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Gene Grey

Gene Grey

@sapphireskyys.bsky.social

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📍 The White Hot Room Taurus ♉️ Just talking to myself fr but feel free to add your 2 cents if you want! I think I’m pretty cool 😁 Unapologetically Black 🤎✊🏽 Gay 🏳️‍🌈 and a CatDad 😻 MD IG: sapphireskyys

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Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 10h

I’m not surprised by Nicki’s tweet. The rich are always gonna choose money.

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 11h

If DMX came out today, his music would just be instrumental if he didn’t record an edited version of his music 😂😂😂

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 11h

So by highschool, understand and hearing the real lyrics was like a whole different song lol

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 11h

I was a kid back then so I couldnt really understand rap as much bc in those days they actually made clean versions of songs, not just censoring words.

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 11h

Biggie was a terrible person fr. He had no choice but to get famous. Cuz how you ugly af inside AND outside????

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 12h

And a lot of them share the common themes of, either they were romantically involved with a peer or didn’t have the freedom/support their male peers had

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 12h

And love & hiphop just exposes live how the industry preys on women. A lot of them have shared stories over the years of what happened after their hit song or debut album.

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 12h

I feel like Da Brat deserved more, but she couldn’t be herself. But they made us like these female rappers over the yrs that they never had the intention of making successful

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 12h

Missy was able to succeed without Timbaland, but I feel like her run started to slow when the industry tried to make her conform to pop culture. Conveniently around the time Timbaland did 🙃🤷🏾‍♂️

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 12h

Biggie had Kim, Jay had Foxy and Amil, Busta had Rah, Ja had Vita, Wayne had Nicki, three 6 mafia had La chat, the fugees, trick and trina.

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 12h

The conversation needs to happen about how female rap has relied on the endorsement of men all these years. Bc “sex sells”, mainstream rappers since the 90s always had to get a female rapper on their team or some kind of eye candy. Then they eventually faded away 🤷🏾‍♂️

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 12h

Notice thru rap history, female rappers started out a lil more masc and aggressive. Then Salt n Pepa came a lil softer and gave some appeal to help with mainstream

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 13h

Straight men never truly supported female rappers fr 🤷🏾‍♂️ only for their benefit. They show respect when it’s due, but female rappers success has always been tied to men’s standards

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 13h

Hiphop will always be sexist. So these podcasts and convos I can’t take serious anymore when they complain about an industry they shaped

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 13h

“Pussy rap” is just another concept made up by men to to minimize women per usual. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 14h

He basically making kid-friendly lean from what I see 🤷🏾‍♂️ which is basically just promoting the real thing

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 14h

A lean flavored soda to help ppl fight the addiction 😕

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 14h

So many accidents happen on my street. When I hear tires screech I can tell when it’s a gonna be a collision or just a red light now lol

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 14h

Andy be having these housewives drunk like college girls. Somebody always gets sick on the trips lol

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 14h

Wendy drank too much that ain’t no flu. That’s why they made her ass get back off that bus 🤣🤣😂😂

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 14h

Atp the girls are pretty much scared to talk to her lol they don’t know who they gonna get

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 14h

Angel is moody af. I wonder if she’s dealing with post partum. She contradicts herself constantly

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 19h

I think I still gotta adjust to all this walking

Gene Grey @sapphireskyys.bsky.social · 19h

My back is hurting today. I can’t wait to get off

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Toya 😘 @tvlover01.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣 I watched this 100 times.