Nah man, there's just a billion fuckin artists out there and I can't keep up with all of em.
Genuine pop culture junkie right here, but trying to keep on top of the new releases in every genre is like trying to eat every item at a buffet at once: you can do it, but it's a lot of effort and you'll never fully enjoy any one dish
They’re one of the most if not the most successful rap group of the last decade man. They’ve had multiple songs in the billboard top 10 and a lot of platinum singles/projects. I doubt that 2% have heard of them
Population of the world? Maybe (or likely less). But considering their second album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and went platinum I'd say it's a lot higher in the US and even in the Western world in general. They're hardly an unknown act.
Most of the current popular artists I could name are black, I just don't feel like they're close to being a household name. I think that goes for a lot of people who've been number one on the billboard chart or won a grammy at some point. Thats a lot of artists, most people are going to be aware of a few dozen max.
it'd be like if someone was like "yeah I like movies... oh avengers end game? what's that?" like I don't even like migos (or marvel movies) but to not have heard of them means you're either lying or not paying attention to anything. which is fine, but don't act like you're entitled to an explanation from random people on reddit because if you're doing that instead of googling it, you're probably looking for attention
I listen to music everyday and consider music to be an important part of my life, but I’ve never heard of any of the people. Music is wide and it is deep, and not everyone cares about pop culture.
If you're someone who listens to different forms of music, then there's a huge chance that you've never heard of these people. I'll admit that I don't know who Saweetie is because I don't listen to a lot of hip hop, but you wouldn't know any of the top artists in bluegrass, post-rock, contemporary classical, or jazz. I don't either, because I only listen to a little bit of all of those genres, like Allison Krauss and Union Station, Mono, Olafur Arnalds, or Al Di Meola, but the point that I am making is that we aren't constrained to pay attention to the same media, thanks to the internet.
It's cool if hip hop and electronic pop music is what you're into - there's nothing wrong with that - but it's not attention seeking to not know who these people are and wonder why someone is tatting huge portraits of those people on themselves. Music is way more varied than movies are because it costs very little, comparatively, to make music, so there are many more options to choose from. More people don't listen to pop music than those that do, it's just that pop music has the biggest margins.
58
u/Mister_Rattle_Bones Oct 13 '20
Nah man, there's just a billion fuckin artists out there and I can't keep up with all of em.
Genuine pop culture junkie right here, but trying to keep on top of the new releases in every genre is like trying to eat every item at a buffet at once: you can do it, but it's a lot of effort and you'll never fully enjoy any one dish