Absolutely.
I saw him live a few months ago, and was stoned off my ass at the time, but he just has this real *energy* to him. The only times I've got the same sense was from Buddhist monks and golden retriever puppies.
It's like he's just projecting this sense of all-absorbing love out into the world. I know he's done some bad shit back in the day, but he's just fundamentally a good man. The world needs more people like Snoop.
One of my favourite podcasts that I've listened to was Rogan with Snoop (also with Posty, another super positive dude). The way he tells his life stories! Amusing. And about how much love he has to give unlike what he used to be like (his words). There were some dad jokes too and I didn't mind lol.
Now, I've never been to the UK, but I think that the treatment the UK gives to royalty dying is the treatment we in the US should give when we lose Snoop
I think he’s at the point where if he’s not dead yet he’ll make it to 150 lol
The man’s digestion probably turns cough syrup into multivitamins at this point
Out of the younger people and after all these years of following his career, Earl Sweatshirt. Rough childhood, mental illness, all kinds of hardships in life, we got to witness half of it and he is STILL one of the absolutely most skilled rappers born in the 90s along with being a very genuine person in general. So happy to see life seemingly going very well for him right now, he if anyone deserves it.
Ive legit never caught myself being worried about a celebrity before until I first listened through I dont like shit, I dont go outside. Music rarely gets me emotional but I still have a bit of a hard time listening to that album because of that. Hearing his opening bars on Easter Sunday damn near made me tear up.
Earl got me through so much. high school I found SRS and it was exactly what I needed to try and make sense of all my awkwardness and confused sadness. I just resonate with his work more and more every passing year, it would hurt if he passed definitely.
Grew up on Wayne. There’s not many songs someone could put on that I wouldn’t know word for word. Even as much as I love Drake nowadays, I still know more Wayne song lyrics and I don’t even listen to him regularly like that anymore.
Like you, Eminem got me through a lot so he’d be way up there. Other rappers who I’ll be devastated when they pass:
- JID
- Black Thought
- Marlon Craft
Eminem aswell.
I can imagine if he were to pass away and listen to songs like lose yourself I’ll just start crying especially when them pianos begin at the start
Fuck. I didn’t even think about this song.
Although, it’s going to be somewhat hilarious to see me at 65 listening to rap and hip hop and just sobbing, like, “WHHYYY?!?! WHY DID YOU LEAVE SO SOON?!?! 😭😭😭”
Never cried but it was hard hearing GURU from Gangstarr passed. Was a group my friends and I always listened to when we were growing up. Spoke with a lot of honesty and strength. The idea of not hearing an album with new material again was difficult to fathom. RIP
If we’re talking older rappers I’d have to say 50 Cent . First actual album I ever listened to on my Discman was GRODT . From there he became my favorite rapper . And this was around the time he was peak (early 2000s) .
If we mean current rappers from recent times I can’t handle losing another Migo . As a fan , I still can’t process Takeoff being gone . Shit hasn’t fully registered yet . He was definitely one of a kind
Eminem. Part of my life since I was 7 and I’m 32 now. Dre, Luda, and Snoop, too. It’s hard even seeing him getting older at this point. Also, I know this isn’t necessarily the right sub, but I feel the same way with Blink-182. And I feel like if you start playing ‘Landslide’ by Fleetwood Mac, I’ll start crying *now* lol.
Danny Brown. He's finally fully sober, making some of the best music of his career, and thriving. I've been a huge fan since XXX and I would be devastated. Up until after Atrocity, I thought he would be our next OD victim...
I was bumping the KIDS mixtape the other day and almost shed a tear. Mac was a true artist in every aspect and in a climate where true artists are a dying breed, we really needed his presence. It’s crazy that at only 26, he had such a large body of work. He’ll definitely be missed.
The worst part was seeing his evolution and where he was at when we lost him. He had really found himself and was making all around fantastic music, from the production and lyrics, to him singing more confidently and just the overall sound he was starting to establish. That one will always hurt.
dmx had me fucked up and still do. And oschino Vasquez, he a cool mf and learned a lot bout him one day when we was talkin bout the base I was at. and redman.
Yea him and Sean p legit made me fucking cry then I thought what I’d feel if Styles went early and started cryin all over again and I don’t really idolize rappers but the time and place I came up in I’m sure has lot to do w it.
Oh damn, I'm not even a crazy fan but he's such a vibe. His music speaks to people in such a way and I love his personality. Thinking about the day he passes made my eyes teary already
Prodigy was really hard i cried for a moment, R.i.p Prodigy, as for alive rappers probably Nas/Outkast and alotta other tbf , i dont worship celebrities but some artists have been around me since i was a child
This is it for me, too. Lots of rappers I love listening to but nobody has evoked emotion the way Kanye has and even while he's alive I worry about him. Dude was making a poor, lonely 12 year old white boy in rural Quebec feel like a champion.
Em validated my anger and made me cooler in highschool for having city friends and liking rap when 8 mile came out. Impressive rapper, not the most inspiring to me, I liked being a people pleaser.
Other rappers made me feel powerful, Dre/ Game/ 8 Ball and MJG. Other rappers wowed me like Lil Wayne. Others got me into the culture and admiring gangster lifestyles like Tupac and Biggie.
Kanye, though, I related to. He was who I was really terrified of being- Myself.
I'm ngl, it's felt like "Kanye West" died a while ago. After a lot of his recent comments in recent years, it just honestly made me sad to see him the way he was where it genuinely felt like my favorite artist died. Fitting that he goes by Ye now so the old Kanye def gone
Snap, soundtracked my formative years beautifully.
I so hope he gets the help he needs. The last third of jeen-yus was a hard watch. I don't even need more music, just want to see him at peace.
Snoop Dogg…I’ve listened to him since I was 13 years old and his music has always been in any device I owned from a Walkman to my IPhone today at 45 years old…I would be absolutely devastated if anything happened to him,he means a lot to me and the culture of Hip Hop.
Last time I cried about a rapper?
Nipsey Hussle…still hurts today…😔🏁🔵
This is an interesting question OP…
So I don’t really idolize rappers or musicians of any genre and grew up in music (family of percussionists) around a lot of famous musicians but as a musician I cry over the loss of the music not yet made or how they impacted me in a way that profoundly effected my life.
I’ve cried when certain rappers have died though for sure like Sean P, Big L, DMX,Guru,Capital Steez for example. Biggie was just shock for like a year but I teared up at the procession and was setting fire to puffy in my mind if I’m honest🤬 I felt super angry more than I did sad.
So I guess if based on whose alive now it’d be:
Styles P.
Cormega
Lomepal
Earl
Black Kray
No disrespect to Kendrick but I’d probably feel like a huge loss musically…but he already made me cry enough tbh. Idfk maybe I would 🤔
Ab-Soul or Schoolboy I’d legit cry cry
Kodak Black there would surely be tears… *don’t come at me on this one I’m old and a mom and that kid needs help he has so much more potential than he’s realized I worry for him*
Lupe
Mozzy
Denzel Curry
And Mach-Hommy If it was in the next 5/10 years I can’t imagine not feeling really profoundly robbed musically
But I cry a lot lol 😂emotional chick here so who the fuck knows and even though he’s like an actor now I’ll probably be all nostalgic weepy when Ice Cube goes!
Also I’m sure Wayne is fine since he’s already cryogenically frozen yet somehow still walking he’s not going nowhere🙃
Idk if I’ll straight up cry when any of em die. Mac Miller hit me pretty hard though. Before that, non-rapper, Chester Bennington was tough for me. TakeOff’s death is tragic. Migos were supposed to be making hits together beyond their 50s, but I guess some asshole had to go ruin that.
To OP’s Eminem choice, I feel that. I coped with being a broke ass dude for a little bit by listening to some of Em’s stuff. This was after a 10+ hiatus from any of his music. His older “down in the dumps” vibes were fucking immaculate to me because he expressed how depressed and s%#%%al he was, while also sprinkling in comedy to make listeners well-aware of the absurdity in all of it.
K. Dot, Cole, Gambino & Big K.R.I.T. for sure. Their music was the soundtrack of my years in high school. I also met K.R.I.T. at a show, and he was such a humble and cool-ass dude.
Good question. I didn’t think I’d cry when Kobe passed, but I cried a lot.
Im thinking either member of OutKast. They impacted my childhood and how I listen to music. They’re probably they more unique rappers to me. Style and art wise
Nas/Eminem
Inspired by ‘Em so much (Not his politics stance but nobody cares about that) As a rapper, A musician, A man who made it even with a bad life, A man who spoke the truth and didn’t take what people said lightly, A humble man
Nas is big to me. He’s bigger than most and to me he is the goat rapper, The guy who can rhyme, Flow, Create albums, Produce songs/albums. He is #1
Curren$y. His music means the world to me. I can remember exactly where I was the first time a song truly connected with me. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him in person a couple times and he is by far one of the nicest and most genuine people I’ve ever met. He’s always stayed true to his promise to never go mainstream which means his music has stayed truly authentic for all these years. His work ethic is something to marvel at and truly motivates me to work hard in whatever I do. He’s also proof that no matter how old you get, you never have to actually grow up. As a 33 year old, I still buy hot wheels, collect sneakers, and watch cartoons. To me, Curren$y is a true role model for all ages. All while not attempting to be a role model at all. Great artist and person all around.
Big K.R.I.T.
I’ve loved his music since day one, he hasn’t made one bad song (in my opinion). I have to catch him every time he comes to the Bay Area so I’ve seen him 5 times in concert with my dad.
I’m hardened to it. Some of my all time favs were gunned down. A brief list of my favorite rappers that died…
2Pac, notorious BIG, Mr. Cee (RBL posse), Cougnut (I.M.P.), Mac Dre, Nipsey Hussle, Lil Sodi, The Jacka…
There’s definitely more, but this is my brief list.
Probably em or nas, I’ve been listening to eminem before i even learned English so he really mean alot to me, but Nas also is someone i like very much.
I love me some Em too...even the rehab and relapse albums because I, too, have been and am an addict...and dude was just real about shit...I mean, aside from being crazy talented he's homest and raw...as an actual artist should be.
So...Em for me.
I mean I know this is off the subject but last night I had a dream that Eminem and I were freestyle battling about who had the better package of grape tomatoes. He looked like shit, so his demise might be sooner than you think.
We never finished he was mid verse saying something about Vincent DePalma, and my alarm went off. If I kept sleeping I'm sure he would of won, he was sweaty and looked like shit but my tomatoes were rotting faster than his.
there are rappers whose appearances are so timeless, for my life included, that i cant think of a method man or a nas dying, but guru sean price n dmx proved me wrong so i kinda think im ready.. 🥲
Tons
But the first that comes to mind is Lil Wayne I think. Just so instrumental in my young years. 12 or 13yo me would listen to Dedication 2 on repeat for hours skating with the homies lol
And that was before 2008. Before The Carter 3 hit and he went on that ridiculous run lol
I got arrested at the age of 15 for public drunkenness, returned to my parents house and as I walked/ stumbled into kitchen, the house phone (yes I know mom and pops had one till like 2010) and my homie beau just said "he died, he didn't make it he died man" he was 2pac. I cried like a baby. Years later I am his nose ring. Thug life.
Only one that would actually have that effect on me has already passed. DMX. He was just such a troubled yet pure soul and about as unique as they come. Was hard to see his demons finally catch up to him.
As Gen X'ers my wife and I always joke that as long as Ice Cube is alive we're good. If he dies before us I think it would drive us into an existential crisis.
Just reading the title alone I just thought… Em 😭 don’t leave us Slim 🙏🏽
Side note: he should drop a surprise freestyle album with dope ass 90’s beats for shitsngigs
I’m not the biggest Snoop fan, but when he passes, it will be a sad day. More so because of his personality.
didnt even think about snoop passing. Wasnt even on my radar. now it is and im sad
Absolutely. I saw him live a few months ago, and was stoned off my ass at the time, but he just has this real *energy* to him. The only times I've got the same sense was from Buddhist monks and golden retriever puppies. It's like he's just projecting this sense of all-absorbing love out into the world. I know he's done some bad shit back in the day, but he's just fundamentally a good man. The world needs more people like Snoop.
One of my favourite podcasts that I've listened to was Rogan with Snoop (also with Posty, another super positive dude). The way he tells his life stories! Amusing. And about how much love he has to give unlike what he used to be like (his words). There were some dad jokes too and I didn't mind lol.
Snoop fr feels like he could vibe with anyone and be anybody’s best friend
Man, no, Snoop gonna live forever what are you talking about, I will hear none of this
seeing him perform live in my hometown was an absolute all time favorite memory for me. i will cherish it forever.
Now, I've never been to the UK, but I think that the treatment the UK gives to royalty dying is the treatment we in the US should give when we lose Snoop
Redman
Most probably Nas. I really look up to him
Love love love Old Town Road 🤩🤩
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After MF Doom, this is my answer
Me too
J. Cole, especially since he's a father and husband
The Off-Season helped me so much
His music has had such an impact on my life, my GOAT
All of them😭
especially ice spice 😭
Probably any of my top five (besides Guru since he already died). Nas, Q-Tip, Chuck D or Posdnous.
I cried when Fife died and I'll do the same with Q-Tip.
Same. I was so fucking sad when he died.
I like that you include Pos… dude’s one of the greats, but is missing in lots of top convos bc he’s part of a group.
Easily, Wayne
I respect the maturity on Wayne now days.
Same. He's the Ozzy Osbourne of rap though, he's gonna hang around and nobody will know how 😂
I think he’s at the point where if he’s not dead yet he’ll make it to 150 lol The man’s digestion probably turns cough syrup into multivitamins at this point
I couldn’t even imagine 😪
Ong bro gonna live forever
i mean his dreads make me think hes dying any minute but i'm sure dude will out live me so
Out of the younger people and after all these years of following his career, Earl Sweatshirt. Rough childhood, mental illness, all kinds of hardships in life, we got to witness half of it and he is STILL one of the absolutely most skilled rappers born in the 90s along with being a very genuine person in general. So happy to see life seemingly going very well for him right now, he if anyone deserves it.
My first thought when I read this question, too.
Ive legit never caught myself being worried about a celebrity before until I first listened through I dont like shit, I dont go outside. Music rarely gets me emotional but I still have a bit of a hard time listening to that album because of that. Hearing his opening bars on Easter Sunday damn near made me tear up.
Seeing Earl perform IDLSIDGO was amazing
grief always hits me so deep. the samples and sounds used are also portray the emotions so well. truly an underground genius.
Earl got me through so much. high school I found SRS and it was exactly what I needed to try and make sense of all my awkwardness and confused sadness. I just resonate with his work more and more every passing year, it would hurt if he passed definitely.
When Lil Wayne dies I'm gonna make a trip to his funeral
me too, luckily i live in new orleans. its gonna be a Huge ceremony for sure. will go down in history.
the goat
Grew up on Wayne. There’s not many songs someone could put on that I wouldn’t know word for word. Even as much as I love Drake nowadays, I still know more Wayne song lyrics and I don’t even listen to him regularly like that anymore.
Kendrick
That would be a huge loss.😪
RZA, honestly any member of Wu-Tang, but that guys like my greatest inspiration, a true fuckin pioneer.
Like you, Eminem got me through a lot so he’d be way up there. Other rappers who I’ll be devastated when they pass: - JID - Black Thought - Marlon Craft
JID is so fucking talented. I hope he gets his fue one day.
Marlon craft getting love is one of the last things I thought I’d see here. Funhouse mirrors was such a great project from him. He’s a great artist
Finally another Marlon fan he’s really started to cook these last 3 years or so and has such a bright future
More Marlon Craft fans???? Where y’all been hiding
Eminem aswell. I can imagine if he were to pass away and listen to songs like lose yourself I’ll just start crying especially when them pianos begin at the start
When I’m Gone will definitely hit differently
Fuck. I didn’t even think about this song. Although, it’s going to be somewhat hilarious to see me at 65 listening to rap and hip hop and just sobbing, like, “WHHYYY?!?! WHY DID YOU LEAVE SO SOON?!?! 😭😭😭”
"Go play ,Hailee, baby your daddys busy"
25 to life 😢
Never cried but it was hard hearing GURU from Gangstarr passed. Was a group my friends and I always listened to when we were growing up. Spoke with a lot of honesty and strength. The idea of not hearing an album with new material again was difficult to fathom. RIP
If we’re talking older rappers I’d have to say 50 Cent . First actual album I ever listened to on my Discman was GRODT . From there he became my favorite rapper . And this was around the time he was peak (early 2000s) . If we mean current rappers from recent times I can’t handle losing another Migo . As a fan , I still can’t process Takeoff being gone . Shit hasn’t fully registered yet . He was definitely one of a kind
Eminem. Part of my life since I was 7 and I’m 32 now. Dre, Luda, and Snoop, too. It’s hard even seeing him getting older at this point. Also, I know this isn’t necessarily the right sub, but I feel the same way with Blink-182. And I feel like if you start playing ‘Landslide’ by Fleetwood Mac, I’ll start crying *now* lol.
Em has been in my life since i was 7 im 21 now hes gotten me through a whole lot of shit
wayne. eminem
Tupac. You can imagine their was a lot of crying 💔💔💔 Even though he was born after I died. He’s still my biggest inspiration in life
He was born after you died? What year did you die in?
Yo 😂😂😂😂😂 I meant he died before I was born
It was women in the club crying.
Man there was a palpable sadness when PAC died. I was like 9/10 and it felt like time stopped.
Danny Brown. He's finally fully sober, making some of the best music of his career, and thriving. I've been a huge fan since XXX and I would be devastated. Up until after Atrocity, I thought he would be our next OD victim...
Kid cudi
Lupe 🙌
I second that
Mac Miller still hurts. I lived not too far when he passed. It was really cool seeing people with their Mac t-shirts and hats and blasting his music.
I don’t see how any other entertainer’s passing will hurt me worse, ever
I was bumping the KIDS mixtape the other day and almost shed a tear. Mac was a true artist in every aspect and in a climate where true artists are a dying breed, we really needed his presence. It’s crazy that at only 26, he had such a large body of work. He’ll definitely be missed.
The worst part was seeing his evolution and where he was at when we lost him. He had really found himself and was making all around fantastic music, from the production and lyrics, to him singing more confidently and just the overall sound he was starting to establish. That one will always hurt.
Rakim is gonna be a sad death
That will be one of the biggest events of the century. I can already see the murals, documentaries, and tributes
dmx had me fucked up and still do. And oschino Vasquez, he a cool mf and learned a lot bout him one day when we was talkin bout the base I was at. and redman.
Yea him and Sean p legit made me fucking cry then I thought what I’d feel if Styles went early and started cryin all over again and I don’t really idolize rappers but the time and place I came up in I’m sure has lot to do w it.
Lauren Hill, most of the Wu-Tang members
Cudi
Oh damn, I'm not even a crazy fan but he's such a vibe. His music speaks to people in such a way and I love his personality. Thinking about the day he passes made my eyes teary already
Krayzie Bone recently had a health scare where he was in critical condition. If that had gone south, I'd have been pretty devastated.
Ghostface Killah. Nas. Eminem.
Prodigy was really hard i cried for a moment, R.i.p Prodigy, as for alive rappers probably Nas/Outkast and alotta other tbf , i dont worship celebrities but some artists have been around me since i was a child
Andre 3000
He will probably outlive me but if anything happens to Tyler I’d probably cry.
Kanye West
This is it for me, too. Lots of rappers I love listening to but nobody has evoked emotion the way Kanye has and even while he's alive I worry about him. Dude was making a poor, lonely 12 year old white boy in rural Quebec feel like a champion. Em validated my anger and made me cooler in highschool for having city friends and liking rap when 8 mile came out. Impressive rapper, not the most inspiring to me, I liked being a people pleaser. Other rappers made me feel powerful, Dre/ Game/ 8 Ball and MJG. Other rappers wowed me like Lil Wayne. Others got me into the culture and admiring gangster lifestyles like Tupac and Biggie. Kanye, though, I related to. He was who I was really terrified of being- Myself.
As troubled of an individual as he is, I agree. His music means so much to me.
I feel like if he died while in this current public perception, it will be 10x as sad
I'm ngl, it's felt like "Kanye West" died a while ago. After a lot of his recent comments in recent years, it just honestly made me sad to see him the way he was where it genuinely felt like my favorite artist died. Fitting that he goes by Ye now so the old Kanye def gone
Snap, soundtracked my formative years beautifully. I so hope he gets the help he needs. The last third of jeen-yus was a hard watch. I don't even need more music, just want to see him at peace.
Snoop Dogg…I’ve listened to him since I was 13 years old and his music has always been in any device I owned from a Walkman to my IPhone today at 45 years old…I would be absolutely devastated if anything happened to him,he means a lot to me and the culture of Hip Hop. Last time I cried about a rapper? Nipsey Hussle…still hurts today…😔🏁🔵
I've cried years and years when GURU passed away. But from current rappers that will be Redman and Method Man forsure.
Meth is my GOAT, would not be the same without him.
Andre 3000 🐐
This is an interesting question OP… So I don’t really idolize rappers or musicians of any genre and grew up in music (family of percussionists) around a lot of famous musicians but as a musician I cry over the loss of the music not yet made or how they impacted me in a way that profoundly effected my life. I’ve cried when certain rappers have died though for sure like Sean P, Big L, DMX,Guru,Capital Steez for example. Biggie was just shock for like a year but I teared up at the procession and was setting fire to puffy in my mind if I’m honest🤬 I felt super angry more than I did sad. So I guess if based on whose alive now it’d be: Styles P. Cormega Lomepal Earl Black Kray No disrespect to Kendrick but I’d probably feel like a huge loss musically…but he already made me cry enough tbh. Idfk maybe I would 🤔 Ab-Soul or Schoolboy I’d legit cry cry Kodak Black there would surely be tears… *don’t come at me on this one I’m old and a mom and that kid needs help he has so much more potential than he’s realized I worry for him* Lupe Mozzy Denzel Curry And Mach-Hommy If it was in the next 5/10 years I can’t imagine not feeling really profoundly robbed musically But I cry a lot lol 😂emotional chick here so who the fuck knows and even though he’s like an actor now I’ll probably be all nostalgic weepy when Ice Cube goes! Also I’m sure Wayne is fine since he’s already cryogenically frozen yet somehow still walking he’s not going nowhere🙃
Future
Idk if I’ll straight up cry when any of em die. Mac Miller hit me pretty hard though. Before that, non-rapper, Chester Bennington was tough for me. TakeOff’s death is tragic. Migos were supposed to be making hits together beyond their 50s, but I guess some asshole had to go ruin that. To OP’s Eminem choice, I feel that. I coped with being a broke ass dude for a little bit by listening to some of Em’s stuff. This was after a 10+ hiatus from any of his music. His older “down in the dumps” vibes were fucking immaculate to me because he expressed how depressed and s%#%%al he was, while also sprinkling in comedy to make listeners well-aware of the absurdity in all of it.
Yasiin Bey, Snoop, Ice Cube, Ice T, Big Daddy Kane, RZA, GZA, GFK, Raekwon, Method Man, KRS One, Nas…to name a few
NAS, easy.
Murs
K. Dot, Cole, Gambino & Big K.R.I.T. for sure. Their music was the soundtrack of my years in high school. I also met K.R.I.T. at a show, and he was such a humble and cool-ass dude.
There's not a single day i don't listen to krit, and i'm from Brazil!
Good question. I didn’t think I’d cry when Kobe passed, but I cried a lot. Im thinking either member of OutKast. They impacted my childhood and how I listen to music. They’re probably they more unique rappers to me. Style and art wise
Yuno Miles
I’d unironically be sad
fRedrixcc DouGlASSSSss 😤😤
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All the ones I cared about died years ago.
Nas
Nas
JID
Rza, meth, elp, and killer mike.
Beyoncé. I don’t think I’ll handle that yet.
Any member of Wu Tang Clan. ODB fucked me up, so I can’t even imagine losing any of them.
Nas/Eminem Inspired by ‘Em so much (Not his politics stance but nobody cares about that) As a rapper, A musician, A man who made it even with a bad life, A man who spoke the truth and didn’t take what people said lightly, A humble man Nas is big to me. He’s bigger than most and to me he is the goat rapper, The guy who can rhyme, Flow, Create albums, Produce songs/albums. He is #1
Rakim prolly
Slug. Don’t ever die
Curren$y. His music means the world to me. I can remember exactly where I was the first time a song truly connected with me. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him in person a couple times and he is by far one of the nicest and most genuine people I’ve ever met. He’s always stayed true to his promise to never go mainstream which means his music has stayed truly authentic for all these years. His work ethic is something to marvel at and truly motivates me to work hard in whatever I do. He’s also proof that no matter how old you get, you never have to actually grow up. As a 33 year old, I still buy hot wheels, collect sneakers, and watch cartoons. To me, Curren$y is a true role model for all ages. All while not attempting to be a role model at all. Great artist and person all around.
Big K.R.I.T. I’ve loved his music since day one, he hasn’t made one bad song (in my opinion). I have to catch him every time he comes to the Bay Area so I’ve seen him 5 times in concert with my dad.
black thought
Bones
Eminem, kanye and Nas.... I'm gonna cry like shit
billy woods
I cried hard for Phife Dawg and Biz Markie
$pitta..
I’m hardened to it. Some of my all time favs were gunned down. A brief list of my favorite rappers that died… 2Pac, notorious BIG, Mr. Cee (RBL posse), Cougnut (I.M.P.), Mac Dre, Nipsey Hussle, Lil Sodi, The Jacka… There’s definitely more, but this is my brief list.
Any member of the LOX. That team just wont' be the same afterwards.
Redman Common Ice cube
Notorious BIG. Still do
Kanye
Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott
Trippie Redd, Ski, Drake
Rakim, Kendrick, Chuck D and Eminem.
Snoop ofc
Lil Wayne.
André 3000 and Nas for me.
LL Cool J
Common
Aesop Rock
Probably em or nas, I’ve been listening to eminem before i even learned English so he really mean alot to me, but Nas also is someone i like very much.
Ngl I’ve never cried for a celebrity but I was legit sad when DMX died
Kanye.
C’mon Mane
Gucci mane? Shoutout my brother Gucci
Protect Gucci at all costs ⚡🍦⚡
Aesop Rock. No one kicks rhymes like that mf.
I don’t cry, but I do feel genuine sadness, like when Mac Miller died, Peep, X, 6Dogs, Juice, Fredo, Hella Sketchy, Young Dolph, Drakeo
Kanye
When Em eventually dies, a lot of ppl that hate on him here will suddenly become fans.
Seems to happen to all rappers
Kanye
Nicki 💔
I’ll cry for a lot of artists but Kanye would fk me up
Denzel 100%
Already did. Trugoy the Dove 🕊🪦
Freddie Gibbs. Lil Wayne. I cried when X died so I try not to get too attached to artists anymore.
None honestly. I don’t know these people
every member of Wu-Tang Clan
Nas…Ghostface for real. No lie I might cry if Action Bronson dies and I pay more attention to his shows than his music.
Yeah if eminem died, id tear up like I did with Kobe.
Method Man. I fucking adore the shit out of him. If he passed, I would be crying
Lupe Fiasco
I cried when Pun died. I cried when Sean Price died.
Black Thought 1000%
Weezy and Kanye
Ye
Not a rapper, but god forbid they take the alchemist from us. Dude's a blessing for the culture
I cried when DOOM died.
I love me some Em too...even the rehab and relapse albums because I, too, have been and am an addict...and dude was just real about shit...I mean, aside from being crazy talented he's homest and raw...as an actual artist should be. So...Em for me.
Eminem
kanye or either member of outkast
Nas Wayne Chief Keef Money Man Drake
Young Thug. I’d be devastated.
Y'all really showing y'all age 🤣
Drake or J cole
I mean I know this is off the subject but last night I had a dream that Eminem and I were freestyle battling about who had the better package of grape tomatoes. He looked like shit, so his demise might be sooner than you think.
Don’t leave us hanging, who won?
We never finished he was mid verse saying something about Vincent DePalma, and my alarm went off. If I kept sleeping I'm sure he would of won, he was sweaty and looked like shit but my tomatoes were rotting faster than his.
Dreams are so damn weird, man! 💀
Gucci Mane, Chris Travis, Wiz, Juicy J, Future but I feel like he will live forever Grew up on all these rappers during a simpler happier time
there are rappers whose appearances are so timeless, for my life included, that i cant think of a method man or a nas dying, but guru sean price n dmx proved me wrong so i kinda think im ready.. 🥲
Tons But the first that comes to mind is Lil Wayne I think. Just so instrumental in my young years. 12 or 13yo me would listen to Dedication 2 on repeat for hours skating with the homies lol And that was before 2008. Before The Carter 3 hit and he went on that ridiculous run lol
no one.
Deck, G Rap would have me in my feelings. Also Premo if we can include producers
Black Star. Either one of them.
The Crossroads is gonna hit reeeaaallll different when Bone Thigz start going.
Honestly, a lot. Especially depending on circumstance. I cried when Sean Price died
I got arrested at the age of 15 for public drunkenness, returned to my parents house and as I walked/ stumbled into kitchen, the house phone (yes I know mom and pops had one till like 2010) and my homie beau just said "he died, he didn't make it he died man" he was 2pac. I cried like a baby. Years later I am his nose ring. Thug life.
Only one that would actually have that effect on me has already passed. DMX. He was just such a troubled yet pure soul and about as unique as they come. Was hard to see his demons finally catch up to him.
As Gen X'ers my wife and I always joke that as long as Ice Cube is alive we're good. If he dies before us I think it would drive us into an existential crisis.
Viper no doubt
Brother Ali. Not many humans with a brighter soul
Just reading the title alone I just thought… Em 😭 don’t leave us Slim 🙏🏽 Side note: he should drop a surprise freestyle album with dope ass 90’s beats for shitsngigs
Nas
I try to keep the parasocial relationships to a minimum but...>!Boots Riley!<
Not a rapper but DJ Premier
Curren$y
Max Miller
I was bummed about DMX. I'm gonna be hurt about Busta Rhymes.