Why do people think there can't be "fake" Hip Hop?

ummm hell yeah there can be fake rappers. Would you say that Kevin Federline is "real" Hip Hop? What about Vanilla Ice? Or even worse, Tila Tequila? If you think for one minute that they should fall under the Hip Hop umbrella, than you're crazy. YES- there are fake rappers out there who don't know shiz about Hip Hop culture, history, genre, technique, skill and call themselves Hip Hop.

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fake rappers isnt the same thing a fake rapper can be someone who lies on records about what they do but for these people to still want to rap doest make them fake it just makes them different to what ur expecting from a hip hop artist but it doesnt mean they're fake and to not know means u wish to be educated and just because their music dont appeal to u dont mean they dont know anything about the skill technique culture or history they're just doing something they love/like to do isnt that what hip hop is about self expression thats just the way they choose to express themselves

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"all them cats u named was wack"- and wack don't equal fake
I agree. Let's use Vanilla Ice for example. He lied and said he was "from the streets" and acted as though he was "down", come to find out he was from the Suburbs and knew nothing about the Hip Hop culture. That, in addition, to his exaggeration of the black culture, they he talked, walked, used slang, even the way he wore his hair. It was all fake yo! That makes him a fake rapper and his music fake Hip Hop. Straight up. K-Fed ain feelin Hip Hop. He just woke up one morning bored and decided he gone put out a CD and of course he had the financial backing from Britney.. haha.

I think by TODAY'S standards, anything goes. That's why ppl ain trippin over K-Fed and if Paris Hilton wanna put out a rap CD, noboday trips because today's standards are so freakin low. Vanilla Ice and others of the same, got straight backlashed against back in the early 90's. Vanilla Ice was a joke back then. Why? Because being a good lyricist and good skill was mandatory back then.

And I agree lyin should fall under fake too, BUT you gotta understand sometimes peeps don't necessarily be lyin, but they tell "stories" inspired by the hood. If they really did cap somebody out, they would be fool to "admit" it to the public, don't you think?
It is because Hip Hop is Hip Hop. Theyre is bad Hip Hop but it is still Hip Hop nonetheless.
I agree! Everyone can classify it however they want, but I know the difference between what's real and what's not. If they want to include K-Fed and others like him as Hip Hop, fine. But I don't and will never consider Hip POP artists as Hip Hop. Yes, that goes for 50 cent, Soulja Boy etc... so it has nothing to do with race.

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lol..Hip Hop is Hip Hop. i dont know Kevin Federline or Tila Tequila personally, so i dont know what they do or dont know about the "hip hop culture", history, genre, or any of that other shyt u talkin about
all them cats u named was wack they one hit wonders, pop rap or wat eva u wanna call it, like tha boul before me said fake rap could just be a ***** lyin on his tracks just like 50 cent, like how u cappin cats still if u live in a million dolla manison