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| Kevin Durant & Lil' Wayne, "That's my dude right there bruh!" |
Every rapper wants to be a ball player and every ball player wants to be a rapper. It's been that way since 1983 when Run DMC released their first album "Rock Box. Now the Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and others had previously released records starting in 1980. However, Run DMC was the first that stepped on stage without the costumes. They looked like they were right off the block and represented the hood like no other.
They wore jeans, sneakers and the famous fedoras. It was the hood's uniform and the two cultures have been pretty much inseparable every since. The two fell in love because they're typically the same age and run in the same circles. They like the same girls, cars, jewelry and clothes. It was a perfect match right from the beginning. There was no breaking them up once Addidas signed Run DMC to a sneaker deal in 1986.
At that point the lines were blurred bruh!
They wore jeans, sneakers and the famous fedoras. It was the hood's uniform and the two cultures have been pretty much inseparable every since. The two fell in love because they're typically the same age and run in the same circles. They like the same girls, cars, jewelry and clothes. It was a perfect match right from the beginning. There was no breaking them up once Addidas signed Run DMC to a sneaker deal in 1986.
At that point the lines were blurred bruh!
"My Addidas" became the ballers anthem and the rest is history. It's not surprising to see hip hop's elite with professional sports royalty just hanging at an event or at one another’s jobs. I can vividly remember seeing Tupac with Mike Tyson as "Iron Mike" prepared to enter the MGM to fight the night Pac was shot. Again we ask the question why? They're pretty much are the same dude that grew up in the same hood with the same problems.They both discovered at a very early age that they had a gift that would get them out of the hood so they put in work.
The hood protected them both from the distractions that hid around every corner like land mines. The understanding was that if you make it, we all make it bruh. That's the anthem because they just want to say that you're from around my way. "Represent the hood and make us look good when you get there. Put us on the map son", is what they'll say. If it wasn't for rappers and athlete's we'd never take an interest in places like Brooklyn, St. Louis, New Orleans, Atlanta or Akron. However, because some kid gave a shout to their hood people want to know what goes on in Miami. Not on South Beach but in Liberty City just for kicks.
Being from the ghetto is the best place in the world to be FROM. Key word here is "from". If you can survive there you can survive anywhere. Athletes and Rappers give those that are interested, a glimpse into a world that many find intriguing without having to visit. Yeah they're the same dude and I'm happy they represent me and my old hood too! Now once you leave, your ghetto pass is always good but you might not want to use it once the landscape changes. So the young "Athletes and Rappers" allow me to take a virtual tour as well. Mad love to the next generation of Athletes and Rappers on the come up!
Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
Being from the ghetto is the best place in the world to be FROM. Key word here is "from". If you can survive there you can survive anywhere. Athletes and Rappers give those that are interested, a glimpse into a world that many find intriguing without having to visit. Yeah they're the same dude and I'm happy they represent me and my old hood too! Now once you leave, your ghetto pass is always good but you might not want to use it once the landscape changes. So the young "Athletes and Rappers" allow me to take a virtual tour as well. Mad love to the next generation of Athletes and Rappers on the come up!
Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
Follow me on Twitter: @jaygravesreport
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