Charlamagne Tha God has often found himself in hot water with the biggest artists in the world. Kanye West, Migos, Birdman and Drake have all had problems with The Breakfast Club host at one point in time.
The internet has amplified the voice of media personalities and given them the power to shape the narratives of artists careers, but how much influence does the media have over what we listen to and what we think about on a daily basis?
In this episode of HipHopDX’s The Breakdown, host Page Kennedy explores how much of an influence the media has on the way fans consume music and the opinions we hold about our favorite artists. We also look at whether you can be successful as an artist in 2019 without the support of the mainstream media.
Furthermore, we examine the effect of media personalities such as Charlamagne, Ebro, Joe Budden, DJ Akademiks and more to discuss how they’ve influenced certain narratives in Hip Hop over the past few years.
Watch From Charlamagne To Joe Budden, How Media Influences Hip Hop above.
And as always, check out previous episodes of the series on DX’s YouTube channel.
The media and record labels have gotten together and made promotion more important than talent. Nowadays any artist who gets the right promotion and exposure will do well.
Well said, that’s all what it is about nowadays; hype.
Charlamagne is Gay—lets talk some real shit Cuh!!
Ebro is the worst. Ctgagod and joe budden have their moments but are alot more likable
I don’t respect any of those clowns. Rappers used to battle with rhymes now they just blog post memes on Instagram. It’s pathetic.
need good ones. budden is a shrill just looking to cash in, Charlamagne is just a rapist, Akademiks is just corny and ebro tries way to hard to be edgy
Ummm.. since we all know who owns all the media, i find it deeply antisemitic to claim media has influence over something. That’s just a antisemitic conspiracy theory. Media never has any hidden agenda and they never lie or try to manipulate the masses, for example justify bombing middle-east for false claims of wmd’s or a country’s legal leader gassing his own people etc. Also media is always unbiased and truthful, remember if you claim otherwise you are antisemite because they own all the media.
I see you troll!
Yes, we are very aware of how the media controls people’s perception on a product, medium, or person. However, I don’t think you can give much credit to Charlemagne and Joe Budden. They do influence hip hop culture but they don’t dictate the taste hip hop audience have. If that was the case, the people you just mention in your article would be having a bad time and last time I check, Drake and others were doing just fine in their genre.
I will say this, I wish they had more influence over audience’s taste because I actually like their taste in music but the audience choose what they like, no more can a rapper say that the media is holding him down, get you a sound cloud account and build your audience, the money will come regardless of how your talent is perceived. In the case of some rappers, the lack their of, just sayin.
Stay Golden,
Misborn
Charlamagne is out of touch with the music tho. He thought Gibbs last project was piñata