business and seen as a “way
out” ... I contend that most
of the EARLY guys doing
HipHop here - the 2 Face the
Dons, the Section 8 Mobs, the
Stinky Dinks, Tony Blunts,
Nitti & Gottis, Circle Boys,
Maximum Xposure, etc were all doing it outta love...
and there was a bit of community that was associated with
the DMV scenes. It was quite
divided back then as well...
the streets cats aint fuck wit
the artsy fartsy cats... rarely
would you see the streets cats
at the U street open mics.. and
u damn sure aint see the artsy
cats at the hood open mics...
( a welcome change that i
think shows the growth of our
movement) .... It simply just
wasn’t cool to be rappin from
DC...
But shyt done changed! And
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