From Kid Rock to Bubba Sparxxx: why white rappers walk the thin line between friend and fraud
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The white rapper narrative within hip-hop is a clunky one at best, leaving room for ambiguity with someone like Post Malone. Dubbed “the most streamed artist in the world”, the Texas-raised Malone is currently at No 1 in both the US and the UK with Rockstar. His success begs the question of where Malone’s race fits into his success story: his sound is an amalgam – southern trap meets classic rock – a theoretical black-meets-white hybrid that has allowed him to surpass the latest iteration of black rappers with a similar musical slant (Uzi Vert, XXXTentacion), often dismissed for not being true to hip-hop.
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