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Drill Rapper R1 Jumped & Buck50'ed In Times Square After Knicks Game

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XXXTENTACION in 2016: "the underground scene is ran by ATL n**, and slowly the music industry is going to be run by Georgia n**"
He also stated that he wanted to contest it and put Florida on the map as a contender

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The Atlanta rap falling off might actually be good for the future of music

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but after all the allegations and shrinking intrest in many of the biggest artists in the scene it seems that hip hop might experience a much needed break from the ATL dominance

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its not good because of speed but its good

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Why are people acting like this isn’t ass

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the disstracks, streamer reactions etc made jane remover after her song is gayer than any dick she ever sucked

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wyrdo
is one of those artists where the appeal is hard to explain, which is usually a good sign.

Self-produced, surfer boy vocals, loose lyrics, off-kilter energy, and a sound that feels like its own pocket.

Not polished in the normal way, just fun & interesting.

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5 Underground Artists You Should Be Watching:
(not sponsored or bias)
Not a ranking, just five artists who stand out in the current underground for having their own sound

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Osiggy
He's lowkey a Korean cosplaying an Atlanta blood but the misc is catchy, simple, production-heavy underground music with a fashion-coded aesthetic. Not overly lyrical, but the bounce, confidence, and cool factor carry it.
Personal Favs: Slatt and Tesla.

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Underground used to mean where you were on the popularity ladder and though its still relevant its no longer the full picture

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The label "underground" is no longer a popularity tier.

It's a subculture.

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at the same time, rappers like ATM Richie or Mdot 59 are not underground, even if they fit the label numbers wise.

They belong to a different scene, visually, sonically and are more like buzzing drill and gang-slide rappers

"underground numbers" but not "underground scene"

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The modern underground isn’t dead or bigger. It’s fragmented.

The fans are there.
But the shared internet moment is weaker.

2017 underground felt like one big wave.
Today’s underground feels like a hundred smaller bubbles.

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how the internet changing affected the underground

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Virality isn’t dead, but it’s way less universal.

Before if something went viral it was on everyones radar, now attention is more spread out.

There are less big spikes on the graph, but the ground level is higher. More artists have cult audiences, but nobody feels unavoidable.