are there any artists that don't put on a persona?

frank zappa seems pretty genuine to me

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Vince Staples

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Noel Gallagher

This is the primary appeal of outsider music i.e. Daniel Johnston, Wesley Willis, etc.

Continuation: are there any artists that come of as edgy and hardcore without it being an active thing they are pushing?

You are, like, putting on a persona right now.

Ziggy Stardust

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Cockney Rejects, maybe. They genuinely seem rough as arseholes without it seeming showy or anything.

Kanye

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