Ignorance Makes Money

Just recently I was talking to an upcoming rapper about the rap game now, and how it has turned into nothing more than elementary rhymes and intentional ignorance. “Ignorance makes money,” was said, and at that, the conversation ended.

Why is this? How have rappers reduced rap to a play on popular words and phrases? People seem to rehearse the verses to the hottest song on their favorite countdown, and not even know what they are saying the whole time. You may be echoing the rapper’s plan to murder you’re parents and eat your insides, but all you hear is a significant phrase and you’re hooked.

Rap, once defined as a way to express yourself, is now just a source for non-talented “rappers” to make money by speaking on the same superficial subjects in many different, yet same, ways. Just like most may listen to a beat that has only had one chord tweaked, and say “it’s the s***,” not knowing that it’s the beat they’ve just heard last week, rappers are tweaking the words just a bit to keep their audiences comfortable with that one sound. The sound that they’re used to hearing from that particular rapper…over and over again.

Rappers know the money is coming from repetition and, of course, nowadays it’s all about the money. People are calling this music “real” because the beat has a loud bass and the rapper can say words like, “money,” “sex,” and “hoes.” I personally am tired of hearing about how you get money and like to have sex with hoes. When someone expresses themselves, they want people to understand and be able to relate to what they’re saying. Most of the people listening to these lame rappers can’t say they’ve done any of the things the rappers say. And naturally, censorship is being taken away slowly over time, so now you see little kids listening and singing along to these rap songs.

Whatever happened to rappers who rap about how the love of their lives just left them? Or maybe rap about how life actually is hard, and not just use the phrase as a façade to come in with, “but I’ll shoot you,” or “for a pimp.”
The rap game has changed over the years. Everyone seems to just want to listen to ignorance, and leave the hard-working, truth-talking, good rappers to be laughed at because they’re rhymes are “too wordy,” denying ignorance the time to catch up. The general population are social zombies. Don’t allow ANYONE to persuade stupidity out of you. It is not worth wasting your years of education on.