White mumble rapper4/27/2023 ![]() ![]() You just thought I was some ignorant Black kid, you know?” What does that mean? Because then again, it creates the stigma in your mind. Tyronne Hill, known by his stage name Kid Bookie, who’s released tracks with Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Kamiyada+, and Tech N9ne, explained to us his experience being embraced by the rock world when he first dropped ‘Stuck In My Ways Ft Corey Taylor.’ “ Slipknot is such a big name in just the world of music” he says “I think instantly perceptions created that I’m a mumble rapper. So why aren’t they the messiahs of new-wave alternative music when they’ve clearly got the commercial success and notoriety to back it up? Their aesthetics and lyrics encompass the depressing notes of emo, while the raucous, distorted beats emulate grating metal guitars. But both have cited inspirations of well-known rock and metal bands like Escape the Fate, Panic! At the Disco, Killswitch Engage, or Nirvana, Slipknot, and Tool. Take for example, artists like Juice Wrld or Kamiyada+, who are first and foremost considered rap or trap: it’s less common to hear them on alternative radio stations, or seen in alternative magazines, music categories, or playlists. You could argue that this is a subconscious result of systematic racism that’s trickled into the nooks and crannies of our very existence and thought: the first step is becoming aware of it. Racism isn’t always the barbaric screaming and violence you see online: it’s the quiet but violent aggressions of crossing the street only when you see a Black man or only liking Black art when it’s commercialised by white artists. So, that's when he got Elvis and he got Jerry Lee Lewis and a bunch of other guys and so they named it rock and roll rather than R&B.” In an interview Ike Turner had with Holger Peterson on the success of his song 'Rocket 88' and the subsequent rise of Elvis Presley, he said: “ so that's when Sam Phillips got the idea, 'Well, man, if I get me a white boy to sound like a black boy, then I got me a gold mine', which is the truth. Unfortunately, old habits die hard, and in the true nature of this scene, when we peel back the layers of criticisms and eyeball the mentality of gatekeepers, we’re left with an underbelly of racism that discredits Black artists for sounding “too urban”, but uplifting white artists who fit the alternative look: one that’s perpetuated in whiteness. Though slow-coming, the embrace of emo rap and trap metal is arriving – just not as we expect it. Gaining legitimacy and respect from music critics has been an uphill battle: some would rather relegate these intricate genre-blends to nothing short of “mumble rapping” or “screaming over a trap beat”, completely ignoring the chart-topping, global successes of artists like Lil Uzi, Juice Wrld, Lil Peep, Scarlxrd, and Ghostemane, all artists who have helped the commercialisation of rock and metal music.and created new genres themselves. ![]() ‘Emo Rap’ and ‘Trap Metal’ have become rock and heavy music's buzzwords.and it’s never been easier to rile up online trolls by saying your favourite rock artist is Juice Wrld.
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