by Khalil Amani for GrownHood.com
Why Can’t I Be Hip-hop? Just ‘Cause I’m Old?
I’m first generation hip-hop! Eighteen-years old when Rappers Delight hit the airwaves! Rap music started with my generation of teenagers, now some of y’all wanna ban me from some shyt that started with me?
I’m getting effin’ tired of young people thinking we old-school cats can’t be or do hip-hop! Some of you young’uns think that age is a prerequisite to loving hip-hop culture. Such bullcrap!
Got Jay-Z rapping, “30 is the new 20!”
Newsflash! You don’t stop loving rap/hip-hop just because you turn forty—or even fifty! I might not rock Soulja Boy in my IPod (although Kiss Me Through the Phone has an infectious hook), but there’s still the older classic stuff and some new stuff that’s relevant. That’s like telling my grandparents to stop loving Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn! Fuck outta here! If God blesses you with longevity and you still have a young mind, you will see how stupid you sound to me!
Look at Aerosmith, Sting (U2) and Kiss—them white bwoys are like 60ish—and still doing concerts and fucking groupie white chicks! It’s Rock & Roll till the def!
But hip-hop/rap is on some other vain, superficial ish when it comes to age!
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I feel you. I been readin this site for a minute and honestly I like a little bit of the old with the new. I’m just about Soulja Boys age and even I have a better appreciation for the classics that got us to where we are today. Thats why I love Reks Grey Hairs so much. We need more self-aware hip hop.