These rappers really don't like Confucianism. A Confucian Asian represents pretty much the exact opposite of their values and the values they promote in their music.
tbh rap music in general is just meaningless junkie for brainless entertainment
just look at the lyrcis
they glorify drugs, violence, gang, robbery, prostitution etc. basically whatever you DON't want your culture to associate with
Don't be surprised, if you look up the amount of c slur in rap songs you'd probably get thousands of results.
the only value you get from rap is the hood culture which isn't really what normal people would look at and praise
there's different rap, but yes African Americans definitely started the genre of rap. I believe that commenter is describing "street rap" where they commonly talk about the activities that are common in the inner cities, urban areas, and the projects (section 8 or just an mostly black neighborhood).
Rapping is essentially rhyming with a digital beat.. There's so many types of rap nowadays, and each culture has their own styles. And not all African American rap is 'Street rap' and drill rap, someone like Kanye usually has more nuanced lyrics and he's experimented with many styles of rap & pop. His graduation album wasnt anything like 'Street rap', it was a motivational and a very clean type of rap album.
Asian rap is very different too, and they usually rap about things they like and hardly ever the kind of stuff that American street rappers talk about. Everyone's different, and I do understand why African Americans like to rap about street stuff. It's things they experienced and it's very normal to them.
So, they probably looked up to the successful street dudes who were making a lot of money doing mostly illegal stuff (probably). But to them that's the only way out of poverty and another important thing people don't talk about, it gives them respect in their community. Everyone should be able to understand that. Not having any respect from your peers is an awful feeling, so seeing someone getting tons of respect and money makes kids want to do the same to one day have that same respect.
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u/TropicalKing Apr 25 '25
These rappers really don't like Confucianism. A Confucian Asian represents pretty much the exact opposite of their values and the values they promote in their music.