Rappers and emcees often represent where they started from the bottom but sometimes, where they’re from isn’t where they were born.
Complex recently scoped out 19 Hip Hop artists who are native to different places than they represent in their rhymes. Some listed are actually quite far from where they rep while others just happen to be born in a different part of a big city.
Some of the more notable ones stem from the West Coast. The D.O.C. and Kurupt, both of which helped hold down California for years, are actually from Houston and Philadelphia respectively–cities with very different rap cultures. And of course, if you weren’t already aware of the fact Tupac was actually from Manhattan and not Los Angeles.
As far as newer rappers are concerned, Wiz Khalifa and his “Black and Yellow” identity was actually birthed in Minot, North Dakota. French Montana isn’t from The Bronx, but rather Rabat, Morocco (hence the “French” part of his rap alias). And Gunplay is from El Paso, Texas, not Miami.
Below are a few more notables creating surprise that made the list:
Waka Flocka Flame: Atlanta Queens, New York
Eminem: Detroit St. Joseph, Missouri
Nelly: St. Louis Austin, Texas
Ludacris: Atlanta Champaign, Illinois
No Malice: Virginia Beach The Bronx, New York
Watch a full video recap below:
JUST BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T BORN THERE DOESN’T MEAN THEY DIDN’T GROW UP THERE YOU STUPID FUCKS! AND SWITCH TO DISQUS YA’LL LATE AS FUCK WIT THAT ONE!
U mad tho?
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Don’t forget Kanye. Even though he reps Chicago, he was born in Atlanta.
whats the point if u were born in a city and move out at a young age like no malice and pretty much every rapper on this list
Exactly.. And a lot of them are proud and even rap about where their born like Kurupt & Big Boi
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nature v nurture
Chamillionaire is from Washington DC, not Houston.
Too $hort is from South Central, not Oakland.
Stic.Man (Dead Prez) is from Florida, not NY.
(just a few off the top of my head)
LOL, Eminem is a FRAUD.
No he isn’t. He grew up in Detroit, he just wasn’t born there.
He grew up in Warren Mi actually. Not actually Detroit but close.
Tupac claimed Oakland, not Los Angeles. He just had love for LA cuz that’s where he moved after he became famous. The reason Pac banged the west coast is because he learned the game in Oakland.
Cube reps Compton but he’s Baldwin
Also Canibus, Cole & Schoolboy Q are Germans
speaking of germans.. add mgk onto that list.
Canibus is Jamaican, not German
r2die speaks the truth
“no i wasn’t born in it but best believe imma die right here” – MGK on Cleveland…
Azizi Gibson – grew up around asia. reppin cali now i think.
I heard on the track with Dillon Cooper -Eyes of the World. He repped Thai Land
Interesting
I was born in the uk but now live in BK
you should be in africa. take your hybridized dna with you
most of the big rappers on that list (tupac, eminem etc) were GROOMED by the industry JUST THE SAME AS THE BACKSTREET BOYS with FAKE BIOS. you can CATCH EMINEM LYING ABOUT HIS AGE ON HOWARD STERN SHOW. TUPAC GOING TO PRISON WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT THAT WORKED. HAIIAN JACK WAS AN INFLUENCAL HOLLYWOOD PUBLICIST. can’t belive you suckers havent peepped game for real
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Slick Rick people
Its not where you from its where you at !
Jeezy. Columbia South Carolina not the A town