Why is hip-hop represented by corporate whores who know nothing of the culture?

sub-question-how do these so called "artists" get away with representing everything contrary to hip-hop idealism i.e. wearing diamonds,supporting child labor on a monumental level by owning thousands of pairs of sneakers,and doing ****** coke commercials and ****?is everything about money and aesthetic appearence to everyone nowadays?

bonus question-how many people in Funky 4?

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Bingo! You said it....Money. That's why they call it the "music INDUSTRY," or "music BUSINESS"

Funky 4 is 4+1

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Hip hop and rap died with biggie and tupac, and so did the ideals therein.
listen its a fantasy world now, we all know. nobody cares. we dont listen to 70's music anymore, well i never did. as we get older we like new things
yes, it is all about money...back in the day, hip hop was about expressing how you feel, and it usually was some kind of shitty urban living situation. Then there became a market for rap and a bunch of rappers got rich. Then all the other aspiring hip hop artists saw how the old school fellas changed their situation...and said I want to be like that, so its all become about getting the phattest sneaks and biggest diamonds.
i think you're talking about rap stars...true hip-hop ARTISTS represent meaningful things.
The same thing is going on with punk rock. All of these so called "punk" bands don't know anything about real punk rock. I bet most of them have never heard of Johnny Thunders, GG Allen, or Wayne Kramer.

To answer your question, the problem is that the consumers don't care about ideals. They care about what is cool, and so, the labels look for musicians/rappers/people that they feel can convey that look, so they can sell more music. These people are more like spokesmodels than they are artists.

Oh yeah, there were 5 people in Funky 4.
Is it because you hate it every time a black person becomes more and more succesful everyday. You just have to accept that they are better than you