Will Smith may have etched out a role as the hip-hop generation’s upstanding father figure, but his own dedication to his son, “ Just the Two of Us,” comes off as corny. Sure, on occasion family rap songs have flirted a little too closely with Hallmark-style sentimentality. As 2 Chainz rapped it, after accumulating a seven-figure bank balance, he selflessly bought his “ momma a crib before I got my own place.”īeyond gifting kinfolk with cars and cribs, MCs have also turned their musings about familial relationships into some of hip-hop’s most honest songwriting.
To the uninitiated, the culture might seem obsessed with flaunting material status symbols, but there’s a deeper nuance to the “get money” trope that’s really about showing appreciation to those who supported you during the struggle. When a rapper reaches success, there’s an unwritten rule in hip-hop that you pay back the family who held you down during those lean early days.
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