great lyricists...remember....it's ALL about the music..I've sold drugs and I like in a shitty part of town, but I don't consider myself 'real'...it's just fact of life...nothing to brag about...actually it fucking sucks...nothing good about it.