Why do rappers pretend to be hardcore gangsters?

Didn't 50 Cent film himself waiting outside of DJ Khaled's mom's workplace when they were having a beef? I don't know if he's a gangster per se but I still wouldn't want to be on the guy's bad side.

imagine getting shot 9 times and having someone call you fake lol

>>74012765
This

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Why do rappers pretend to be super-villains?

>>74012795
>pretend

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There are many fake gangsters in rap but 50 really isn't one of them. He obviously isn't the major drug kingpin he claims to be in his records (no rapper is) but he was definitely a real street hustler who had a legit history of violence and drug dealing. Dj Whoo Kid did a long ass interview where he chronicled the rise of G-Unit from back when 50 Cent was just an unknown 300+lb goon who would ride around NYC in an old bullet hole ridden van with Yayo and Banks. It's a pretty great read. I could picture it being adapted into a whole HBO miniseries about the 90's/early 2000's NYC rap scene.

https://massappeal.com/dj-whoo-kid-50-cent-g-unit-stories/

>>74012875
>300+lb goon
pic clearly says 170

300 lbs is big even for wwe standards lol

>>74012903
Apparently, he lost a shitload of weight after getting shot in the face due to the all liquid diet he was on (at least this is what Whoo Kid claims)

>>74012720
t. ja rule

>>74012720
guy in your pic OP is what he says he is

>>74012765
motherfuckers from idaho

>>74012720
50 cent had beef with the supreme team ain't shit fake about his gangster

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Does all the fame later in a career make your Hardcore gangster status vanish?

>>74013695
Cube is a perfect example of someone who is not a gangster.

>>74013732
>>74013695
The only legit gangster in NWA was Eazy-E.

>>74013843
obviously

>>74013695
people reform themselves
become content can do a lot for your life
once you go through it though it's always there
it never leaves