this is what Cole meant in the fall off, sales don’t matter in the long run only NPCs caught in the matrix and worship pop crave tweets care. the fans connect with authentic artists, this other s*** here today and gone tomorrow

Carti = authentic, kept his head down over the years, trendsetter now he’s at the top

Drake = inauthentic, too many personas, fake mob boss persona backfired and got him embarrassed publicly and copping lawsuits

Uzi = inauthentic, stuck in his teens and tries to hard to be a sailor moon extra, no one cares about him and he’s huffing nitrous gas for clout after pink

future = authentic, what you see is what you get, consistent sales and universal praise

Travis = authentic, lowbrow static music, hasn’t changed for years and kept a strong core audience, enjoyed stable success even post AF

Yachty = inauthentic, tries to hard to act tough and appear faux experimental, argues with women on IG Live

Kanye = inauthentic, craves validation from too many people and tries to appear fake authentic/woke. currently doing entry level 4chan jokes in his 40s, lost all his brand deals, embarrasses himself publicly, etc

I can do more but it’s all ending in 2025. Being yourself is BACK. no more putting on white shirts to fit in at Michael Rubin parties, make real music

sales don’t matter

future = consistent sales

didnt carti steal style from SGP?

How is future authentic when he exaggerated his d*** use? Unless you belive the theory he lied because of his custody battle

Posting some character deconstruction pseudo intellectual hogwash with “j cole” as the framework for your argument

This argument was really driven home by calling drake (artist who has been popular for almost 20 years) “inauthentic”

Rofl

It was never out of style in the real world

nothing about future is authentic

Uzi is way more genuine than carti who the f*** is Carti even

finally, a seismic shift in the hip-hop landscape - future, travis, and carti are popular.

what other exciting developments will this decade bring?

i f*** with trav heavy but the nigga said "trav = authentic"

Yes him Barry and Rocky got SGP blackballed too

Travis " Hey thats a nice style/sound you got there. It'd be a shame if someone took it" Scott

agree with the sentiment but almost none of those examples are true lmao especially with kanye

here you’re just rationalizing which images you find palatable lol

could’ve named anyone but went with trav and future as authentic lmao

U know these are all established music stars or at least 10 years now right

Yep first people who I think are themselves and authentic are Carti future and travy

In what world are carti or Travis authentic lmfao

Carti = authentic

bro forgot what site this was

both stole their swag from Rocky