![]() Musically, his stuff isn’t shonky, uploaded-to-YouTube-only-rap, either. On one track named after the inaugural dark web marketplace “Silk Road”, he raps: “Cat-fished a lame white boy for six thousand on Tinder / Scammed a cameraman for a video, then blocked him on Twitter.” You can guess what it’s about – doing illegal shit, and in particular scamming, whether through a Tor browser, an app, or in real life. In June, Teejay圆 released a mixtape called Fraudulent Activity. Bossman Rich's colossally loud and overt “Juggin Ain’t Dead” dropped in 2017, and featured the rapper flashing immense stacks of cash while rapping “bitch I need a couple of bands, it’s time to load up / hit Bitcoin, them ops about to load up.” As a broader interest in scamming has increased, however – see: Anna Delvey, the fake socialite, the McDonalds Monopoly fraud, Boris Johnson selling a Brexit lie – and more of us have gained easier access to the dark web’s credit drop websites, scam rap too has become more prevalent. Officially the genre’s been around for a couple years. ![]() After all the clue is in the name: this is the world of scam rap. What separates Teejay圆 from the rest, though, is that he’s talking about fraud. Tutorials have long been an element of rap music, whether with Biggie’s “Ten Crack Commandments” or more recently on Jay-Z’s “The Story Of O.J.” where he references flipping property in Brooklyn. ![]() Teejay圆’s process of using music to coach fans on operating outside the law isn’t novel. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |