6/13/2023 0 Comments Starlito mixtapesThe grand intersection of rap and pop has made a conversational awareness of the former something of a necessity, which is a great victory for critics and a great loss for artists. ![]() There’s a lot of talk about gentrification on Hot Chicken, most directly in what could be the album’s mantra: “They’re trying to gentrify rap.” It’s true. As much as we pay lip service to rap’s supposed post-regionalism, there remain formidable, if archaic, barriers to nationwide stardom (how New York rap radio managed to outlive New York rap, I’ll never know). ![]() The Mid-South is the last bastion of truly regional rap superstardom perhaps its native sons feel the need to leave their mark upon the city, or perhaps the city leaves it mark upon them. ![]() ![]() Not that Starlito’s going anywhere - as far as I’m concerned, he’s achieved a statuesque permanence in the city’s landscape.
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