I can't even count the number of times I've read articles about various street crimes in which the perpetrator or victim (or both) was described as "an aspiring rapper." Never seen such an article that described "an aspiring muralist" or "an aspiring accordion player." And to take one example from the article, everybody has always known …
I can't even count the number of times I've read articles about various street crimes in which the perpetrator or victim (or both) was described as "an aspiring rapper." Never seen such an article that described "an aspiring muralist" or "an aspiring accordion player." And to take one example from the article, everybody has always known that Alice Cooper is an ACT; Vince Furnier doesn't live the life of Alice (apart from the alcoholism he overcame). But in the violent sub-culture that is hip-hop living that life is called "cred." It is what is aspired to. If it walks like a duck and it raps like a duck...
I can't even count the number of times I've read articles about various street crimes in which the perpetrator or victim (or both) was described as "an aspiring rapper." Never seen such an article that described "an aspiring muralist" or "an aspiring accordion player." And to take one example from the article, everybody has always known that Alice Cooper is an ACT; Vince Furnier doesn't live the life of Alice (apart from the alcoholism he overcame). But in the violent sub-culture that is hip-hop living that life is called "cred." It is what is aspired to. If it walks like a duck and it raps like a duck...