Who Is Underground Hip Hop?
For simplicity’s sake we’ve created three (rough) categories for underground hip hop artists. Keep in mind that being classified into one of these categories is not necessarily permanent. 1) Rappers who have found their niche and are satisfied. It is rare to find a rapper who will admit to being satisfied with being underground, but many have learned to be just that. Many make a very decent living from their craft and are pretty much content to be where theyre at, not sweating making it big. To be fair, these rappers know that they have achieved a level of success that many aspiring rappers never achieve at all. To these underground artists it is many times more satisfying and even sometimes more profitable, to cut out middle-men and keep a larger percentage of their revenue from sales, albeit from a smaller market. 2) Rappers who want to “blow-up” but dont want to (or cant) change their style to adapt to a mainstream audience. A lot of times rappers in this situation want to make it o
