Paul Wall's Open Secret (he's white!)
hogginthefogg
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It occurred to me that Paul Wall's whiteness seems to be a complete non-issue. Granted, he's not all over MTV yet, but he's all over BET and no one's referenced it, to my knowledge. Unlike every other white rapper in the history of the world, I've never heard him reference it in his own songs (i.e., "Even though I'm white...."). Is the the first white rapper whose race is a non-issue? If so, that's pretty amazing. I can't think of a single white rapper whose race hasn't been referenced (usually by themselves--see Eminem's countless references to being a white boy). It's most likely because Paul talks about the same shit everyone in that scene talks about: rims, rides, drank, 5% tint, boppers, plex, grippin' grain, etc. DISCUSS.DISCLAIMER:[/b] I haven't listened to everything that Paul Wall has put out, only the singles, Chick Magnet, and Get Ya Mind Correct. I also don't have all his lyrics memorized, so please tell me if I'm wrong.
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Wit' Mike Jones and Chingo
Wit' hoes I mingle
My trunk pop like Pringles
I know I wasn't convinced until I heard him boast that he had the internet going nuts.
does this mean if my parents are hillbillies then i am black?
Nah, it doesn't mean anything. I just find the "I'm not white, I'm [Irish/Italian/Polish/French/whatever]" excuse kinda funny, but I don't know anything about Paul Wall except that he's from the South, so I had to use "Southern."
Wow, I suddenly miss Archaic.
Yeah, I'm a big fan of that, too.
I remember somebody on another board saying of the Jamiroquoi (sp?) guy, "He's not white--his mother is Spanish."
So he's biracial?
Bi-Spacial.
Um...what it do?
You have to admit: that would be worse.
PS Who?
I don't know what's wacker him or the fact that he is sporting a shirt with a picture of himself on the front...
Paul Wall is a great look
Paul Wall's shirt is a great look
Paul Wall could get boppas even if he looked like you
I would agree with you, if only there weren't proof to the contrary in this very thread:
If you come wit' plex
It ain't gon' be Funplex
so is hip hop officially gentrified?
When Lyor first came over to WMG, he met with T.I. and said something to the effect of "We gotta got that southern white boy over here."
T.I. responded "Li'l Whyte?"
Lyor said, no, I mean the one from Swishahouse.
T.I. then allowed as how Paul was a "personal potna" of his, but later confessed to Paul, "I had forgotten you was white"
Word, shit goes for the rest of Swishahouse as far as im concerned.
Paul Wall is dope. And his race isnt an issue. He rarely speaks on it, pretty much only when asked, and his answers are straigt up, this is how it is take it or leave it type shit.
Im a fan.
PS That shirt is hard. I want to sport a shirt with a pic of myself sporting a shirt with a pic of myself. He got jerseys that got him on it as well.
i read some interview with him where he talked about this. he said when he was coming up most people assumed he was of some sort of mixed-hispanic decent.
2). He doesn't sound like too much like a white dude
3). He's actually pretty fucking dope, maybe the dopest "white rapper" I've ever heard, aside from that time Reynaldo kicked a freestyle
4). I think people are to fixated with his "Southerness" and "who-the-fuck-are-all-these-other-dudes-with-him" that they forget to be fixated on his whiteness.
5). HE'S THE PEOPLE CHAMP!
You know, as a white guy who often gets "you don't look white", I gotta say.
Paul Wall looks white.
Come on you a maxican does he look maxican to you???
15 Bus, Sunnydale. Origin: Samoans. Walk to the back of the bus. Sit down by me and my boys. They turn to us and go, "ain't none a yall maxican?" We say, "no". They say, "good."
Maxicans man.
In their raps when they reference each other they don't use racial diminutives (e.g., "my lil' white ass nigga paul wall " . I think it is a southern thing - a bit more laid back when it comes to speaking out on racial differences.
plus when the green starts flowing - it is the only color that matters.
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