White rappers tend to catch a lot of flak in the game. We all watched as Eminem was laughed at by Lord Jamar during the ever-popular "King of Hip-Hop" debate, and Slim Jesus is constantly berated for his lackluster lyrics and not living the life he raps about. Mac Miller says it is difficult being a White emcee, but for entirely different reasons. "Six thousand kids, and I'm the first hip-hop show because I'm white-college-friendly. That was always a demon for me," he tells his fellow rap artist, Vince Staples, for The Fader.
During the cross-interview with his good friend about White artists in hip-hop, Mac Miller recalls the times where White privilege benefited him, although it was never what he wanted. "And it's funny because, when [my 2011 album] Blue Slide Park happened, there was a surge of all these kids, and we were able to sell 10,000 units on iTunes just out of nowhere. I remember touring and doing shows, and I was the first rap show ever in all these colleges," Mac recalls.
"It was hard to sit here and know that, because I was a White dude, I was able to sell easier and be more marketable," he continued. "That wasn't tight to me. I wanted to go through the same s*** that everyone else did. But I did that s***, and that s*** was huge for me....It used to be so difficult for me being a white rapper, but now, it doesn't eat at me as much."
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Source: The FADER
