New York's live rap scene was kept separate and treated differently from other genres for too long, but newer Brooklyn venues like Elsewhere and Baby's All Right are trying to change that.
in 2022, and who has witnessed the police presence at rap shows in the tri-state area for years — puts it: “I’ve seen the vibe and the energy they bring. It’s definitely bullshit.”
So what changed? In part, streaming has leveled access to music and arguably broken down some of the barriers that once existed between genres and their audiences. “The new world of virality deciding what makes things popular has allowed people to have broader tastes, independent of background and context,” Todd P argues.
Rap has shifted as well. Going back to the beginning of the 2010s, a new generation of rap stars like Lil B and Odd Future on the West Coast, and the A$AP Mob here in New York, embraced postmodern rules in terms of style, influence, and non-traditional fanbases. Suddenly, your rap show isn’t lit unless the crowd has. It’s become harder to easily discern a rap crowd from an indie crowd. That multi-ethnic group of twenty-somethings in foamposites with Telfar bags and ALD Yankee fitteds? They could be headed to see YoungBoy Never Broke Again just as easily as they could be off to see Soccer Mommy or even Harry Styles.
Today, in a culture more cognizant of equity, venues do less gatekeeping and more collaborating. “A big theme of Elsewhere was that we are going to try to find younger people who are making real waves in real movements in a passionate and authentic way in New York, so we can give them a good shot at platforming what they’re doing and helping their community grow,” Rosenthal says.
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