Why You Hate Nice Rappers

The rise of "nice rappers" has been one of hip-hop's most controversial shifts. But how did being "soft" go from career suicide to chart-topping success? From N.W.A.'s game-changing "Straight Outta Compton" to Drake's transformation from sensitive crooner to self-proclaimed "6 God," we're breaking down how hip-hop's bad boys gave way to a new generation of nice guys.
In this deep dive, we're exploring hip-hop's radical image makeover from an entirely new perspective. How did gangsta rap revolutionize the genre with albums like Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle"? How did 50 Cent become hip-hop's ultimate supervillain with "Get Rich or Die Tryin'? And how did Kanye West make being "nice" cool again with "The College Dropout" and "Late Registration"?
We're pulling back the curtain on rap history, revealing how the image of the "bad guy" dominated charts from Tupac's "All Eyez on Me" to Jay-Z's "Reasonable Doubt." You'll be shocked to learn how 50 Cent's reign as hip-hop's most formidable antagonist came crashing down in a legendary sales battle against Kanye West's "Graduation."
Get ready for the full, uncensored story of how Kanye West's success spawned a whole new generation of "nice guy" rappers. We're exploring why artists like J. Cole ("2014 Forest Hills Drive"), Chance the Rapper ("The Big Day"), and Logic ("Bobby Tarantino II") struggled to maintain their wholesome images in an industry that values toughness above all else.
As we dig deeper, we'll examine how Drake, once hip-hop's poster boy for vulnerability with "So Far Gone," completely reinvented his image with projects like "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" and "What a Time to Be Alive" to stay on top. We'll also touch on how this shift affected his relationships with artists like Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar, and even his former idol, Kanye West.
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[@Kun0gamng]

Ain’t no way people criticize nice celebs💀💀

[@marleyythebishop]

Unfortunately they do. The world is moving backwards

[@jhardi_official366]

When I chose to be a selfish asshole, nobody better tell me anything

[@gabrielmitchell9562]

Humans make no sense at all,They'll hate you for being an asshole and when you're nice

[@KiloCreates0_0]

Especially in hip hop. Goofy as hell

[@Kun0gamng]

@@jhardi_official366 That’s wild🤣

[@user-uj8ms3jm5n]

I prefer nice rappers... they represent the light in the culture.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Drake the biggest soft rapper in this generation

[@Thatonetagger-ci2gs]

He’s the biggest soft rapper ever

[@lamjoe529]

literally have u seen the leak?

[@nathanplays5514]

@@lamjoe529 LMAOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Infidelx]

Drake was never gangsta tho 😂

[@Uniquemrkrabs]

This is why white people don't listen to rap

[@Urmumlel7025]

I don't hate nice rappers at all. I just like a good beat and solid bars.

[@noclipp]

check out oddisee

[@jnaneshcs]

not being pessimistic, but young generation hardcore rappers are six feet under, softcore rappers are chilling with their childrens, cycling in newyork, hosting snl and totally living the dream they always wanted to live.

[@dario6463]

Facts. King Von goes hard but he would go harder if he was still alive yk

[@MegaNugget12]

Cole not soft, just smart

[@Nogoodusernamesavailable]

Hood n should be smart

[@lopezdube9043]

His both

[@KJango804]

yea now. but 1st 5 years he was soft ppl still call him that

[@OVORICK1]

J fold

[@xx_v_xx4373]

​@@OVORICK1I bet u came up with that all by yourself

[@pranawdhital]

anybody who hates Cole is a clown

[@brst828]

While MF DOOM might not be the biggest villain but he is the best villain

[@CarThanos]

he a mad villain

[@GameAflameYT]

Bro being nice doesn’t mean you suck, Logic and Cole are incredible

[@Aceburn5]

that's exactly what I'm saying

[@Theknightman-wg1dz]

I like nice rappers. It’s always good to spread positivity and get people to be nicer. I think we should completely ditch the fact that bad is cool, because it just makes douches a thing

[@WonkOfWonkyness]

Drake the type of guy to say: "No more mister nice guy! >:)"

[@indylush3814]

Damn this channel is so underrated. Great stuff as always bro 🫶🏻🔥

[@Robert214ification]

In other words, join a gang, or talk about gang related activity. Gotcha🤦🏾‍♂️😒

[@Noname-hw9bx]

The problem with Chance is he was pretending to be nice and he has shown himself to actually be an asshole.

[@infamouseli92]

Divorce him a year later damn 😂

[@GameAflameYT]

By this logic, Eminem is soft

[@StreetfighterU]

I think the issue with J Cole is that he doesn’t make anthems, like Ye does.

[@korontos9038]

ye is genuinely funny , jcole is corny asf when he tries to be funny

[@RoadtoLunchbox]

The issue with Cole is he claimed he wanted the smoke for years then folded.

[@winters3384]

man just gave up ​@@RoadtoLunchbox

[@MR12AMAZING]

@@korontos9038 Ye aint funny, he's just crazy.

[@korontos9038]

@@MR12AMAZING im talking about pre 2018 ye the college trilogy has some of the most funny shit ever

[@kazonikz]

Great video, I almost got distracted by the whistles in your speaking lol

[@D8OfficialMusic]

It’s crazy that Logic is called corny… He’s really just a nice guy who is super musically talented. I can’t see what people don’t like.

[@beeblefoxxl]

his whiteness

[@korontos9038]

racism

[@wydmatt7294]

bc he is corny, his obsession with being able to say the n word is corny, no matter how u look at it, his raps is decent tho

[@gbd-oq1rz]

@@wydmatt7294I mean he is a white looking light skin so it’s tough to be mixed in reality but look more than white more than anything

[@ninecity2455]

his biracialism

[@AQuuRious]

Logics Ultra 85 sold poorly as well because he didnt really promote it. He said he didnt want to cuz it was for the fans who stayed with him over the years and are waiting for a follow up of the incredible true story

[@derekcarter2645]

He's also independent now, those are actually great numbers for someone no longer in the main stream and isn't even under a label

[@Aceburn5]

As a J. Cole and Logic fan, you have been proven wrong

[@GameAflameYT]

So this is what the internet has come to

[@sqrl24]

Good video, you might want to change the way you do your captions in the future tho. Looks a lot like a certain orange and black website

[@CCXLINKS]

aNIta Max WYN 😩💅🙄

[@Xxxx-qt7uy]

Gayxaf

[@R4t_L0rd.02]

jcole said if he smokes a rapper it aint gon be for clout or fame and everyone now putting him in a category because he decided to not get involved in a beef with a p3do and kendrick which was a personal beef, jcole had nothing personal in the beef bro would devastate kendrick in rap beef if he actually felt a type of way about them, but kendrick and jcole are friends. like stop glazing kendrick this hard

[@Ozdestro]

Chance dropping another insane single not a day after this drops HAS to be a subliminal diss. 😭😂

[@elmiribrahimov3641]

This makes XXXTentacion, Lil Peep and Juice WRLD are soft and corny. I swear some hip hop fans don’t know what they’re saying.

[@_Vaal_Hazak_]

X was a whole ass villain lil bro 💀

[@elmiribrahimov3641]

@@_Vaal_Hazak_ I know, but this video deemed anyone ‘soft’ who wasn’t a gang member. X wasn’t a gang member, but he did some illicit activities.

[@tadpoleisalive]

Cole ain’t soft, he saw the future

[@Tekken_3_Is_good]

In my opinion, J Cole did the right thing apologizing to Kendrick. Call him soft, but he didn’t dodge a bullet, he dodged an artillery shell

[@jacktemplayz]

“why you hate” and j cole on the thumbnail not sure why im clicking this but we’ll see 🙏

[@akira17_samurai]

The beastie boys run dmc and ll cool j were my favourites as a kid then my uncle introduced me to public enemy nwa ice t eminem treach and i instantly fell in love with that more harder side of rap

[@MrKingkz]

Public Enemy are nice rappers they just talk political shit they are hard just not gangster hard like Tribe or MF Doom

[@badboischemini]

your shit is hard bro

[@Stane686k]

Wha 😂

[@badboischemini]

@@Stane686k what's so funny

[@MR12AMAZING]

Pause

[@scuffedmusic4004]

Cole isnt soft, he is polite

[@FrankWhiteMutts]

if i don't like a rapper, that means he is wack. That is the case for anything that blow up since the late 00s.

[@thecubeman381]

4 words for you: A Tribe Called Quest

[@er4n8]

i luv how everyone in the industry is calling drake soft

[@crickcrackcricketycrack5501]

YB not turning up to a Cole session, actually some bs. Cole deserve more respect than that

[@Lasstdudestanding]

People who say that Logic is corny - never really listened to his songs, PERIOD.

[@Aceburn5]

They're the same guys who listen to Ian

[@gbd-oq1rz]

Right he has so much in his catalogue that casuals will never listen to

[@Robert214ification]

Do you have to be in a gang or lie about being one to not be called a soft rapper?

[@ajbaxter807]

Well done bro👏🏿

[@Iwilldefendkrsnaandsmforlife]

Tbh Logic is also a good rapper

[@MrPenguin4547]

J Cole is not soft wtf 💀

[@nightlord8756]

I prefer tough rappers ,cause they got more energy and more things to say

[@KJango804]

like what? is it the evil nature ?

[@mcwildstyle9106]

Because people hate positive things in life

[@blic9088]

I still don't know why I hate nice rappers

[@gabriellegay4097]

Just to set the record straight, logic left his wife. They came out with a joint statement but sources report that logic was the one who “just wanted to be single” and initiated the split

[@randomestchannel]

bro is an l if thats true

[@bane8305]

he prob saw red flags n wanted out before she would get 50% of his shit lol marriage is a womans game not mens

[@vexvelo]

drakie poo isen't a bully he's getting bullied by the internet and kendrick

[@Xxxx-qt7uy]

Yo rap lore spokesman kinda looks like a pre made character in a video game

[@marioyungblood]

André 3000 & J. Cole well one day Win an Oscar that's How Good I Believe They Are.

[@Music_From_Young_Mozart]

But ATCQ was against hood rappers but I still love them, how?

[@rjsingh4998]

ON THE EXACT SAME DAY

[@TahaSaikh]

?

[@LighthouseJaye]

10:40. "Ah - Pit - Tah - Me" or Epitome

[@coswingrant6003]

I actually love all 3 of those rappers, I honestly don’t care

[@definitelydoctorproctor]

i probably should start listening to j cole maybe i’ll catch up on some sleep

[@monke_noises]

pretty sure it was MC ren who was called the villain but correct me if i am wrong

[@Infidelx]

Rappers aren’t hard. Even 50 cent became soft af

[@RoadtoLunchbox]

Cole got handed a L with Drake. You can't fire off shots then be scared afterwards

[@GameAflameYT]

It was the right thing though, imagine if it was cole instead of Drake

[@pranawdhital]

@@GameAflameYT let's be honest, he would do far better than drake and would def hurt kendrick. He would lose but would keep his reputation. But a good thing he didn't have to fight, and it seems now the thing that hurt his career wasnt tapping out, but dropping grippy

[@MR12AMAZING]

@@pranawdhital He wouldn't do far better than Drake. 7 minute drill was terrible and full of nothing but reaches. All of Drake's disses were genuinely better than that track.

[@pranawdhital]

@@MR12AMAZING yeah, but cole is far better than 7 minute drill, he had nothing to fight for, if he had stakes he would do much better

[@ashy3604]

@@MR12AMAZING woah thats a stretch. THP6 if definitely not better than 7MD

[@Solarsystem3333]

bean.

[@JacksonWebster-ym7zp]

Logic is so overhated tbh.

[@EvocativeOnions]

J coles not bad though

[@marioizballin212]

Dawg logic ain’t corny he’s hard tf?

[@INFINITESYKOSIS]

Hello mortals 😈

[@IC0424.]

Eminem

[@SnootchGaming]

All eyes on me a couple years later all eyes on me he a 69 god 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrKingkz]

Nobody hates nice rappers everyone likes Tribe MF Doom Mad Lib and others nobody likes cheesy rappers which get lumped in with them like Jurassic 5 or Will Smith (yuck) only children hate rappers that dont rap gangster

[@SaudiSymbol]

Violent rap concurs all. But you can be artistic with it as well. Once again. Go listen to stick with jid etc..

[@BryceIngrid]

White Deborah Jones Laura Jackson Michael

[@BlxckHipy]

3:59 you can't bring up mafioso rap and not bring up Ghost and Rae and the purple tape and Ironman lol that like a sin to the rap bible

[@MR12AMAZING]

You can't bring up mafioso rap and not bring up Kool G Rap. Kool G is the one that created that lane, everyone that came after was inspired by him including Ghost and Rae.

[@BlxckHipy]

@@MR12AMAZING I'm a tad bit younger and KoolG is way before my time so I'll take your word for it, but by all means put me on I love listening to the classic, what's their best album or most essential Album, I'll go and check it out