Rise of Kanye=The Rise of the Suburban & College Rapper

[FreeSpeech]

In 2000, what major rappers could you name that weren't from the "hood" or acted like it? Rakim, maybe Common? I know a good deal went to college, like Canibus and Talib Kweli, but they didn't really perpetuate the fact (other than Canibus' stupid "smart" rhymes haha)
Now:
Kanye - Suburban Chicago, went to college
Asher - Suburban PA, went to college
J Cole - Suburban NC, went to college on academic scholarship, graduated MCL
Wiz Khalifa - Lived around the world (military father) then Pittsburgh. Not suburban, but not hood
Mac Miller - Same high school as Wiz
Wale - Suburban Maryland, played football in college
Drake - Suburban Toronto
Kid Cudi - Suburban Cleveland, went to college

^These include some, if not most, of the biggest names out. Very interesting trend.

[Emadyville]

seems not many graduated tho, at least from what you posted

[WakeUpShow]

i grew up right near Roth

[Slim's Shady]

Yeah, I've noticed that too. I'm glad that it's happening tho

[slimsoxshady]

and then we got Eminem's dumb ass who didn't even get to double digits in grades

[Devil'sAdvocate]

nice too see this

yet the GOAT didnt make it out of 9th grade,and he killin all those nikkaz!

[ThomasJ]

nice too see this

yet the GOAT didnt make it out of 9th grade,and he killin all those nikkaz!

Actually, Nas dropped out in the 8th grade.

[ThomasJ]

nice too see this

yet the GOAT didnt make it out of 9th grade,and he killin all those nikkaz!

Actually, Nas dropped out in the 8th grade.

I don't see how nas is relevant to this post...

'cause he is the G.O.A.T.

[Satire]

nice too see this

yet the GOAT didnt make it out of 9th grade,and he killin all those nikkaz!

Actually, Nas dropped out in the 8th grade.

I don't see how nas is relevant to this post...

Especially since we're talking about Lil Wayne here.

[Raids-God]

TJ i knew what u meant :P but Nas and GOAT don't work together!

SGOAT = Nas

GOAT = Em

[Epidemik]

i guess it doenst really matter what your profession is, having some education can't hurt.

Lil Wayne attended the University of Houston (UH)
Guru - College Degree in Business Administration
Will Smith- Massachusetts Institute of Tech. (Computer Science)
Talib Kweli - New York University Degree in Experimental Theatre
Canibus -Dekalb College Degree in Computer Information Systems
Dead Prez- Florida A&M University
Immortal Technique- Penn State University
David Banner - Univ. of Maryland Bachelor's in Business from Southern, Grad.school at Maryland
Ludacris -Georgia State University Degree in Music Management
P. Diddy, went to Howard University.
Paul Wall went to UH.
Ice Cube studied architectural drafting at the Pheonix Institute of Technology
Flavor Flav graduated from Adelphi University
Chuck D got his degree in graphic design from Adelphi University.
Rah Digga, went to the New Jersey Institute of Technology
Common, studied business at Florida A&M University
E-40 studied at Grambling
Plies has a nursing degree

[FreeSpeech]

i guess it doenst really matter what your profession is, having some education can't hurt.

Lil Wayne attended the University of Houston (UH)
Guru - College Degree in Business Administration
Will Smith- Massachusetts Institute of Tech. (Computer Science)
Talib Kweli - New York University Degree in Experimental Theatre
Canibus -Dekalb College Degree in Computer Information Systems
Dead Prez- Florida A&M University
Immortal Technique- Penn State University
David Banner - Univ. of Maryland Bachelor's in Business from Southern, Grad.school at Maryland
Ludacris -Georgia State University Degree in Music Management
P. Diddy, went to Howard University.
Paul Wall went to UH.
Ice Cube studied architectural drafting at the Pheonix Institute of Technology
Flavor Flav graduated from Adelphi University
Chuck D got his degree in graphic design from Adelphi University.
Rah Digga, went to the New Jersey Institute of Technology
Common, studied business at Florida A&M University
E-40 studied at Grambling
Plies has a nursing degree

Yeah, thing is, you would never know most of these guys went to college by their lyrics or demeanor.

[Emadyville]

i guess it doenst really matter what your profession is, having some education can't hurt.

Lil Wayne attended the University of Houston (UH)
Guru - College Degree in Business Administration
Will Smith- Massachusetts Institute of Tech. (Computer Science)
Talib Kweli - New York University Degree in Experimental Theatre
Canibus -Dekalb College Degree in Computer Information Systems
Dead Prez- Florida A&M University
Immortal Technique- Penn State University
David Banner - Univ. of Maryland Bachelor's in Business from Southern, Grad.school at Maryland
Ludacris -Georgia State University Degree in Music Management
P. Diddy, went to Howard University.
Paul Wall went to UH.
Ice Cube studied architectural drafting at the Pheonix Institute of Technology
Flavor Flav graduated from Adelphi University
Chuck D got his degree in graphic design from Adelphi University.
Rah Digga, went to the New Jersey Institute of Technology
Common, studied business at Florida A&M University
E-40 studied at Grambling
Plies has a nursing degree

Yeah, thing is, you would never know most of these guys went to college by their lyrics or demeanor.

sadly thats true

[firepower]

Plies has a nursing degree

[FreeSpeech]

Plies has a nursing degree

That suprised me, I heard about it a while back. It sounds like a pussy degree, but nursing is crazy hard and you make good $. I know a couple guys who are nursing majors and they're all real smart.