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Rappers that rep cities they arent originally from

SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
edited April 2006 in Strut Central
It seems a lot of rappers rep certain places a little too hard for just moving there X amount of years ago. Who can you think of that either reps/claims a city that they arent originally from OR gets mistaken for being from somewhere other than their original hometown. I know there are probably lots..who do you think of?Ludacris (Chi,Atl)2pac (NYC,LA)Bushwick Bill (NYC,Hou)Da Brat (isnt she from Chicago orignally?, Atl)Xzibit (Detroit,New Mexico,LA)Gangstarr (Texas & Boston,NYC) ...and many more that are slipping my mind...
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  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
    Clipse (NY,Va right?)
    Dead Prez (isnt one of the dudes from Florida?)
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    Slick Rick - (UK,NYc)
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts





    (but I ain't mad at him).
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    Some people move to new areas and get involved with local scenes. They may meet a girl/guy, have a family, be involved in the community, and live there for years. Sometimes they relate to their new home more then their last. I don't have a problem with that.

    Shock G (NY?, Oakland)
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts





    (but I ain't mad at him).

    Damn, they got him in a wax museum?!
  • theory9theory9 1,128 Posts
    Too $hort (LA, Oak)
  • jazzercismjazzercism 838 Posts
    Digable Planets (Brooklyn, but I think they're from DC)
  • DustbusterDustbuster 278 Posts
    Redman (Alabama-NJ-NY)
    I think it's Alabama. Might be another state.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Digable Planets (Brooklyn, but I think they're from DC)

    I think only Ladybug is from Silver Spring, MD
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Common Brooklyn or Chi-town?



  • Double_BDouble_B 169 Posts
    Guru's talked about the fact that he's from Boston but now he reps Brooklyn because he lives there and likes it etc..
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,475 Posts


    Claimin' Brooklyn when he's from pistol-wavin' New Haven.
  • aegisaegis 261 Posts
    Common Brooklyn or Chi-town?




    This pic has "not a good look" graemlin written all over it.
  • BaptBapt 2,503 Posts
    Some people move to new areas and get involved with local scenes. They may meet a girl/guy, have a family, be involved in the community, and live there for years. Sometimes they relate to their new home more then their last. I don't have a problem with that.

    Shock G (NY?, Oakland)
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    2 Live Crew (LA, Miami)
    DOC (Dallas, LA)
    Vanilla Ice (Dallas, Miami)
    Papa Chuk (Austin, Houston)
    Tash (Ohio, LA)
    PEACE (Dallas, LA)
    Zion I (San Antonio & Atlanta, Oakland)
    Crown City Rockers (Boston, Oakland)
    Anticon (the River Styx, Oakland)
    Saafir (Fresno, West Oakland)
    Hieroglyphics (Grass Valley, East Oakland)
    Nelly (St. Louis, Austin)
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
    Some people move to new areas and get involved with local scenes. They may meet a girl/guy, have a family, be involved in the community, and live there for years. Sometimes they relate to their new home more then their last. I don't have a problem with that.

    I agree..it's just interesting to see where some people are actually from.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,475 Posts
    Crown City Rockers (Boston, Oakland)

    And Raashan Ahmad is from LA.

    Anticon (the River Styx, Oakland)

    ZING!
  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Here's one:

    Dres (Queens/North Carolina). Cat went to E.E. Smith High School in North Carolina and used to do shows at the Skate Ranch in Sanford, NC (i.e., the sticks).

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak
  • schnipperschnipper 528 Posts
    WHAT A BUNCH OF INAUTHENTIC CARPETBAGGERS
  • shilzzzshilzzz 5 Posts
    Domino(Stl, Long Beach)
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
    Here's one:

    Dres (Queens/North Carolina). Cat went to E.E. Smith High School in North Carolina and used to shows at the Skate Ranch in Sanford, NC (i.e., the sticks).

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

    No shit?? I had no idea he was a fellow Carolinian.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Will Smith (Philadelphia/Bel Air)
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Clipse (NY,Va right?)

    Clipse are originally from NY???
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts

    Hieroglyphics (Grass Valley, East Oakland)

    I dunno, all of them?
  • DJAckDJAck 255 Posts
    isn't one of the Mobb Deep dudes actually from long island?
  • Insulin1200Insulin1200 396 Posts
    Wu (Brooklyn/Staten Island)
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts

    If I remember correctly, they are from the Bronx..and moved to Va when they were still young.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    At what age/time limit does someone have to stop signifying for a city?
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts

    Bushwick Bill (NYC,Hou)

    Bushwick Bill is originally from Jamaica, WI.
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