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Akon is from Newark, and he's one of the biggest rap artists around. He doesn't hide the fact that he's from Jersey at all. And FWIW, as much as Jay-Z tries to be "I'm so Brooklyn" in all his songs, he spent a lot of his time growing up in New Jersey and actually went to Trenton Central HS before he was kicked out and started hustling.
Akon isn't from Newark. He's from St. Louis and he used to live in Irvington, not Newark. And yeah, Jay used to live in Trenton. Don't know about the story surrounding that.
You ever listened to Lady Luck? In my opinion she's the best recent rapper out of Jersey (male or female). Personally she's one of my favorite rappers.
why is NO ONE talking about Joe Budden reppin Jersey, and Jersey City??
he's dropped 3 albums in the last 18 months. sorely underrated. check him on youtube.
Wow. There's a blast from the 2003 past. Haven't heard anything from Joe Budden since Pump It Up. Didn't even know he was still performing. I guess just none of his songs have caught on. He's gotta collaborate with someone and get back into popularity.
Akon isn't from Newark. He's from St. Louis and he used to live in Irvington, not Newark. And yeah, Jay used to live in Trenton. Don't know about the story surrounding that.
From what I read once, he moved to Trenton when the high school he was going to in Brooklyn shut down or something like that. In one of his songs he mentions "Trenton raised me" or something to that effect. I'm sure for publicity and image's sake, it's a lot better to rep Brooklyn than Trenton, though. He jumped on the post-B.I.G. bandwagon.
Wow. There's a blast from the 2003 past. Haven't heard anything from Joe Budden since Pump It Up. Didn't even know he was still performing. I guess just none of his songs have caught on. He's gotta collaborate with someone and get back into popularity.
he's working with rap group slaughterhouse
royce da 5'9 , crooked i, n joell ortiz..
i suggest u pick it up and give it a listen... this aint no pump it up music lol
lol besides JayZ? What happend was HIM that bucktooth ape hoarding hot 97. We have Jayz lil wayne, akon is from jersey this is ur so called rap today. If u want the real scene go to a highschool early in the morning or browse myspace.
Please explain this further. I do not understand what this means.
why is NO ONE talking about Joe Budden reppin Jersey, and Jersey City??
he's dropped 3 albums in the last 18 months. sorely underrated. check him on youtube.
And Akon lived in Jersey City too....
other then that tho... NJ today is pretty quiet ... Joe Budden is about it, no one else even creates a buzz.
Wow....it took until almost the third page of this thread before someone mentioned Joe Budden. He is definitely nice. Redman is the greatest from Jersey, though.
Although most rappers weren't born or raised in Jersey, the truth is that once their rap careers blew up, the majority of them moved out of the NY boroughs in a heartbeat and have lived in Jersey ever since.
Rappers from NY who moved to Jersey once they became famous:
Fabolous, Camron, Fat Joe, Jay-Z, Lil Kim
The list goes on and on.
Same with a good number of the Yankees players:
C.C. Sabathia, Melky Cabrera, Jose Molina, Robinson Cano, etc.
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Lady Luck
I do not understand.
