Rich the factor 2 gunn Kevi 2 times (Mike Mike ) D walk guapo F.a. the fonk artist . Yung cat is from Kansas but ig you could consider him a KCMO local artist
KC music is horrible they talk stupid, and it just doesn't sound good.. Since Tech9 Rich the factor and maybe a couple more artist the sound of KC sucks... KC in a whole can't keep up with the times
Me being from KCMO I can tell you this is %100 accurate it don’t matter if your a basketball player, music or just anybody if you have it and they want it people will take extreme lengths such as killing you just to have what you have
Truth bro I'm a full native to the town KCand the state Missouri too you have to think that's why some of our own actors like Don Cheadle and etc don't talk about KC much in his interviews or Missouri I live in California though. But with all the success he got by God's grace I see why he don't come back and never gave speech in one of the high schools or colleges bro because the world is hateful as a whole but KC is a part one of the most dangerous cities category. Only the Lord can change it fam Truth.
I built a Corvette engine for Rich the Factor in the day. I owned Pure Performance speed shop talked to him at the World of Wheels show and on Monday here comes a tow truck with the engine hanging off the back! The build went into his 70s second generation Camaro. installed by Bear on Prospect after the install I went down to the shop and put the final tune on the car for him. Good dude was of his word always to me!
Courtney Richardson aka Big Court with No Limit Records made it big as well. He still works for No Limit doing a podcast and has a supplement business.
I'm from kck I appreciate you for showing the talents that we do have here in kck and kcmo. It's sad about the ones we lost but they will be remembered❤❤
Everyone says that the South ruined hip-hop, do a video explaining why, some people hate Southern hip-hop, and say hip-hop was only good when the East Coast and West Coast were poppin off.
Being a artist and independent record label owner I definitely feel the lack of support for the type of music that I do. I love the talent here but the support sucks ass. I support all my KC artist fam we just need better outlets. If you're interested in what I bring to the KC music scene I'm on TH-cam as G.Blaze Tha Sav Soulja.
You are absolutely right. You do have stores like 7th Heaven that would have a section of local music but rarely do 103 or 107 play local music on the radio outside of Tech N9ne or any affiliates.
@@ipodrogify Good looking fam and yes I'll give you a follow back as well. I told EVERYONE that I wasn't dropping another single until I hit 1 Million Streams of my album. I'm at 46K+ and I released it in June. Definitely appreciate you 🙏🏿
@@PhiloFery Thanks fam I definitely appreciate it. All my music is under G.Blaze Tha Sav Soulja under my distribution so any song you digging post a comment on and a like for ya boy! #SavSoldierRecords
@@suwoolucc5300 your city is slow.. I grew up in KC went to Metro Tech, but not from KC the sound of KC music is the same as it was 30yrs ago, and it sucks.. The rappers talk about nothing Rich the Factor had a good run but him toooo didn't wanna leave the scene... Until KC grow with the times they'll forever be stuck!!
I’m from KCK but whenever people get through we are one I’m the same. My boyfriend back in high school was a rapper and had gotten signed and was on his way to Cali. 2 days before he was set to leave he was murdered behind jealousy…. This video was all too true!
@@deseanhamilton7588 watch out with the goofy sweetheart! Like tf I said one in the same! When I say I’m from Kansas City while traveling I don’t have time to specify Mo or KS. Kansas City is Kansas City. If you think otherwise that’s yo opinion. Matter of fact… why are you commenting on a comment from a year ago…. U must be from MO😂😂😂
@@VegasD702 not the same city just two different states got cities with the same name , and these aren’t the only two states like that bro , that’s like saying El Paso Texas is basically Mexico it’s not the same we got two different downtowns that’s two cities
Being a Local Kansas City Rapper. It really is hard out here. Specifically trying to get your music out there. Us Kansas cityans believe our city go as hard or even harder than the next. It's real life treacherous out here. But other cities don't View our streets like they really are I mean just look at the news. Like the young m a interview with funny Marco where she was asking what city he was from and basically tried to make it seem like her city is just so much harder than my city. But this hard for us to get people to take us seriously to take our music seriously. Shout out to Sleazy🔥 but it's like it. Is tiktok the only way we can make it up out of Kansas City. It's a lie and I mean a lot of talent here you got a lot of official Talent and what I mean by official challenge I mean you got a lot of "official Street dudes" that really be rapping and living that life all with different messages and stories to tell. We really just get overlooked. I made it to 11k followers on Facebook but people saying ima have to lave KC to get noticed. Nice video tho title made me click on it Asap!!
I'm from Kansas City and one of the problems rappers have is sounding like rappers from the Bay. We got some real Lyricicst in Kc but overlooked because we don't have an original sound.
You doing KCMO came out of left field. Understanding that you lived in CoMo makes sense of why you would cover KCMO. Im originally from St Louis and we had a good run in the hip hop scene from 02-06 on a natiowide scale. I could never understand why KC never had that same run. Granted Tech N9ne is the cities marquee artist but it took years for him to gain the national notoriety like he has now. There has been many acts out of KC that couldn't hold the torch comparable to Tech N9ne. Rich, Fat Tone, Mac Lethal, 57th Rogue Dogg Villians, Mass 187, Solè etc. Even when Murder Dog used to cover KC artist it still went nowhere. I love KCMO. That man said when you think of Kansas City you think of BARBECUE AND MURDER 😂🤦🏽♂️ damn! Shoutouts to my home state of Missouri: STL, KCMO, CoMo, Jeff City, Springfield, Joplin, The Bootheel and Northern MO.
I’m born and raised in KC and this video is accurate. But one thing the world should not do is count KC out. Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? #DontsleeponKC
Do Cleveland OH next….. Definitely a story no one is talking about…. But it’s worth noting not just because of the violence but the music scene as well….. #216
I was born in DC & grew up in the DMV & have lived in LA,SF,Tampa,Chattanooga & have spent a good deal of time in Baltimore & I never woulda known KC was like that…..it reminds me (now) of Buffalo,Cleveland,Pittsburg,Memphis,etc Small but deadly cities
Hey I’m from Buffalo watching this video. I moved to Buffalo from Garden City Kansas 2016 crazy culture shock. GCK was a small white town where 80% of the town worked at local tyson. First day in buffalo there was a shooting, next week I got jumped by the kids from the block. East Side Buffalo 14212 was rough. Closest thing to Buffalo I been to is KCMO(only reason why this video popped bc I was looking for rappers from here, STL and KCMO rap is Two different thing. STL rap is more Chicago/KCMO rap is Detroit/Bay Area sound.) Kansas City is more ghetto than Buffalo fs. DMV rap is amazing I love it.
You have a point, but WHY don’t they care??? I think it’s because of the general mentality of our inner city, and the images of our options for representation within the HipHop space. I think K❤C would be more supportive of an artist with an image and message that they could stand behind proudly, in SOLIDARITY. With ALL DUE RESPECT ✊🏾🫡… N9NE is too “strange” for most (love/hate), and Factor has the persona of a major kingpin (with the investigations and rap sheets to match) but without an overall positive end to his means, or the visual images to accompany the lifestyle that he paints. And maybe it’s the way the marketing is handled but Pharrell, MF DOOM, Tyler the Creator, Uzi, Kodak, Yachty, Wayne, etc… make their “strange” seem a lot more normal and marketable than Tech has been able to do. How many degrees of separation is there really between the music of Jeezy, Ross, Jim Jones, and Nipsey, from Rich’s music!? Not a whole lot in my opinion, other than imagery and consistent mention of rising above the level of a Drug Czar. And finally, THE PEOPLE’s CHOICE, aka… MINDSET + MENTALITY. You reside in KCMO and if you are in tune with the environment and the people in the environment (not all of KC, but too much of it), you’ll understand this… K💔C Just a long history of oppression, depression, and dysfunction from people who never learned any better than what they were taught and shown. Just my thoughts. Be Royal, ✌🏾👑
It's the same thing here in Indianapolis. So many cities are slept on when it comes to music. I feel like some artists need to just move out of state to make moves. Unfortunately there are not record labels and other resources in some of these cities where there is a lot of local talent so many of these artists end up on the opposite side of success.
I was raised in KC. 913 & 816. Love tech n9ne. For YEARS, I would be the ONLY black person at his shows/theater releases. I moved my family from KC 7 yrs ago. Too much violence. I know too many unsolved murders
@@djbop He is from Kansas City, so that is fact. And he had the foresight to make his music appeal to the masses, that is the point of being an artist. Also, he took his superior rhyming skillset to elevate himself.
@@nabateisles7550 Right, and Tech9 doesn't sound like the rest of KC..Those rappers suck and it's not a good sound the beats are horrible it reminds me Cali back in the 90's, and even they have grown outta that sound I knew it was real when CBO switched up
@@kanyegang2810 You never heard JL? Dalima? D-Loc? Krizz Kaliko? Ubi? Hell even Mac Lethal?..KC got chopperrrs!! Ain't nobody in the town trynna sound like E40, Too $hort, Cbo or Mac anything lol
Tech laid the groundwork for independent labels and gave us a sound when Chicago had Twista, Cleveland had Bone, Detroit had Em..etc. ain't his fault rappers didn't catch on.
Kansas City has it's own style, vocab and demeanor. You can hear it in other cities music that come thru here. But you really have to be from the City to know that.
Aye my boi smacc turner at the beginning . My city full of so much hate. They will make sure that you never make it out before you even get the chance to pop Rip Fat Tone and Mac Dre (even tho he from Vallejo). Nuttcase , duck (ccg) , trimmer , both smacks and all the other fallen soldiers.
They music still sucked KC has a style only those people love it will never go outside of that until they grow... Rich the factor had a good run, but him tooooo didn't wanna leave that raggedy mf city... The music, n style sucks in KC... Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Kentucky all Midwest rappers are getting somewhere because they are keeping up with the times
@@flygenyus2186 Right!! People say stupid ass SHIT!!! KC had a good sound back in the 90's, and they still have that sound today and it sucks now they need to elevate
The spirit of the city is dead. Jealousy. Don't want to take chances with the different sounds of music. No support. No money...shit I could go on and on.
Im from Kansas City born n raised 38 years I know everything inside out the reason why Kansas City rappers don't blow up is because they don't take the rap game seriously and don't have consistent work ethic of rappers who made it like 50 cent lip baby, Dababy etc
KC is the Town All Around The Globe Tho! Im glad we never went the industry route because we made our own industry! Ask anyone from KC and they will tell you that we have our own homegrown Stars out here, We dont need nobody, We Gone Always Shine, and they always gone Hate us! Tyccoon Forever! 300Blocc
Do 1 on Flint, Michigan We had rappers like MC Breed, Top Authority, The Dayton Family, Jake the Flake, and Jon Connor. If not Flint at least do 1 on MC Breed 👍🏼
Lol, says Kansas City and then shows St. Louis arch... and Columbia is hella far away... we aint neighbors with Columbia... wtf bruh... this fool is cap
Real talk ...I'm a kc rap artist 2 and another reason is a lot of mufuccaz be scared to leave the nest cuz kc is all some know and plus big label deals sometimes ain't right and backed by the right ppl!!
I had rap dreams back in the mid 90's. But when you getting shot at and fighting and constant hate because literally everyone in the city was trying to get on. Let's just say I left and joined the Army. Came back and kc still crazier than Iraq lol
KC was always a jazz town anyway.. they need to go back to their roots and stop biting off the westcoast and the south so much.. nelly's music has more of that midwest flavor and sound and also that st louis blues sound.. Just my opinion.. however the bay area and kc do have alot of similarities and respect for one another
KC should really have a better music scene considering its history. Not just in rap amd hip-hop, but blues and rock too. It's kind of sad how the local scene has died here.
Tech needs to use his influence and status to bring more unity to the city. His label needs to expand and grow instead of being so niche. I get that the niche horror, fast rapping genre is what he thrived and made his money in, but he could be making money off other artists by having them on his label. This would also help people set aside their issues and forced to work together.
The only other successful niches out there are pretty much gangsta rap, mumble rap, and backpack. 1. He's a Blood 2. Fuck mumble rap! 3. Backpack rappers get no respect🤷🏽♂️
I’m from KCMO and our rap scene is now on the rise! We even have really good RNB artists too. Here’s a list of artists that are coming up that you’ve probably never heard of do to the plethora of reasons: 1. SayberNSpace (hiphop) 2. Boi Mystery {COMO} (hiphop) 3. Tymon Kimber/CODENAME KEMBA (rnb) 4. OCN DALLAS (hiphop) 5. Kushro Junta (hiphop) 6. Witness McGee (hiphop) 7. CTB Bino (hiphop)
rich the factor as good as any but likes the underground and stays out of headlines. he has to play it cool to stay alive . if his name ever got out of kc it wouldnt be good
I’m from KC and have lived all over the country. There’s too much hate here and everyone has to prove how tough they are instead of linking up and getting to it. We should’ve had numerous big name rappers out here already
Tech N9ne had success in the town but ultimately had to leave in order to blow up Rich The Factor kept his head down kept grinding but had to reach out outside of the city to blow up the problem is lack of resources and a small ass town full of haters you know haters everywhere but when the population is smaller good luck 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think KC has a big issue like the rest of the Midwest cities do. They’re too far from the major cities out east and out west and don’t have their own style that’s cool like smaller cities like Miami or Atlanta or Memphis.
Kc is a major city, and they do have their own style nobody wants to sound like KC it sucks.. I'm a Midwest Girl all day I like Chicago, Milwaukee, St Louis, Detroit rappers just can't find to like the sound in KC
@@lavenderlunchbox I grew up in Chicago, N KC I went to Southeast Middle, n Metro Tech got my Gold teeth done by DR Myers on Prospect I've been all over the Midwest n believe me nobody is bitting that rap style, I ran circles around mf in KC because the people are slow street wise.. Don't get me wrong I love the city, food, my family but nobody is checking for the rappers.. The city needs to catch up with the times n just maybe some rappers can blow up that's all I'm saying..
As a local Kc rapper i agree with alot of this I hated all the beef and turn my style to that of the internet highlighting nerd culture anime and video games with my Crew wax dabby showing that fun stoner rap with a splash of street like A kc odd future if you will. But with all the “overly hood music” its hard to find a lane,acceptance and more importantly places to perform at reasonable cost. End up paying hella money to perform for small crowds t
Why is it not the producers who are stunted, the beat makers instead of the rappers? People brought up ATL and Memphis etc. but it was only their beats that gave the rappers the opportunity to ride the wave. Either way. We aight. We’ll figure it out. 💪🏽
KC Native here, even on the backpacker side, the jealousy runs rampant. Not really any killings but its certainly a "crabs in a bucket" scenario for as long as i can remember, and im talking about like at LEAST as far back as 2002.
Earlier than that trust. I was here in the 90's. He hit every single reason why there will NEVER be anyone other than Tech claiming here. He's literally the only one that survived.
I'm out here now, and I show as much respect as I can to any city I visit but...the music or the beats something I'm not feeling at all...every time I put my husbnad on some beats he gets offended but it gets way more likes...and publicity....
Don't blame it on Mac Dre... KC wasn't going anywhere before that happened only rapper besides Tech9 came close was Rich the Factor but that was the 90's KC sound, style, slang, beats sucks just say it
Bittersweet video for all the reasons pointed out. I’m rooting for one of the youth to come out with something fun and conscious rap wise and help be a bridge.
Whoa look Tech N9ne, Krizz Kalico, Steve Stone, Rich Da Factor, and Sleazyworld Go. It would be more but a lot of the artist can't leave the streets alone cause they don't want to keep grinding by want the glory.
Kansas City born and raised we do have a lot of talent there I appreciate you shining a lite that way brother and your video was 💯% accurate I'm a artist myself so I know personally it's no support just hate if people start to love you to much somebody gone try to bring you down ASAP that's the town for you SMH
And people that say KC doesn’t have a sound: the sound is probably a mix of southern and east coast that fits the city the best. Missouri has a lot of southern culture, and east coast influence. I think KC rappers need to sharpen their sound more than anything.
Love my city. It’s beauty rests in its unnoticed uniqueness. It would be pretty easy from the outside to paint all Midwest cities the same. The issue is, you really have to look for the pockets of majesty dotted around here. I think the biggest issue with it sometimes is that for a Midwest city, we aren’t always open to sharing our secrets. And I think I like it that way sometimes. Most people are friendly to outsiders but don’t tell them shit. Thanks for the spotlight on our home. It’s always fun to see outside perspectives.
I'm fw this series fr fr I'm from Shreveport Louisiana the most mainstream rapper we had is Hurricane Chris...unfortunately my city is stuck in that killing spree,if I don't make it then you won't make it mindset too
You talk like Tech N9ne ain't been put KC on the map. There's also artist like Rich the Factor, The Popper, Ron Ron, Marley Young, KC Young Boss, CW Young Blood, Keed the Heater, Rob Ruckus, The Adnorm all very talented emcees and artist out of KC
It’s the lack of sound original here born and raised Kansas Citian we got sooo much talent here but we lose a lot of it as well to prison or death or Mfs fall off Bt Niggas Like Rich And Tech fasho holdin it down s/o all the artists from the town pushin this Kansas City shit!!!
A few KC artist are doing their thing now. Can this city ever have a big name rapper?
They better claim Nelly. Or St Louis and KC got beef?
Rich the factor
2 gunn Kevi
2 times (Mike Mike )
D walk guapo
F.a. the fonk artist .
Yung cat is from Kansas but ig you could consider him a KCMO local artist
It depends on what you call blowing up
@@suwoolucc5300 Dont4get tech 9
KC music is horrible they talk stupid, and it just doesn't sound good.. Since Tech9 Rich the factor and maybe a couple more artist the sound of KC sucks... KC in a whole can't keep up with the times
Me being from KCMO I can tell you this is %100 accurate it don’t matter if your a basketball player, music or just anybody if you have it and they want it people will take extreme lengths such as killing you just to have what you have
Truth bro I'm a full native to the town KCand the state Missouri too you have to think that's why some of our own actors like Don Cheadle and etc don't talk about KC much in his interviews or Missouri I live in California though. But with all the success he got by God's grace I see why he don't come back and never gave speech in one of the high schools or colleges bro because the world is hateful as a whole but KC is a part one of the most dangerous cities category. Only the Lord can change it fam Truth.
@@jawonryan9266 is it really dangerous? I was thinking of coming to visit
@@larmando7377 no bro it's technically safe in Missouri or are you talking about California?
@@jawonryan9266 I am talking about Kansas City. And what BBQ places would you recommend?
@@larmando7377 Joe's BBQ it's not in Missouri it's in KS Gates use to be on top they went down hill though
Rich the Factor is my favorite artist!
I built a Corvette engine for Rich the Factor in the day. I owned Pure Performance speed shop talked to him at the World of Wheels show and on Monday here comes a tow truck with the engine hanging off the back! The build went into his 70s second generation Camaro. installed by Bear on Prospect after the install I went down to the shop and put the final tune on the car for him. Good dude was of his word always to me!
@@jamesstewart3505 awesome, thanks for sharing!
Appreciate you shining a light on KCMO. Totally unexpected but necessary. Stay blessed 🙌🏽
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I’m from KC and only Tech N9ne has reached success. So sad….many are killed and never make it. Thanks for the video 👋🏾
Rich the factor
@@toddgoza3522 Hey Todd! I’m your neighbor, lol. I don’t think you live in the family home anymore. So funny, I enjoy this channel as well.
Courtney Richardson aka Big Court with No Limit Records made it big as well. He still works for No Limit doing a podcast and has a supplement business.
Right. Rich the Factor should have made it
@@shon0032 I feel you on that
I'm from kck I appreciate you for showing the talents that we do have here in kck and kcmo. It's sad about the ones we lost but they will be remembered❤❤
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I’m from Columbia & I can’t agree with this more! KC had birthed a lot of my favorite artists but the growth has definitely been stunted!
CoMO.. Heyyy.
Damn ! Good looking on this video
This my town KC 816
Rich the factor, Tech9ne, The Popper. Are Rap Veterans. They earned that
Vell Bacardi. That's old old 😆
Everyone says that the South ruined hip-hop, do a video explaining why, some people hate Southern hip-hop, and say hip-hop was only good when the East Coast and West Coast were poppin off.
Interesting
I don't know how that's the case. The majority of black America is in the South. Those people can't just expect people down here just to STFU.
FACTS, André 3000 said it the best, The south has something to say.
This is one cap ass statement.
The South Shole got the industry by the balls, and the West Coast fighting hard to find a rapper to keep them a float.. New York figured it out...
There’s absolutely a jail here
Being a artist and independent record label owner I definitely feel the lack of support for the type of music that I do. I love the talent here but the support sucks ass. I support all my KC artist fam we just need better outlets. If you're interested in what I bring to the KC music scene I'm on TH-cam as G.Blaze Tha Sav Soulja.
You are absolutely right. You do have stores like 7th Heaven that would have a section of local music but rarely do 103 or 107 play local music on the radio outside of Tech N9ne or any affiliates.
I sent you a follow btw. Gotta support local music
@@ipodrogify Good looking fam and yes I'll give you a follow back as well. I told EVERYONE that I wasn't dropping another single until I hit 1 Million Streams of my album. I'm at 46K+ and I released it in June. Definitely appreciate you 🙏🏿
Just subbed, keep grinding
@@PhiloFery Thanks fam I definitely appreciate it. All my music is under G.Blaze Tha Sav Soulja under my distribution so any song you digging post a comment on and a like for ya boy! #SavSoldierRecords
I'm from Kansas city Missouri. I appreciate this man. 816 stand up
Me too brotha I been wanting to see my city shine forever
Same.
Kansas City stand up lol 💪🏾🖤
Same tre9
@@suwoolucc5300 your city is slow.. I grew up in KC went to Metro Tech, but not from KC the sound of KC music is the same as it was 30yrs ago, and it sucks.. The rappers talk about nothing Rich the Factor had a good run but him toooo didn't wanna leave the scene... Until KC grow with the times they'll forever be stuck!!
Good Video & Pretty On Point Frfr💯💯 KC STILL THE TOWN THO 816 to The 913
I’m from KCK but whenever people get through we are one I’m the same. My boyfriend back in high school was a rapper and had gotten signed and was on his way to Cali. 2 days before he was set to leave he was murdered behind jealousy…. This video was all too true!
Stop
Not one in the same how you got kcmo and kck one is in Missouri one is in Kansas by far that is not one in the same 😂😂😂 goofy
@@deseanhamilton7588 watch out with the goofy sweetheart! Like tf I said one in the same! When I say I’m from Kansas City while traveling I don’t have time to specify Mo or KS. Kansas City is Kansas City. If you think otherwise that’s yo opinion. Matter of fact… why are you commenting on a comment from a year ago…. U must be from MO😂😂😂
@@deseanhamilton7588bro they are the same city split by statelines... I get what she's saying
@@VegasD702 not the same city just two different states got cities with the same name , and these aren’t the only two states like that bro , that’s like saying El Paso Texas is basically Mexico it’s not the same we got two different downtowns that’s two cities
Maaaan, Tech 9 mentions KC MO in a ton of his songs, it'd be hard to forget where he's from...
Exactly! And he’s independent out-eating dudes with major deals so I don’t know how he’s flying under the radar.
Dang Kansas City doesn’t have jail is crazy.
Don’t forget Kansas City is one of the birthplace of Jazz as well
12th Locust been locked up there! They didn't do research🤡🤡🤡
Jazz is not rapping
@@kanyegang2810 no but it's a source of music and a major genre that has many spin offs.. we love our jazz roots.. W 39th St
I think it's no longer a city jail...you go straight to county
2 gun Kevi on a whole other level wit it and I'm from Cali I stay bumping his shit to the max rich fosho aswell !!!
Can you do New Jersey rappers Stunted Growth, that would be a great segment 😏
Shame rappers from jersey after queen latifa, naughty by nature, joe budden and redman era's never blew. Also, never had the same success as them.
Redman, Queen Latifah, Naughty By Nature, Fetty Wap. Just Blaze producer
Being a Local Kansas City Rapper. It really is hard out here. Specifically trying to get your music out there. Us Kansas cityans believe our city go as hard or even harder than the next. It's real life treacherous out here. But other cities don't View our streets like they really are I mean just look at the news. Like the young m a interview with funny Marco where she was asking what city he was from and basically tried to make it seem like her city is just so much harder than my city. But this hard for us to get people to take us seriously to take our music seriously. Shout out to Sleazy🔥 but it's like it. Is tiktok the only way we can make it up out of Kansas City. It's a lie and I mean a lot of talent here you got a lot of official Talent and what I mean by official challenge I mean you got a lot of "official Street dudes" that really be rapping and living that life all with different messages and stories to tell. We really just get overlooked. I made it to 11k followers on Facebook but people saying ima have to lave KC to get noticed. Nice video tho title made me click on it Asap!!
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From what I’ve heard, the music isn’t all that great. Just my opinion.
I'm from Kansas City and one of the problems rappers have is sounding like rappers from the Bay. We got some real Lyricicst in Kc but overlooked because we don't have an original sound.
Im from Kansas city and get overlooked cause I don't sound like nobody out here
@@MrStrikeburnna1 and thats the key bruh keep grindin. Keep yo sound and keep sounding they way you do. You don't sound like nobody but you.
Facts bro im still swinging even tho my arms are getting tired lol luv is luv u get a chance check me out
This is exactly it. It’s sort of west coast but in the midwest so it doesn’t catch.
Rich The Factor might not be industry but he’s a king underground. They love his music in Ohio.
You doing KCMO came out of left field. Understanding that you lived in CoMo makes sense of why you would cover KCMO. Im originally from St Louis and we had a good run in the hip hop scene from 02-06 on a natiowide scale. I could never understand why KC never had that same run. Granted Tech N9ne is the cities marquee artist but it took years for him to gain the national notoriety like he has now. There has been many acts out of KC that couldn't hold the torch comparable to Tech N9ne. Rich, Fat Tone, Mac Lethal, 57th Rogue Dogg Villians, Mass 187, Solè etc. Even when Murder Dog used to cover KC artist it still went nowhere. I love KCMO. That man said when you think of Kansas City you think of BARBECUE AND MURDER 😂🤦🏽♂️ damn! Shoutouts to my home state of Missouri: STL, KCMO, CoMo, Jeff City, Springfield, Joplin, The Bootheel and Northern MO.
Forty one seven baby... Somo for life
I’m born and raised in KC and this video is accurate. But one thing the world should not do is count KC out. Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? #DontsleeponKC
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Do Cleveland OH next….. Definitely a story no one is talking about…. But it’s worth noting not just because of the violence but the music scene as well….. #216
Facts
Cleveland had a nice run in the last decade. Ray Jr is my guy
This is true
I was born in DC & grew up in the DMV & have lived in LA,SF,Tampa,Chattanooga & have spent a good deal of time in Baltimore & I never woulda known KC was like that…..it reminds me (now) of Buffalo,Cleveland,Pittsburg,Memphis,etc
Small but deadly cities
Hey I’m from Buffalo watching this video. I moved to Buffalo from Garden City Kansas 2016 crazy culture shock. GCK was a small white town where 80% of the town worked at local tyson. First day in buffalo there was a shooting, next week I got jumped by the kids from the block. East Side Buffalo 14212 was rough. Closest thing to Buffalo I been to is KCMO(only reason why this video popped bc I was looking for rappers from here, STL and KCMO rap is Two different thing. STL rap is more Chicago/KCMO rap is Detroit/Bay Area sound.) Kansas City is more ghetto than Buffalo fs. DMV rap is amazing I love it.
Tech 9 the only KC rapper I know.
Lol
And that's all you will know cause the sound n music sucks
@@kanyegang2810 you sure do suck down them
Foot long chili cheese dogs from sonic
Rich Tha factor
Stevie stone had a few good albums.. Rolling stone was good.. krizz kalico, even fat Tone had some shit back in the day
Go to 12th and Locust and tell me county ain't right there. How you gon try an tell me there's no jail in this city?
Rich the factor holding it down. Mfr crew
As a KCMO resident. Kansas City just doesn’t care about rap like that.
You have a point, but WHY don’t they care???
I think it’s because of the general mentality of our inner city, and the images of our options for representation within the HipHop space.
I think K❤C would be more supportive of an artist with an image and message that they could stand behind proudly, in SOLIDARITY.
With ALL DUE RESPECT ✊🏾🫡…
N9NE is too “strange” for most (love/hate), and Factor has the persona of a major kingpin (with the investigations and rap sheets to match) but without an overall positive end to his means, or the visual images to accompany the lifestyle that he paints.
And maybe it’s the way the marketing is handled but Pharrell, MF DOOM, Tyler the Creator, Uzi, Kodak, Yachty, Wayne, etc… make their “strange” seem a lot more normal and marketable than Tech has been able to do.
How many degrees of separation is there really between the music of Jeezy, Ross, Jim Jones, and Nipsey, from Rich’s music!? Not a whole lot in my opinion, other than imagery and consistent mention of rising above the level of a Drug Czar.
And finally, THE PEOPLE’s CHOICE, aka…
MINDSET + MENTALITY. You reside in KCMO and if you are in tune with the environment and the people in the environment (not all of KC, but too much of it), you’ll understand this…
K💔C
Just a long history of oppression, depression, and dysfunction from people who never learned any better than what they were taught and shown.
Just my thoughts.
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It's the same thing here in Indianapolis. So many cities are slept on when it comes to music. I feel like some artists need to just move out of state to make moves. Unfortunately there are not record labels and other resources in some of these cities where there is a lot of local talent so many of these artists end up on the opposite side of success.
bar-b-q and murder. holy cow dude
I was raised in KC. 913 & 816. Love tech n9ne. For YEARS, I would be the ONLY black person at his shows/theater releases. I moved my family from KC 7 yrs ago. Too much violence. I know too many unsolved murders
Tech N9ne blew up and is a legend
He didn't blow up due to the support the hoods of KC, black support. He did it by outside support and white people.
@@djbop He is from Kansas City, so that is fact. And he had the foresight to make his music appeal to the masses, that is the point of being an artist. Also, he took his superior rhyming skillset to elevate himself.
@@nabateisles7550 Right, and Tech9 doesn't sound like the rest of KC..Those rappers suck and it's not a good sound the beats are horrible it reminds me Cali back in the 90's, and even they have grown outta that sound I knew it was real when CBO switched up
@@kanyegang2810 grab me a couple of those foot long chili cheese dogs from sonic
@@kanyegang2810 You never heard JL? Dalima? D-Loc? Krizz Kaliko? Ubi? Hell even Mac Lethal?..KC got chopperrrs!! Ain't nobody in the town trynna sound like E40, Too $hort, Cbo or Mac anything lol
There’s definitely some talent here I hate people don’t they the recognition they deserve because of perception
Rich The Factor always in the playlist I'm from Compton but stay in Kansas City I like it here much love to KCK KCMO
As a KC native, I think KC lacked an original sound, back in the day there was a lot of Bay area influence.
That part
They're still kind of is to this day.
Tech laid the groundwork for independent labels and gave us a sound when Chicago had Twista, Cleveland had Bone, Detroit had Em..etc. ain't his fault rappers didn't catch on.
Facts
Kansas City has it's own style, vocab and demeanor. You can hear it in other cities music that come thru here. But you really have to be from the City to know that.
Aye my boi smacc turner at the beginning . My city full of so much hate. They will make sure that you never make it out before you even get the chance to pop Rip Fat Tone and Mac Dre (even tho he from Vallejo). Nuttcase , duck (ccg) , trimmer , both smacks and all the other fallen soldiers.
They music still sucked KC has a style only those people love it will never go outside of that until they grow... Rich the factor had a good run, but him tooooo didn't wanna leave that raggedy mf city... The music, n style sucks in KC... Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Kentucky all Midwest rappers are getting somewhere because they are keeping up with the times
This papa. They sleep on kc bro
@@kanyegang2810 shut up sped go back to sonic and eat some more foot long chili cheese with extra Mayo and try and do 1 sit up
@@kanyegang2810 boy what is you talking about? The mf style is what you hear in todays music 😂😂
You on this mf talking bout running circles 🤣 I can name 5 rappers you not better than
The Mac Dre curse
Is it? Im curious why you say that & he was from the bay
@@flygenyus2186 Right!! People say stupid ass SHIT!!! KC had a good sound back in the 90's, and they still have that sound today and it sucks now they need to elevate
@@kanyegang2810 I need one of the foot long chili cheese dogs from sonic don’t eat em all dammm
@@flygenyus2186true but he was killed in KCMO
“Barbecue and murder.”
Shit! 😬
The spirit of the city is dead. Jealousy. Don't want to take chances with the different sounds of music. No support. No money...shit I could go on and on.
Please do one of these on Dallas, Tx !!
Dallas is in the door though. They already on the map.
Im from Kansas City born n raised 38 years I know everything inside out the reason why Kansas City rappers don't blow up is because they don't take the rap game seriously and don't have consistent work ethic of rappers who made it like 50 cent lip baby, Dababy etc
Thanks for giving KC its shine. Good or bad. KC is the town. My top 3 in kc 2gunn kevi, Rich the factor, KC young boss.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 816 DEFINITELY ON THE RISE 🥇🍾🏆 WE UP NEXT !!!!!
KC is the Town All Around The Globe Tho! Im glad we never went the industry route because we made our own industry! Ask anyone from KC and they will tell you that we have our own homegrown Stars out here, We dont need nobody, We Gone Always Shine, and they always gone Hate us! Tyccoon Forever! 300Blocc
Do 1 on Flint, Michigan
We had rappers like MC Breed, Top Authority, The Dayton Family, Jake the Flake, and Jon Connor.
If not Flint at least do 1 on MC Breed 👍🏼
Lol, says Kansas City and then shows St. Louis arch... and Columbia is hella far away... we aint neighbors with Columbia... wtf bruh... this fool is cap
I’m an artist from Kansas City, Mo and everything you said has been nothing but facts. The jealousy, hatred, and crabs in a barrel mentality
Real talk ...I'm a kc rap artist 2 and another reason is a lot of mufuccaz be scared to leave the nest cuz kc is all some know and plus big label deals sometimes ain't right and backed by the right ppl!!
I had rap dreams back in the mid 90's. But when you getting shot at and fighting and constant hate because literally everyone in the city was trying to get on. Let's just say I left and joined the Army. Came back and kc still crazier than Iraq lol
K.c yawl gone get that run ,Detroit had too wait forever yawl definitely due
KC was always a jazz town anyway.. they need to go back to their roots and stop biting off the westcoast and the south so much.. nelly's music has more of that midwest flavor and sound and also that st louis blues sound.. Just my opinion.. however the bay area and kc do have alot of similarities and respect for one another
For the algorithm! 💯
KC should really have a better music scene considering its history. Not just in rap amd hip-hop, but blues and rock too. It's kind of sad how the local scene has died here.
Oh definately
Put some respek on Mass 187's group name!!!! Also of course, Tech N9ne!!!!!
Tech needs to use his influence and status to bring more unity to the city. His label needs to expand and grow instead of being so niche. I get that the niche horror, fast rapping genre is what he thrived and made his money in, but he could be making money off other artists by having them on his label. This would also help people set aside their issues and forced to work together.
The only other successful niches out there are pretty much gangsta rap, mumble rap, and backpack.
1. He's a Blood
2. Fuck mumble rap!
3. Backpack rappers get no respect🤷🏽♂️
He does. 😂😂😂
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@@sikcmode8169 I don’t know about #3
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He be on that white boi rocker shit 😂😂
What stunted Big Krit growth?
That's a good one.
@@stuntedgrowthmusic Thank you. It'll be nice to know what happened to him.
@@producerfav1974 y’all not feeling his latest album?
I’m from KCMO and our rap scene is now on the rise! We even have really good RNB artists too. Here’s a list of artists that are coming up that you’ve probably never heard of do to the plethora of reasons:
1. SayberNSpace (hiphop)
2. Boi Mystery {COMO} (hiphop)
3. Tymon Kimber/CODENAME KEMBA (rnb)
4. OCN DALLAS (hiphop)
5. Kushro Junta (hiphop)
6. Witness McGee (hiphop)
7. CTB Bino (hiphop)
rich the factor as good as any but likes the underground and stays out of headlines. he has to play it cool to stay alive . if his name ever got out of kc it wouldnt be good
Tech is just different…nobody wants to hear the same shit fam..you gotta be hard hard. Lyrically and creatively
I’m from KC and have lived all over the country. There’s too much hate here and everyone has to prove how tough they are instead of linking up and getting to it. We should’ve had numerous big name rappers out here already
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Man you don't know nothin! @ 03:39 you got the St. Louis Arch. 👎🏼
Tech N9ne had success in the town but ultimately had to leave in order to blow up Rich The Factor kept his head down kept grinding but had to reach out outside of the city to blow up the problem is lack of resources and a small ass town full of haters you know haters everywhere but when the population is smaller good luck 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think KC has a big issue like the rest of the Midwest cities do. They’re too far from the major cities out east and out west and don’t have their own style that’s cool like smaller cities like Miami or Atlanta or Memphis.
Kc is a major city, and they do have their own style nobody wants to sound like KC it sucks.. I'm a Midwest Girl all day I like Chicago, Milwaukee, St Louis, Detroit rappers just can't find to like the sound in KC
@@kanyegang2810 the whole Midwest bite us lol stop
@@lavenderlunchbox I grew up in Chicago, N KC I went to Southeast Middle, n Metro Tech got my Gold teeth done by DR Myers on Prospect I've been all over the Midwest n believe me nobody is bitting that rap style, I ran circles around mf in KC because the people are slow street wise.. Don't get me wrong I love the city, food, my family but nobody is checking for the rappers.. The city needs to catch up with the times n just maybe some rappers can blow up that's all I'm saying..
@@lavenderlunchbox we have our own slang in kc….that I’ve never heard anyone use around the states.B
@@lavenderlunchbox KC has it's own style and flow you big dummy. You haven't listened to enough apparently.
As a local
Kc rapper i agree with alot of this I hated all the beef and turn my style to that of the internet highlighting nerd culture anime and video games with my Crew wax dabby showing that fun stoner rap with a splash of street like A kc odd future if you will. But with all the “overly hood music” its hard to find a lane,acceptance and more importantly places to perform at reasonable cost. End up paying hella money to perform for small crowds t
Never Show St. Louis Arch with Kansas City. Two different Cities... Just Saying. Love My City. K.C.Mo. Stand Up!!!
This was interesting, KC have same issues like South Carolina.
Too much hate in my city smh
BBQ and Murder: title of your next mixtape
Stockton CA is exactly the same way...
Why is it not the producers who are stunted, the beat makers instead of the rappers? People brought up ATL and Memphis etc. but it was only their beats that gave the rappers the opportunity to ride the wave. Either way. We aight. We’ll figure it out. 💪🏽
KC Native here, even on the backpacker side, the jealousy runs rampant. Not really any killings but its certainly a "crabs in a bucket" scenario for as long as i can remember, and im talking about like at LEAST as far back as 2002.
Earlier than that trust. I was here in the 90's. He hit every single reason why there will NEVER be anyone other than Tech claiming here. He's literally the only one that survived.
I love my town, but the money don't promote the talent, and the streets don't support the artists. Kc fumbled the ball on the rap game.
I'm out here now, and I show as much respect as I can to any city I visit but...the music or the beats something I'm not feeling at all...every time I put my husbnad on some beats he gets offended but it gets way more likes...and publicity....
@@lucious890 Valid point, trying to follow what works, hampered us from pioneering our own sound.
@@hershelfowler6257 I agree,
It was Mac Dre death. PERIOD
Don't blame it on Mac Dre... KC wasn't going anywhere before that happened only rapper besides Tech9 came close was Rich the Factor but that was the 90's KC sound, style, slang, beats sucks just say it
This is a good idea
Perhaps I missed it. But what about a stunted growth for Hip Hop artist Buck Shot. He was the man for a little bit.
Bittersweet video for all the reasons pointed out. I’m rooting for one of the youth to come out with something fun and conscious rap wise and help be a bridge.
Whoa look Tech N9ne, Krizz Kalico, Steve Stone, Rich Da Factor, and Sleazyworld Go. It would be more but a lot of the artist can't leave the streets alone cause they don't want to keep grinding by want the glory.
Stevie Stone is from St Louis
Big ups to sleazy for putting KCMO on the map and representing the town in a real way
This video is nothing but researched FACTS. Salute to this channel!
Greater Kansas City area only has a population of 1.7million people ain't a whole lot to rap about
That sounds like a lot honestly
Didn’t even mention Rich dats Orca bizness 💪🏿 or rondoe left some hitters out and tech always gone be KC #53
Kansas City born and raised we do have a lot of talent there I appreciate you shining a lite that way brother and your video was 💯% accurate I'm a artist myself so I know personally it's no support just hate if people start to love you to much somebody gone try to bring you down ASAP that's the town for you SMH
Ngl the locc metaphor made me like an sub an Im from LFK
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Also, can you please do Vic Mensa and Amy Winehouse
Big name rapper... Oh, you mean like Tech N9ne, Mac Lethal, Krizz Kaliko, CES Cru, Big Scoob and Kutt Calhoun? I gotcha, great video man. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
From kcmo here, i think how corrupt our police departments are, on both the ks and mo sides, magnify everything ur saying(which is 100% accurate)
And people that say KC doesn’t have a sound: the sound is probably a mix of southern and east coast that fits the city the best. Missouri has a lot of southern culture, and east coast influence. I think KC rappers need to sharpen their sound more than anything.
Southern and West coast. KC has never embraced East Coast music.
@@MaryLou913 Agreed
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Love my city. It’s beauty rests in its unnoticed uniqueness. It would be pretty easy from the outside to paint all Midwest cities the same. The issue is, you really have to look for the pockets of majesty dotted around here.
I think the biggest issue with it sometimes is that for a Midwest city, we aren’t always open to sharing our secrets. And I think I like it that way sometimes. Most people are friendly to outsiders but don’t tell them shit.
Thanks for the spotlight on our home. It’s always fun to see outside perspectives.
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Fat Tone was a dope artist! KC has a bunch of talent! Great video
I'm fw this series fr fr I'm from Shreveport Louisiana the most mainstream rapper we had is Hurricane Chris...unfortunately my city is stuck in that killing spree,if I don't make it then you won't make it mindset too
Wayne from Louisiana
@@chevezloyd2083 he said Shreveport
dude just put da arch on hear 🤦🏾♂️🥺😂😂
The bay area
As a KC native, I approve these growth stunts
I love the part at 3:40 where you gotta picture of St.Louis for Kansas City Missouri.
Gee watts, Kye colors , SOUTHSIDE DAME
kcmo love
You talk like Tech N9ne ain't been put KC on the map. There's also artist like Rich the Factor, The Popper, Ron Ron, Marley Young, KC Young Boss, CW Young Blood, Keed the Heater, Rob Ruckus, The Adnorm all very talented emcees and artist out of KC
It’s the lack of sound original here born and raised Kansas Citian we got sooo much talent here but we lose a lot of it as well to prison or death or Mfs fall off Bt Niggas Like Rich And Tech fasho holdin it down s/o all the artists from the town pushin this Kansas City shit!!!
4 minute intro?? Got damn bruh!!
Lmao this foo said y we can’t blowup😭😭💀👌🏼