X was an intelligent, philosophical, and amazingly talented performer. The man had more layers than an onion. I could listen to that man read the phone book bc I know it would be the hardest sounding read that had cadence, rhythm, and passion while he did it. Gonna miss him. His legacy will never be forgotten and his music is and always will be timeless. Bless you, pimpin. Love and respect to you, playa. Rest in peace and be easy, my mans. ❤🙏🏻😞
Bc dmx was more gangsta rap. The 90's has it own genre. Itbwas hardcord rap. Will kept it simple and on the foundation of hip hop. Will cant rap about drugs and killing bc he didnt live that life.
Not really because Will Smith was part of Golden era of rap from 1988-94. I like D.M.X but them years are different from 1998 so Kid is right in a way. And that was real hip-hop in the early 90s .
@@NPFfumbi I mean to a degree the thing is the 2 came from a different Era of hip-hop. Kid had a point Will Smith was dope in the late 80s early 90s . We not going erase that era of hip-hop like it doesn't matter. The era of hip-hop opened the doors for what DMX could do in 1998 . Now he is right by that time Will Smith was making Pop records by the late 90s and I think that's what getting twisted here . But I like how DMX was respectful of Kid era in a way .
DMX was dead wrong because Smith was in the game before him. Don't like his music fine, but it's 10x better than what we have now. I listen to Smith over any of this garbage. Because Smith still knows SYNTAX!
@@SrChalice I think they both are some what got a point. Will Smith started making pop records later on in his career. What Kid is talking about is real hip hop and Will Smith was apart of that in the early 90s and DMX knows that like I was saying that era of hip-hop opened the doors for what he could do in 1998.
For those of us that know their history Kidd REALLY was a pioneer for what alot of younger rapers are doing today. Dancing, the fashion, the movies and comedy flat top we can go on and on. He really was ahead of his time and deserves reapect.
@@lindenbyass6902I would have to disagree. Will's target audience is the popular majority, KnP were more for the minority not living in Beverly Hills.
(Parents just don't understand)isn't rap,if that's the case than you have to take out most comedic rappers from the Fatboy's,but Marlie and a whole host of others and you would have to take kid n play out as well and no other have produced more black stars than kid play..
I have love for all of them too. "There's a lot of different pieces to it." Kid aka Chris Reid said it best. When the late great DMX was in his heyday, hip hop was far more versatile than how it is now in regards to who's being promoted mainstream wise.
X gotta remember that rap was marketed to the inner city youth. That doesn't mean it was supposed to be hardcore. Will Smith rap was the original kinda rap before DMX rap came along
Hip-hop and rap were already segmented from when it first started. There was socio-political HH (aka Conscience Rap), party rap (Fresh Prince, Run DMC, KnP, Hammer), instrumental and street. Gangsta rap was a West Coast phenomena. Nowadays it encompasses all types of street rap/murder/hardcore music. Gangsta rap itself split up into multiple segments: g-funk, drill, trap, etc
@lilajewell9759 DMX was a crackhead that should of been in rehab. He made millions of dollars putting words together anfwasted it. Had 12 children from different women. He was reckless. He had people around him that wasn't out for his well being.
If folks act like they ain’t listen to Will, shit even Ice Ice baby was hot for awhile. Can’t touch this. It’s some songs out there. We just think if dudes don’t get killed or dudes ain’t selling dope or calling women out they name, it’s garbage. Gotta change that mindset
And so was Kid they both were technically rappers well before DMX was considered anything in the main stream but theyre all legends in the game RIP DMX
Incorrect. Hip Hop and Rap are two total different genres. Just like black people and white people. Yea we have certain similar characteristics like ten fingers and ten toes BUT YET we are not the same. That’s DMX and Will Smith, get it str8.
@@JuuKnowImRightTho_ WRONG WRIONG WRONG AF!!!! Hip Hop is a culture. Rap is an art form spawned from the culture based on spitting bars over beats. R.A.P. = Rhythm And Poetry. Hip Hop Culture was based on Urban New York, Youth culture, and their activities during the late 70s and early 80s. These things included block parties, graffiti-bombing trains, Dee Jaying, Rapping, 5%er ideology, Jamaica Ave Fashions, particular slang, certain foods, candies etc. I know this for a FACT because I grew up in it. Anything outside of this culture was not considered authentic Hip Hop. Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince were from Philly, not NY so they were not actually influenced by the exact same things, but being part of Rush (Russell Simmons) management, they were influenced by those who were. The further you move away from the sensibilities of urban NY Youth, the further you move away from Hip Hop cultural influence. NWA and Dr Dre were not Hip Hop, they were Gangsta Rap. That shit they do is different. I personally never liked it, but I understand that others do because they speak to a different audience than the Hip Hop purist of New York City. MC Hammer is not Hip Hop, but still rap all the same, focused on dance. Emcees from New Jersey like Latifah, NBN, and Redman are Hip Hop, though they have a bit of a different flavor than New York Emcees. I do like what they do. The reason there is so much confusion is that nobody has clearly defined it for new generations being born after the fact. Those who lived through it know the difference, but there is no documentation to explain it to the new youth. Hopefully, this extended comment of mine can help lay the foundation. TBH, I don't even think anybody should be allowed to rap unless they are clear on Run-DMC, who they were, and their significance. To not know Run-DMC is blasphemy in Hip-Hop. Start there and then move forward to the present day. Then you will understand everything clearly
Will Smith/Fresh prince is a pioneer of Hip-Hop music and culture. Him and DJ Jazzy Jeff helped paved the way for Rappers before it was something that many could make a living or career out of.
@@RealLyfeRaresDMX lived and breathed Rap. Rap from the foundation, Rap does not need corporate approval to be a legitimate art form with it's defined parameters. He's standing up for his art and exposing the profiteers.
Will Smith, Kid and Play, Kris Kross, MC Hammer, MC Brain, Young MC was a more urban, pop, mainstream and contemporary rap, with that being said its just as much a part of Hip Hop as other forms of rap like conscious rap with KRS-1 and Public Enemy and gangsta rap with NWA and Snoop Dogg.
Will Smith won the first Grammy as a rap artist. Will opened a lot of doors and made things possible for other artist having a hit tv show and then becoming one of the biggest movie stars of all time. Will pushed the culture forward.
One of the first rappers was Sugar Hill Gang and they predated the first Gangsta rapper by years. Must we continue to say it's not legit to the black community unless its crime related?
No rappers cared about the grammys when Will won. Not that many care now, only those who are, as DMX said, pop rap care. Will was legit in the parents just don't understand days though.
@@MonstaRoe DMX stopped him and strongly implied that Will Smith and Kid & Play is not rap. I assume because they aren't gangsta. Even called them "Pop Rap". Pretty obvious what he is getting at
lowkey sad to see DMX say this, I expected that lady conducting the interview to say some shizz like that. That What DMX does is rap and what Will did isn't. but for DMX to day that is troubling. What next? Run DMC weren't rap? Beastie Boys? oh was it not rap when Kurtis Blow rapped about Basketball or when Slick Rick told us Elaborate stories? smh
Actually they were both rapping around the same time DMX had a demo floating around "Da Born Loser" 1 year prior to Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince "He's the D.J. , I'm the Rapper". But wouldn't officially be released until '92.
Rap is part of hip hop just like wills pop rap was apart of hip hop but they r not the same. Just like the lakers n clippers they do shit similar but they’re not the same but they fall under the nba (hip hop)
That’s a fact. We can’t forget the cleverness in his mind and his music. His clean hip hop image shouldn’t take away his ability to tell a story and use of crazy wordplay.
NEVER EXACTLY 💯 RAPPERS LIKE KRS ONE , RAKIM , TUPAC , NAS , DMX , JADAKISS , METH & BUSTA STAND ALONE & SHOULD NEVER EVER BE COMPARED!!!! SUPREME KINGS RIGHT HERE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Will Smith was definitely a rapper. because he wasn't hardcore street. Don't take away from his contribution to Hip Hop. Will Smith was a comical & party rapper ☑️
Meh.... Imho Will had two albums that were solid albums for real hiphop heads. 'Rock the house' and hes the dj im the 'rapper'. 'i think i can beat mike tyson'. Was ok. Everything else was imho made for people outside hiphop culture. Highly skilled but he seemed to go more pop than Hiphop.
DMX was wrong on that. Will Smith was out during the golden era of hip hop standing out. Nword, kill a nword, disrespect black men and women, promote negative stereotypes is not the foundation of rap it's a societal cancer that has attached itself to Hip Hop. Hip Hop has many different flavors so grab the flavor that you savor.
@@IceManLikeGervin I get it you used to bump his shit. Shit I did too. That CD was decent but he's not hip hop. It's subgenre it's like comparing rappers to entertainers.
Hiphop did have a lot varieties back in the 90s especially The late 90s/early 2000s. But today everyone sounds the same and it’s been like this for almost 20 years I would say around 2005
Will had bars from Philly. He really sounded a lot like Rakim. What we heard on the videos and radio was his mainstream hits. Back in the day, if you were not creating a mainstream dance hit, you did NOT get a record deal. Kid was right. Rap has a lot of different avenues one can explore. The problem with today is everything is in one lane.
@mikematerne4579 exactly. All pioneer of hip hop was from the street but they didn't rap about violence. It was more about surviving the street. Furious 5, africa bamatta, sugar hil gang. All that was positive music. Even in the late 80s like rskim and Kane cool moe d . LL. None of that was ganster
Will Smith was around so long in Hip Hop that he inspired those that inspired DMX. One thing you can’t take away from Will is that he is a Black American Icon and a Pioneer of Hip Hop who broke down doors for everyone who came after him. X was wrong because Will’s style of rap was around longer than X’s style. Will rapped like The Sugarhill gang and The furious 5 particularly Melle Mel ( wasn’t as good as Mel but you can hear Mel in Will) where the hardcore gangster MC wasn’t a thing until Schooly D, Ice T and them which came out later in the mid 80s.
But rap is a different genre just like the white lady correctly stated ! Will smith is pop so technically X is the pioneer for RAP which now we have drill rap! Not pop rap … so will smith maybe open the doors for Justin Timberlake nd etc . not for meek 21 lil baby none them.
@Tobi Yehudah who will smith became is not how he started. By the time they started talking shit about Will he was a larger than life movie start who still liked to rap. Go back and listen to Will first album and the creativity he had with his songs. Can’t front on his rap talents. Also, I believe he won one of the first rap Grammys.
@@cookinwithflamez3358 Wild Wild West - Summer Time - Miami - Men in Black - Just the two of us - You almost got me if you would have said name 10. Nice try - Cook'n w/ 🔥
KRS One also said, hip means to be intelligent on a subject matter and hop is a form of movement which means hip-hop is an intelligent movement. I will not speak ill of the dead, but you cannot say what rap should be if you were not a cornerstone of it. You cannot credibly say a new category when he was a pioneer who made it possible for you to have movie opportunities as a rapper...thank Will and Kid for the crossover appeal and making it successful and not ruining the future opportunities for rappers coming after them. Thank all of these guys for their contributions.
Will and Jazz won the first Grammy for hip hop. If they ain’t Hip-Hop then what’s Biz? Digital Underground, fatboys? They were cornballs…but we love them and what they brought. Disagree wit X on this one…but I see his point. But Kid was right
what the fuk does that mean? do you even know what rap is? because they all rapped will smith is rap dmx us rap and kid n play are rap just different styles of rap , I love X but what he meant was will isnt street rap , and a lot of street rap dudes dont like or respect clean rap or pop rap so x didnt consider will rap but will most definitely was rap
@@graphix6529I get what you are saying but the Beatles were not a rock band. They were a pop band. The Rolling Stones were a rock band. So, it would be The Rolling Stones and Metallica are two different interpretations of rock music.
X is wrong here. Hip Hop STARTED as a party, and a way to escape the streets of the south Bronx. It started as a party, THEN became street. So Fresh Prince was definitely rap...
Nonsense.The streets is made up of different elements,the partth and breakdancing elements and the gansta side of it unfortunately the gangsta side of it won.
@@triplebeans4159 The founders have specifically stated that it was a way for kids in the ghetto to party, and get off the street stuff, even if for a little while.
How? DMX just laid out the facts. Pop rap is 2 genres mixed together to make a different genre. The base of rap doesn't come from pop. So they are not the same genres.
I bought DJ Jazzy Jef and the Fresh Prince albums as a preteen and DMX record as an adult. It's all rap to me. I remember buying Kid N Play and NWA back to back. Technically if it goes platinum it falls into the Pop umbrella
@@myrecordcollection5602 So you your telling me when a rapper reaches a certain amount of stardom they are now popstars? The messed up part is artist probably accept this concept instead of staying true to their roots. The system always finds a way to take from hip-hop
It is rap what’s going on is people forgot at the time rap was still young but like rock changed that’s what was happening and still till this day it’s growing and changing.
It's not hard. Rap is a rhythmatic poetry flow while rhyming without singing on a beat. DMX and Will Smith do that. The only difference is the type of rapper's they are.
I’m a say this and probably get cancelled… if it wasn’t for WILL SMITH, you wouldn’t have Hip-Hop in the household. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince reached the suburban areas. They also pioneered rap into commercials too. Watch a commercial from the late 80s thru 90s they influenced that. I get it it’s water down however they force their way in several platforms that Rakim and KRS ONE didn’t… so don’t dismiss that… MTV didn’t even wanna play it in the day time…. That’s WHY Yo MTV RAP was played at night. Kid N Play was another group was able to crossover into other venues…. For the record, DMX is not battling Black Thought in real rap… hate or love it Will Smith pushed rap into the mainstream
Though I got love for DMX, you can't call it a new style if it came before you. Even if it's softer than Charmin, it's still rap. Sugar Hill's 'Rapper's Delight' was dico based, and it's still considered one the greatest rap songs ever made. Kid's reaction to DMX is hilarious.
DMX we love ya brother and we miss you!! I knew life treated you rough!! Money can be an evil thing and it was evil to you!! Deep down you were a very humble, caring person!!! Your music will always be in my collection. I hope your family is taken care of!!
It was hip hop first then gangster rap came and took over as the main genre. Wasn't nobody rapping about selling drugs, robbing, killing, prostitution, and racketeering. It was all good times, love, respect, peace, and family.
Will Smith was an OG in the game when DMX was running around trying to get a deal then blowing all his money on crack. X is great but he does not get to define who's excluded from rap. Respect to Kid too.
DMX was on drugs because somebody messed him up he didn't choose and one more thing DMX was not the one that's slap Chris Rock on stage that was very embarrassing even to black people and trying to act like and try to be better than Tupac what she is not Plus DMX is like steel he can take criticism Will Smith can't he's like glass I can say this because I am from that era. Peace out
@@andrespeight8228 God you people are effing r*******. That slap (while bad) has nothing to do with Will's place in hip hop. The fact that you tried to distract from the core point with a tangent, shows the level you are on. Also, stop trying to deify X. He had a lot of f****d up aspects to his personality.
Will Smith was rap that didn't stroke your ego and gas you up to partake in self-destructive behavior. Trauma and BS rap is what DMX music was. Mostly rapping about his trauma and violent, sexual and sometimes sexually violent BS.
Your comment needs to be pinned. The comment section is trynna argue that Will was pop rap, but majority of us know that wasn’t the case. He just don’t perpetuate the same negative stereotypes in rap, talk about killing black men -, shooting your enemies , sexually violent against women just extremely problematic lyrics that folks tend to simultaneously attach to rap music DMX and others who are desperately trying to defend him are failing to realize that Rap means Rhythm and poetry. Will had deeper lyrics that you could relate to, not just one thing, he made happy music, folks think rap should revolve around black trauma, Will shown himself to be a dope ass EMCEE regardless of their take that he wasn’t “gangsta rap”
A TON of people don’t even know Rap stands for Rhythm and Poetry, Will was a poet and did have rhythm 🤷♂️ I don’t like the dude personally but I was bumpin big Willy style and willenium when I was a kid 🤣
@@badmansurvivalist4617 I was there at the beginning. We called talking to girls, talking slang, and giving info you did not have rapping. The music came along and fell into the term. the term Rhythm and poetry did not exist. UTFO ROXanna Roxanne "she's all stuck up why you say that? 'Cause she wouldn't give a guy like me no rap"
What was the assignment? To help further stereotypes about Black men being thugs? We’re having this convo because this conversation was posted. DMX was wrong.
It made no sense for DMX to even compare what Will was doing 10 years before him, to what he was doing at his height 🤷🏾♂️….that’s like 50 saying “Biggie can’t compare to me”….huh??
No rappers from the 70s and 80s should be disrespected
unless they was weak shit.
Damn straight!!! 🎯💯💯💯
💯
Ever 💯 that was great music back then
Don't matter whether you agree with him or not, it's just fun listening to DMX
😂😂😂😂😂true
Agreed!
X was an intelligent, philosophical, and amazingly talented performer. The man had more layers than an onion. I could listen to that man read the phone book bc I know it would be the hardest sounding read that had cadence, rhythm, and passion while he did it. Gonna miss him. His legacy will never be forgotten and his music is and always will be timeless. Bless you, pimpin. Love and respect to you, playa. Rest in peace and be easy, my mans. ❤🙏🏻😞
So you don't agree? Sus
Is there anyone that doesn't agree with what DMX is saying?
Let's show respect to Kid who set a foundation for us
DMX did just that... R.I.P
Lol speak for yourself.
Kid LOST respect by letting DMX define what Hip Hop is when your AND Will Smith's brand of Hip hop CAME FIRST! Kid went out homey👎
@@kentelley4589 yooo dmx out pocket
@@kentelley4589 they do hiphop, DMX is HipHop/Rap (Rhythm And Poetry?
DMX was like hold tf up. We are under the same umbrella but we aint the same
💯💪🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Exactly
@MOEZANDERS X was built way different.
Bc dmx was more gangsta rap. The 90's has it own genre. Itbwas hardcord rap. Will kept it simple and on the foundation of hip hop. Will cant rap about drugs and killing bc he didnt live that life.
And he's right
Well he should have said that,, respectfully 🎯
Kid knows what's up he from the foundation. Don't get street and rap confused
Rap come from the streets so....
Kid also knows that underground (origins) is different from what is put out for mainstream. They are not the same.
@@2kgrindtime and rain falls from the sky
Yes
The last sentence, facts 👌
He politely told Kid to relax lol 🤣🤣🤣
Not really because Will Smith was part of Golden era of rap from 1988-94. I like D.M.X but them years are different from 1998 so Kid is right in a way. And that was real hip-hop in the early 90s .
And DMX was flat out wrong
@@NPFfumbi I mean to a degree the thing is the 2 came from a different Era of hip-hop. Kid had a point Will Smith was dope in the late 80s early 90s . We not going erase that era of hip-hop like it doesn't matter. The era of hip-hop opened the doors for what DMX could do in 1998 . Now he is right by that time Will Smith was making Pop records by the late 90s and I think that's what getting twisted here . But I like how DMX was respectful of Kid era in a way .
DMX was dead wrong because Smith was in the game before him. Don't like his music fine, but it's 10x better than what we have now. I listen to Smith over any of this garbage. Because Smith still knows SYNTAX!
@@SrChalice I think they both are some what got a point. Will Smith started making pop records later on in his career. What Kid is talking about is real hip hop and Will Smith was apart of that in the early 90s and DMX knows that like I was saying that era of hip-hop opened the doors for what he could do in 1998.
You can't put Dmx and Will Smith in the same sentence
Facts
Not unless u keep his wife's name out of ur god damn f***** mouth.😂
You just did.
Straight up ... smith is PG bull shit ... 😂
Yes you can. Will smith paved the way for tons of rappers. Will smith isn't negative and dmx was in a lot of ways
For those of us that know their history Kidd REALLY was a pioneer for what alot of younger rapers are doing today. Dancing, the fashion, the movies and comedy flat top we can go on and on. He really was ahead of his time and deserves reapect.
Exactly and he was defending Will Snith because Will is a pioneer as well.
@@LadyBear-y2nAnd BOTH Kid & Play as well as Will Smith was in that pop rap field
@@lindenbyass6902I would have to disagree. Will's target audience is the popular majority, KnP were more for the minority not living in Beverly Hills.
@@lindenbyass6902 and both of them didn't have to cuss in their music
(Parents just don't understand)isn't rap,if that's the case than you have to take out most comedic rappers from the Fatboy's,but Marlie and a whole host of others and you would have to take kid n play out as well and no other have produced more black stars than kid play..
I fuck with Will, DMX, AND Kid. All dope and essential to the culture. R.I.P. Dark Man X.
This the comment here....
I have love for all of them too. "There's a lot of different pieces to it." Kid aka Chris Reid said it best. When the late great DMX was in his heyday, hip hop was far more versatile than how it is now in regards to who's being promoted mainstream wise.
They all had different styles, but at the end of the day they were all still rappers, just different. All successful but different.
Culture? 😂
Rap was rap before it was gangsta. There is no "what it should be".
There is definitely "what it should be" if u know u know.
That’s why it’s called Gangsta Rap
@@TumultuousM exactly.
@charlenerowley6358 it's all rap. It's just the content what your talking about is different.
I know DMX is being a MPC here
Kid was like oooooh 😂 the moment he knew he just _ _! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Much respect to Kid one of the OG’s. 🫡🫵🏾👑 #RIPDMX
I love the expression on kid's face when he realized he just f***ed up 💀😂 priceless
He set that up purposely. He knew what he was doing....
How did he fuck up? He was right. Will smith is rap
You can't change it. Will Smith and Dj Jazzy Jeff was and still is rap
DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince sounds much better.
Hell Nah!
Candy ss rap
@@antonnthomas853 Jeff is a legend
Hiphop
S/O to KId for standin up for Will and speakin truth....X was bein X and ya gotta luv it lol
X knows Will Smith raps. He just doesn't like being compared to him and didn't know what words to use to describe him.
Rapper DMX stood in his own lane and HE KNEW IT!!! One of the most INFLUENTIAL rappers with a purpose . Can never be compared . 🕊️🙏🏽🕊️ R I P DMX
@@ForeverWhitney_ForeverMJ
Stop ✋️
@@younglove3362 because will was a POP RAP ARTIST not a RAP ARTIST
DMX is not more influential than Will Smith
X gotta remember that rap was marketed to the inner city youth. That doesn't mean it was supposed to be hardcore. Will Smith rap was the original kinda rap before DMX rap came along
Rap is from the streets.
@@triplebeans4159 Yhh and originally it wasn’t all about killing, murdering, drugs, being hard 🤦🏾♂️
Hip-hop and rap were already segmented from when it first started. There was socio-political HH (aka Conscience Rap), party rap (Fresh Prince, Run DMC, KnP, Hammer), instrumental and street. Gangsta rap was a West Coast phenomena. Nowadays it encompasses all types of street rap/murder/hardcore music. Gangsta rap itself split up into multiple segments: g-funk, drill, trap, etc
@@intello8953 But it WAS about the struggles of street life, the party rap that went mainstream wasn't the origin.
@@kixinmaddick7424 hip-hop was from the streets and the streets represent different things idiot.
DMX is a real hard core street rap
@lilajewell9759 DMX was a crackhead that should of been in rehab. He made millions of dollars putting words together anfwasted it. Had 12 children from different women. He was reckless. He had people around him that wasn't out for his well being.
RAP is a FAMILY and NOBODY'S the SAME in any FAMILY but ALL just as IMPORTANT....! RIP DMX
That reaction from Kid when DMX interrupted him was a classic moment.
Summertime is classic . RIP DMX
Meeks version was better 😂
@@pearltonguejr 🧢
@@fullybluntt way better 😂😂🤣
So is that Men In Black song
Brand New FUNK
Kid was trolling 🤣🤣 “Ohhhhhh”😂
Come on now X. azzy Jeff and fresh Prince paved the way for a lot of people. Don't minimize Will Smith's contribution to rap
*Azzy Jeff is a wild typo 🤣🤣🤣
For real some classic tunes from them
Stop it, paved the way for kids bop😂
I was thinking the same thing. I do not know why they always trying to bring disrespect 2 Will Smith name
@@eight0eightDVS😂😂😂
Will Smith was dope back in the day. He made happy music. Aint nothing wrong with that
Yeah, but like DMX said "it's pop rap!". 😅🤣😂
Absolutely. He need to stop.
Indeed
If folks act like they ain’t listen to Will, shit even Ice Ice baby was hot for awhile. Can’t touch this. It’s some songs out there. We just think if dudes don’t get killed or dudes ain’t selling dope or calling women out they name, it’s garbage. Gotta change that mindset
I got jiggy listening to will. 💯
I love that look Kid gave X. Gave him the big eyes, like, "watch what you bout to say, nigga."
Word! Lol Had to go back and to see that.
Looked to me more like he was agreeing with him but still wanted to hold Will up and not put another brother down
Because kid and play rap and dance was more will smith than DMX.
To himself, maybe. I think his eyes were like, “I f***** up, huh?”
Pssssst… 😂 bro please, that would be like a Pomeranian growling at a pitbull
Will Smith was rap back in the day. Give that man his flowers. He was a pioneer
Fact. " you X was bumping to "Summer time and boom shake the room " back in the days. Lol
And so was Kid they both were technically rappers well before DMX was considered anything in the main stream but theyre all legends in the game RIP DMX
I just don't consider party music rap it's more like Pop to me idk
@@jazzyfour he was up until he got jiggy wit it.
He also pioneered slapping comedians.
In the end, they are both rappers( R.I.P DMX) just different times and different styles, both were rap.
Exactly
Correct!
Ooohhh.😯
Incorrect.
Hip Hop and Rap are two total different genres.
Just like black people and white people.
Yea we have certain similar characteristics like ten fingers and ten toes BUT YET we are not the same.
That’s DMX and Will Smith, get it str8.
@@JuuKnowImRightTho_ WRONG WRIONG WRONG AF!!!!
Hip Hop is a culture. Rap is an art form spawned from the culture based on spitting bars over beats. R.A.P. = Rhythm And Poetry.
Hip Hop Culture was based on Urban New York, Youth culture, and their activities during the late 70s and early 80s. These things included block parties, graffiti-bombing trains, Dee Jaying, Rapping, 5%er ideology, Jamaica Ave Fashions, particular slang, certain foods, candies etc. I know this for a FACT because I grew up in it. Anything outside of this culture was not considered authentic Hip Hop.
Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince were from Philly, not NY so they were not actually influenced by the exact same things, but being part of Rush (Russell Simmons) management, they were influenced by those who were.
The further you move away from the sensibilities of urban NY Youth, the further you move away from Hip Hop cultural influence.
NWA and Dr Dre were not Hip Hop, they were Gangsta Rap. That shit they do is different. I personally never liked it, but I understand that others do because they speak to a different audience than the Hip Hop purist of New York City.
MC Hammer is not Hip Hop, but still rap all the same, focused on dance.
Emcees from New Jersey like Latifah, NBN, and Redman are Hip Hop, though they have a bit of a different flavor than New York Emcees. I do like what they do.
The reason there is so much confusion is that nobody has clearly defined it for new generations being born after the fact. Those who lived through it know the difference, but there is no documentation to explain it to the new youth. Hopefully, this extended comment of mine can help lay the foundation.
TBH, I don't even think anybody should be allowed to rap unless they are clear on Run-DMC, who they were, and their significance. To not know Run-DMC is blasphemy in Hip-Hop. Start there and then move forward to the present day. Then you will understand everything clearly
I agree with Kid!! Gangsta rap is actually a lil part of rap! Fun and informative rap came first
I wish DMX had done audio books. RIP legend
I love hearing his voice too. 😅🔥
He's a wicked storyteller
I'd have loved to hear him do bed time stories.
Without Will Smith, DMX would never had the opportunity to be on mainstream television as a rapper.
Will Smith/Fresh prince is a pioneer of Hip-Hop music and culture. Him and DJ Jazzy Jeff helped paved the way for Rappers before it was something that many could make a living or career out of.
@@jr.jamesfuller9282Will Smith won a Grammy for Parents just don't understand. Without it rap wouldn't be what it is.
Behave. Will Smith was and is a joke
Dmx talking is just poetic. Put behind what he says in this. Truly someone special
On February 22, 1989, the Grammys finally recognized rap as a genre when Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince won the first-ever Grammy.
And!
@@jaygee8969he’s an pioneer. DMX is a lame for his comment that’s All
@@RealLyfeRaresDMX lived and breathed Rap. Rap from the foundation, Rap does not need corporate approval to be a legitimate art form with it's defined parameters. He's standing up for his art and exposing the profiteers.
@@RealLyfeRares the disrespect.
@@Lenox_TheWellBeing Will Smith is rap and that’s on period. You cannot change that
Will Smith, Kid and Play, Kris Kross, MC Hammer, MC Brain, Young MC was a more urban, pop, mainstream and contemporary rap, with that being said its just as much a part of Hip Hop as other forms of rap like conscious rap with KRS-1 and Public Enemy and gangsta rap with NWA and Snoop Dogg.
Ain't no categories. Rap is rap. Bars is bars. Period.
Facts bro 💯
There are categories but its still rap,,,gangsta and pop rap are categories but are rap none the less
@@mr.q6162 Exactly
Subgenres. Its a thing.
@@mr.q6162 agreed
Will Smith won the first Grammy as a rap artist. Will opened a lot of doors and made things possible for other artist having a hit tv show and then becoming one of the biggest movie stars of all time. Will pushed the culture forward.
f will smith
One of the first rappers was Sugar Hill Gang and they predated the first Gangsta rapper by years. Must we continue to say it's not legit to the black community unless its crime related?
@@Future_Imperfect no one said that but okay
No rappers cared about the grammys when Will won. Not that many care now, only those who are, as DMX said, pop rap care.
Will was legit in the parents just don't understand days though.
@@MonstaRoe DMX stopped him and strongly implied that Will Smith and Kid & Play is not rap. I assume because they aren't gangsta. Even called them "Pop Rap". Pretty obvious what he is getting at
Respect to the Legend DMX ….Will Smith use to snap on shit foreal foreal
lowkey sad to see DMX say this, I expected that lady conducting the interview to say some shizz like that. That What DMX does is rap and what Will did isn't. but for DMX to day that is troubling. What next? Run DMC weren't rap? Beastie Boys? oh was it not rap when Kurtis Blow rapped about Basketball or when Slick Rick told us Elaborate stories? smh
I strenuously and emphatically agree with you, Sir!💯
@@xuxienwa 💯
@@gamexsimmonds3581 nah I agree with X here's how ima put it hiphop is khaki and rap is jeans 👖 but will Smith is corduroy.
Will smith was rapping and winning Grammies before x picked up a mic to call it “pop rap”.. I get what he was saying but it doesn’t apply to will..
Will was rapping 15 years before DMX, even though his music was commercial cheese, it was still RAP!
Actually they were both rapping around the same time DMX had a demo floating around "Da Born Loser" 1 year prior to Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince "He's the D.J. , I'm the Rapper". But wouldn't officially be released until '92.
and comedy at that
If you want to hear DMX back in 91'. Here's the link and tell me what you think
th-cam.com/video/aNBuKZzKwKo/w-d-xo.html
“ I can’t get jiggy with this shit”…na na na … was like 99 same time
Naw dmx right will doing pop rap
My Greatest of all time✊🏾💯...Rest easy Dog😔🕊
DMX played his roll in Hip Hop, as well as, Kid N Play and Will Smith (Fresh Prince)! Never forget BRAND NEW FUNK Fresh Prince 💯
To me Fresh Prince is more of a lyricist than Will Smith. Let's see if y'all caught my word play. And yes... Will is the Fresh Prince. 😂😂😂😂
Rap is part of hip hop just like wills pop rap was apart of hip hop but they r not the same. Just like the lakers n clippers they do shit similar but they’re not the same but they fall under the nba (hip hop)
I mean it was awesome until you felt you had to point out the word play. It’s quite obvious here.
Love DMX R.I.P💖
Will is not a joke for real.
That’s a fact. We can’t forget the cleverness in his mind and his music. His clean hip hop image shouldn’t take away his ability to tell a story and use of crazy wordplay.
Yea DMX is flat out wrong here
Check out Big Willie Style
Big Willie Style!!! Will Smith is an Artist
DMX WAS LOUD AND WRONG here I’m glad people agree with me I didn’t think this video would’ve blew up like this
The Fresh Prince is an MC...hate it or not. He is what he is.
Kid and DMX, Legends
Kid is a legend.. dmx not so much.
My mans said AHHHHHHHHHHH.....😂😂😂😂
That was him saying "don't compare me to Will Smith." Not that he isn't a rapper.
NEVER EXACTLY 💯 RAPPERS LIKE KRS ONE , RAKIM , TUPAC , NAS , DMX , JADAKISS , METH & BUSTA STAND ALONE & SHOULD NEVER EVER BE COMPARED!!!! SUPREME KINGS RIGHT HERE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@Forever Whitney & Forever MJ
1 lower those caps.
2 they're all rappers just like Will Smith.
3 Nothing you said is factual and is all your opinion.
@@ForeverWhitney_ForeverMJ and still Will smith is still a rapper so don’t try to bully us by typing in all Caps
Love both of these brothas
Will Smith was definitely a rapper. because he wasn't hardcore street. Don't take away from his contribution to Hip Hop. Will Smith was a comical & party rapper ☑️
🤡
Kid is the man!!!
Summertime will forever be a classic that everybody knows word for word, it's Rap X Mic drop🎤
Meh....
Imho
Will had two albums that were solid albums for real hiphop heads.
'Rock the house' and hes the dj im the 'rapper'. 'i think i can beat mike tyson'. Was ok.
Everything else was imho made for people outside hiphop culture.
Highly skilled but he seemed to go more pop than Hiphop.
@@Scientists_dont_lie Facts bro
*Mic bro
@Doctor Tombstone I know, boss, thanks. I was trying to be funny 😁
DMX was wrong on that. Will Smith was out during the golden era of hip hop standing out.
Nword, kill a nword, disrespect black men and women, promote negative stereotypes is not the foundation of rap it's a societal cancer that has attached itself to Hip Hop.
Hip Hop has many different flavors so grab the flavor that you savor.
He wasn't. It was pop rap. Same thing Eminem started doing when he got sober.
@@numbtae7361 Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince is Hip Hop- point blank.
@@IceManLikeGervin no tf its not lol. That is pop hip hop at best. Which nothing wrong with that.
@@IceManLikeGervin I get it you used to bump his shit. Shit I did too. That CD was decent but he's not hip hop. It's subgenre it's like comparing rappers to entertainers.
Hiphop did have a lot varieties back in the 90s especially The late 90s/early 2000s. But today everyone sounds the same and it’s been like this for almost 20 years I would say around 2005
Same as today- every Artist has it’s place! Everybody on Earth has their own unique way to make a Difference-be it good or bad..❤️
Will had bars from Philly. He really sounded a lot like Rakim. What we heard on the videos and radio was his mainstream hits. Back in the day, if you were not creating a mainstream dance hit, you did NOT get a record deal. Kid was right. Rap has a lot of different avenues one can explore. The problem with today is everything is in one lane.
That “AHHHH” was golden 😂
lmao....exactly. I was like, uh oh....lol
It was so beautifully condescending.
Yep 😂😂😂😂😂
Nah, it just showed his ignorance.
DMX you are missed rest easy King❤
Will Smith is Rap. DMX is Rap. DMX is wrong. Nobody’s perfect. Still love BOTH DMX & Will Smith.
Facts 💯
“I like Will Smith he raps happy” undercover brother 😂😂😂
Classic movie
Nothing wrong with that.. Nothing wrong with neither of it..
😅
So we can't be happy as Black people Why do we have to walk around hard all the time
@@PhoenixRising82672 BECAUSE IT'S A FANTASY THAT DOESN'T REFLECT BLACK PEOPLE'S ACTUAL SITUATION.
Will Smith and Kid N Play is real rap, they helped lay the foundation for artist like DMX
No
Kid stood tall. Like don’t get it f’d up I help start this ish!! Rip DMX another great one
Rap didn't start out hard core or gangster, it started out positive, in all actually, what DMX did was one of those little things around rap.
You better say that louder!!!
@mikematerne4579 exactly. All pioneer of hip hop was from the street but they didn't rap about violence. It was more about surviving the street. Furious 5, africa bamatta, sugar hil gang. All that was positive music. Even in the late 80s like rskim and Kane cool moe d . LL. None of that was ganster
Everyone adds a bit to hip hop rap . All good!!! RIP dawgggg
Kids …… “Ohhhhhhhh” was hilarious
Respect to DMX and Kid for the conversation!!
Will Smith was around so long in Hip Hop that he inspired those that inspired DMX. One thing you can’t take away from Will is that he is a Black American Icon and a Pioneer of Hip Hop who broke down doors for everyone who came after him. X was wrong because Will’s style of rap was around longer than X’s style. Will rapped like The Sugarhill gang and The furious 5 particularly Melle Mel ( wasn’t as good as Mel but you can hear Mel in Will) where the hardcore gangster MC wasn’t a thing until Schooly D, Ice T and them which came out later in the mid 80s.
Who did Will inspire that DMX looked up to 🤔
But rap is a different genre just like the white lady correctly stated ! Will smith is pop so technically X is the pioneer for RAP which now we have drill rap! Not pop rap … so will smith maybe open the doors for Justin Timberlake nd etc . not for meek 21 lil baby none them.
BS
Keep his name out you mofo mouth
@@humanbeing4021💯
DMX sitting there telling the guy who opened the door for him that hes no longer welcome in the room.
Facts. The disrespect.
Woooooo!!!!‐ric flair
@Tobi Yehudah who will smith became is not how he started. By the time they started talking shit about Will he was a larger than life movie start who still liked to rap. Go back and listen to Will first album and the creativity he had with his songs. Can’t front on his rap talents. Also, I believe he won one of the first rap Grammys.
Will Smith is barely black.
He didn’t open the door for him…the south Bronx did that.
Will Smith is rap - let's not change it up now.
He is not. Stop it. U white boys always tryna change our culture. U have no authority to speak on this subject. Shutup
He is and he’s more the rakim not cusing or having to curse but they are northern right not wrong
It's rap and it comes in many different varieties -
Bro name 5 will Smith songs without google?????
@@cookinwithflamez3358 Wild Wild West - Summer Time - Miami - Men in Black - Just the two of us - You almost got me if you would have said name 10. Nice try - Cook'n w/ 🔥
My boi high asf talking outta pocket. Rap is rap
Difference
Will Smith, and Kid n Play were Hip Hop..DMX was Rap! Nuff said..
Why do you say that?
Rap is something you do, hip-hop is something you live
-KRS ONE
KRS One also said, hip means to be intelligent on a subject matter and hop is a form of movement which means hip-hop is an intelligent movement. I will not speak ill of the dead, but you cannot say what rap should be if you were not a cornerstone of it. You cannot credibly say a new category when he was a pioneer who made it possible for you to have movie opportunities as a rapper...thank Will and Kid for the crossover appeal and making it successful and not ruining the future opportunities for rappers coming after them. Thank all of these guys for their contributions.
Lol you people are funny 😂
Dmx is 100% Hip - Hop
It's all Hip Hop/ Rap. It just different eras.☝🏿👉🏿🎧🎙️🎤🎭💯🙏🏿
True. Some eras were just questionable like these last couple lol
Will Smith was a very good rapper back in the day. He always gave you good positive vibes.
And Will was an underrated good rap storyteller.
Will and Jazz won the first Grammy for hip hop. If they ain’t Hip-Hop then what’s Biz? Digital Underground, fatboys? They were cornballs…but we love them and what they brought. Disagree wit X on this one…but I see his point. But Kid was right
X was speaking on the transition from Hip Hop to Rap
Rap is a part of Hiphop.
Well said homey put your hand Up. Little things lmao
Facts
Fact
what the fuk does that mean? do you even know what rap is? because they all rapped will smith is rap dmx us rap and kid n play are rap just different styles of rap , I love X but what he meant was will isnt street rap , and a lot of street rap dudes dont like or respect clean rap or pop rap so x didnt consider will rap but will most definitely was rap
rip DMX and I love you kid 💗♥️♥️❣️♥️❣️❤️❣️♥️❣️♥️❣️♥️❣️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾♥️🙏🏾🍿🙏🏾🍿🙏🏾🍿🙏🏾🍿🙏🏾❣️🙏🏾🙏🏾♥️❣️♥️❣️♥️❣️♥️❤️❣️♥️❣️♥️❣️♥️❣️
Rap isn't just Gangsta Rap. Rap is Rap with all kinds of Rap, so yes, Will is/was a rapper
Exactly... Beatles and Metallica are extreme differences but are both rock
@@graphix6529I get what you are saying but the Beatles were not a rock band. They were a pop band. The Rolling Stones were a rock band. So, it would be The Rolling Stones and Metallica are two different interpretations of rock music.
@@JRCGuitaristJust like Will Smith is a different interpretation of Hip Hop
@@JRCGuitarist sigh you say "pop" but i dont think you actually know what it means.
Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff set the foundation for DMX.
Rap started out as conscious and fun so yes Will Smith is rap.
💯💯 Exactly
X is wrong here.
Hip Hop STARTED as a party, and a way to escape the streets of the south Bronx.
It started as a party, THEN became street.
So Fresh Prince was definitely rap...
Nonsense.The streets is made up of different elements,the partth and breakdancing elements and the gansta side of it unfortunately the gangsta side of it won.
@@triplebeans4159 The founders have specifically stated that it was a way for kids in the ghetto to party, and get off the street stuff, even if for a little while.
@@triplebeans4159you are wrong
I'm 52 years old from NYC and I agree.
@@triplebeans4159You're wrong it was an alternative to the streets
I miss that gentleman.
“ that’s called destiny child rap” completely accurate
Kid understands the game more than DMX did
How? DMX just laid out the facts. Pop rap is 2 genres mixed together to make a different genre. The base of rap doesn't come from pop. So they are not the same genres.
@@Joes7179 WRONG!
@@NQuiz52 I'm guessing you didnt grow up in the hood...
@Joe Schidek
Every type of music has been sampled in rap, so there is no pop rap, there's just rap.
@@faitaccompli5878 so you would mix mumble rap in with rap? Gtfooh!
I bought DJ Jazzy Jef and the Fresh Prince albums as a preteen and DMX record as an adult. It's all rap to me. I remember buying Kid N Play and NWA back to back. Technically if it goes platinum it falls into the Pop umbrella
DMX would class the Fresh Prince as rap. He says "it's not rap, like he started with". I prefer Fresh Prince to Will Smith
So if it goes diamond like tupac, jay-z, and biggie what do you call it?
@@tj9585 Pop culture
@@myrecordcollection5602 So you your telling me when a rapper reaches a certain amount of stardom they are now popstars? The messed up part is artist probably accept this concept instead of staying true to their roots. The system always finds a way to take from hip-hop
@@tj9585 That doesn't make them pop artists but they are now part of pop culture. That's a good thing.
X laying down the law 😎😜
He was wrong tho...
DMX doesn't know WTF he's talking about. Fresh Prince helped define the parameters for what rap could be early.
@@NQuiz52 go back to sleep kid
Damn straight! ✖️❌✖️Gave it to ya!
-LawDawg
@@dogsandyoga1743do you know where your lawnmower be?! OMG your name. We here .. what up
Kid knows what he is talking about he was there from the get go RIP To DMX
really missing DMX...rip
Will Smith is the first rapper to win a Grammy and considered old school hip hop, he should be respected
lol
Watch the movie six degrees of separation see if you still respect will smith 😂
@@bscott33 I watched it and I still respect Will
Absolutely. And rap foundation was party n fun. DMX etc were about dark n murderer
You know he got that because…. Not cause….🤷🏿♂️ in my DMX voice
It is rap what’s going on is people forgot at the time rap was still young but like rock changed that’s what was happening and still till this day it’s growing and changing.
It's not hard. Rap is a rhythmatic poetry flow while rhyming without singing on a beat. DMX and Will Smith do that. The only difference is the type of rapper's they are.
Changed for the worse
DMX is 1000% wrong here 😂 RIP to DMX, met him once in 1997, very down to earth human being.
No hes not...its what he said...pop rap...the outside things
Hard core rappers trying to still the label -rap.
TuPac tried the same thing, saying MC Hammer wasn't a true rapper.
@@kcoren2075 if hammer wasnt doind all that dancing he would not have made its not like he was a top notch rapper.
@kcoren he wasn't a true rapper tho...he suited up nd did what those white ppl told him to do...nd hence his career came to an end...
I met him too and hung out. He was definitely a great dude
Honestly will Smith is more like old hip hop than rap. But dmx he is rap thru n thru! Rip to the dog
What is rap? Do you even know?
@@NQuiz52 exactly they say the dumbest sh1t.....
Rap is a part of hip-hop, so what you said doesn't make sense
It's still rap.
And so is Will Smith
I’m a say this and probably get cancelled… if it wasn’t for WILL SMITH, you wouldn’t have Hip-Hop in the household. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince reached the suburban areas. They also pioneered rap into commercials too. Watch a commercial from the late 80s thru 90s they influenced that. I get it it’s water down however they force their way in several platforms that Rakim and KRS ONE didn’t… so don’t dismiss that… MTV didn’t even wanna play it in the day time…. That’s WHY Yo MTV RAP was played at night. Kid N Play was another group was able to crossover into other venues…. For the record, DMX is not battling Black Thought in real rap… hate or love it Will Smith pushed rap into the mainstream
You spoke facts there’s nothing cancellable about it
Though I got love for DMX, you can't call it a new style if it came before you. Even if it's softer than Charmin, it's still rap. Sugar Hill's 'Rapper's Delight' was dico based, and it's still considered one the greatest rap songs ever made. Kid's reaction to DMX is hilarious.
Will Smith was before DMX so what is he talking about
DMX we love ya brother and we miss you!! I knew life treated you rough!! Money can be an evil thing and it was evil to you!! Deep down you were a very humble, caring person!!! Your music will always be in my collection. I hope your family is taken care of!!
Facts Long I've X.
Too bad he wasn’t even there for is own kids and chose to be a crack head basically his whole life
DMX4EVER 🤍🙏🏽🤍
It was hip hop first then gangster rap came and took over as the main genre. Wasn't nobody rapping about selling drugs, robbing, killing, prostitution, and racketeering. It was all good times, love, respect, peace, and family.
I'm glad Gangster Rap wasn't from New Jack City!!
We have enough reputations to deal with, as it is!!
And knowledge of self Now it's trash
DMX: Woooooooo-- don't disrespect me like that!!!
Will Smith was an OG in the game when DMX was running around trying to get a deal then blowing all his money on crack. X is great but he does not get to define who's excluded from rap. Respect to Kid too.
🎯🎯🎯
DMX was on drugs because somebody messed him up he didn't choose and one more thing DMX was not the one that's slap Chris Rock on stage that was very embarrassing even to black people and trying to act like and try to be better than Tupac what she is not Plus DMX is like steel he can take criticism Will Smith can't he's like glass I can say this because I am from that era. Peace out
@@andrespeight8228 God you people are effing r*******. That slap (while bad) has nothing to do with Will's place in hip hop. The fact that you tried to distract from the core point with a tangent, shows the level you are on. Also, stop trying to deify X. He had a lot of f****d up aspects to his personality.
@@andrespeight8228 none of that has anything to do with the fact Will Smith was a pioneer for rap along with Jazzy Fresh give the man his credit
Will Smith was rap that didn't stroke your ego and gas you up to partake in self-destructive behavior.
Trauma and BS rap is what DMX music was. Mostly rapping about his trauma and violent, sexual and sometimes sexually violent BS.
Your comment needs to be pinned. The comment section is trynna argue that Will was pop rap, but majority of us know that wasn’t the case. He just don’t perpetuate the same negative stereotypes in rap, talk about killing black men -, shooting your enemies , sexually violent against women just extremely problematic lyrics that folks tend to simultaneously attach to rap music DMX and others who are desperately trying to defend him are failing to realize that Rap means Rhythm and poetry. Will had deeper lyrics that you could relate to, not just one thing, he made happy music, folks think rap should revolve around black trauma, Will shown himself to be a dope ass EMCEE regardless of their take that he wasn’t “gangsta rap”
A TON of people don’t even know Rap stands for Rhythm and Poetry, Will was a poet and did have rhythm 🤷♂️ I don’t like the dude personally but I was bumpin big Willy style and willenium when I was a kid 🤣
No, that is a definition someone made up along the way
@@thesedaze2381 you don't know ish
@@badmansurvivalist4617 I was there at the beginning. We called talking to girls, talking slang, and giving info you did not have rapping. The music came along and fell into the term. the term Rhythm and poetry did not exist. UTFO ROXanna Roxanne "she's all stuck up why you say that? 'Cause she wouldn't give a guy like me no rap"
"Summertime" still hits
That would be so lame 😂😂😂
DMX understood the assignment... But the world ain't ready to have that convo!!
What was the assignment? To help further stereotypes about Black men being thugs? We’re having this convo because this conversation was posted. DMX was wrong.
DMX trippin…the DJ Jazzy and Fresh Prince Will Smith of the late 80’s was KILLIN IT. DMX forgot his history 🙁
Nah he ain't 4 get RAP is Jadakiss Nas Pac DMX Jay z...Will did do his thing but....Not in a category with none of them just saying 💯
He was talking about the getting jiffy with it stuff. He clearly said rap like when will started wasnt the same as what he was doing then
It made no sense for DMX to even compare what Will was doing 10 years before him, to what he was doing at his height 🤷🏾♂️….that’s like 50 saying “Biggie can’t compare to me”….huh??
@@tavonemitchell4541 it was still rap, just different than those you named. Hell all of them were different
@@LiquidSoul06 no such thing as different RAP Rap is rap bruh
If you had to choose which type of rap your little kids can listen to.....
Rap is not for children.
@triple beans not anymore, it isn't. But once upon a time it was.
@@triplebeans4159 If Rap can avoid the temptation to be macho toxic bullshit, it can get back to being for everybody.
Will Smith is RAP ... POINT BLANK PERIOD ... If u think otherwise u don't know hip hop 🤷🏽♂️
You know music what’s your Instagram 😏
Hip Hop/Rap is like martial arts... many different styles..
I love X but man he hated on so many artists in interviews. People he never even met - just doesn't like 'em because they're no gangsta rappers.
The way Kid stopped when X started 😅