Like, seriously, why? Are they allergic to have their own brand or something?

  • @ExfilBravo
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    It’s a continuation of street names. Those were names for people on the block. “oh him? that’s lil turk”. Just made its way to the rap game.

    • @[email protected]
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      1110 months ago

      Is there still some that use it because all the others did? Copycat style just to fit in and feel legit to unknowing listeners?

      • @AgentGrimstone
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        10 months ago

        That’s what I was assuming. “Lil” isn’t new but the mumble/emo/soundcloud rap generation spawned a whole bunch of them.

  • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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    3010 months ago

    Cause Biggie got shot when he was 24 and they’re nothing compared to him

  • @dangblingus
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    1810 months ago

    A lack of creativity or an ironic statement about other rappers’ lack of creativity.

  • Captain Poofter
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    1510 months ago

    I always figured it was sort of like how everything had a lowercase “i” in front of the name after the iPods first came out

      • Captain Poofter
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        610 months ago

        I am aware, but it wasn’t until the iPod where generic and third party brands starting hopping on the bandwagon. You saw “i” in front of things for a solid decade after the ipod came out, not so much in recent years though

  • Uncle
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    910 months ago

    i assume causes they dont have their bigboy rapper pants on just yet. they leave it open to drop the ‘lil’ once they make it big and rebrand.

    Rap is my preferred genre of music, and im just shooting in the dark here.

  • @Tronn4
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    -910 months ago

    It’s the size of their penisus