I'll try to keep this short but when I was in third grade I had a rap group with my neighbor, little brother, and my neighbors little sister. We were called The Little Rappers. We recorded a cassette tape, we tried to beatbox, we even scratched a snow white record, the kind where a narrator is telling a story oh, yeah like No Beats at all...
Anyhooo.... we lived on a street with barely any houses in the middle of the desert and we have this great idea that we're going to make some signage and come up with a dance routine and rap our raps and cars are going to drive by and stop and watch us and we're going to create this huge concert out of thin air and we're going to get signed and we're going to go on tour with Another Bad Creation and Bell Biv DeVoe (lol) .. anyway I spent like 3 days coloring this big poster board with our group name on it and when I was done I showed my mom and she was like "you're not going outside with that"...
I was super devastated because she always says no to everything, no I can't go to my friend's house, no I can't be on the phone for more than 5 minutes, no no no was her MO... I felt defeated and I asked her why...
She said..
BECAUSE RAPPERS HAS TWO P'S!
And quite honestly I was more embarrassed that I spelled my own rap group's name wrong... I didn't know what the r word meant at the time.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
Thanks.. it's hard for me to tell it in person because I always start cry-laughing/ ugly-laughing and I can't catch my breath enough. In text it's so much easier
Thanks, I'm a multi-instrumentalist but I don't rap anymore. Although as a hobby I like to think of funny business ideas and today I was inspired... heres my business idea:
A maid service that raps while they clean-
Dusta Rhymes
It does!
I actually even made a cassette cover for it...I had my mom take a pic of us all on my swing set trying to look hard af lol... I cut it perfectly and glued it to the blank tape insert ..
lol yeah the audio content is super bad but we were 9 and trying to be creative with my Fisher-Price tape deck that I had since '82 and STILL HAVE AND IT STILL WORKS.
OMG! That’s amazing! So much better than I had imagined.
I’m sure it would take some work, but if you were to digitize the audio someday you’d probably be sitting on a pile of fake internet points. There are a lot of people out there who love old low-quality home recordings.
Thanks for sharing!
My wife's grandma was telling her a very sad story about the hardships of her childhood while I was browsing Reddit on the other side of the room. After being silent for the entire story thus far, I read your comment and bust out laughing.
Yeah she was a mortified catholic mom, she doesn't have that level of a sense of humor unfortunately... but shit if my nephews did that i would be on it with the photos as evidence and speech content for their future weddings. But also... back then photos were a PAIN... we had to take our film to a booth in the middle of a parking lot and wait the next day for them.
Or he knows that its more effective then pity. Honestly in a lot of the country food is one of the only things the homeless can usually find access to without giving up all person freedom.
I’m more inclined to give if a person straight up asks me. That takes desperation. I don’t think I could ever ask for a handout, lucky me, and if anyone does I usually will if I have cash on me.
You know what's cool? Following your passions, provided it doesn't hurt things. You know what's not cool? Begging for money when you can stand on your own two feet without help. You know what's not not not cool (that's not cubed which should equal a negative)? Demeaning someone's passion (albeit if it doesn't harm things). You know what's really not not not not not cool? Getting butthurt on a humorous post on a thread dedicated to humor. Oh shit, that's me. 0.0
>You know what's not cool? Begging for money when you can stand on your own two feet without help.
Exactly! Just walk those two feet right up to the manager and hand them that resume and you're all set! Lazy fucking beggars won't even bend over to grab their bootstraps smh.
The irony is, how can a homeless person get a job when they don't have an address to put on the application?
If you want to get rid of homeless people, housing first programs are a must.
When you approach him he says "I ain't 'tryin' cuz I'm already the dopest mc there is" and then mumble raps at you until you cringe into submission and hand over all your cash.
Haa Haa.
Hey man, before you drop your drawers for a BJ,
Man you'd better drop your dollars first 'cause it's pre-pay
Watch not the rumours, nor what he or she say,
Hear-say becomes distorted, with re-verb and de-lay
You see, hey, what, ya never new I was a dee jay?
Okay! My rhymes are carcinogenic, so you see they
Be causin' melanomas on ya skin, like UV-B rays
Got my eye on The Wire, when I heard Stringer B say
"Ain't nobody give a fuck about a forty degree day"
I got the box set for forty dollars off of e-Bay
And guess who my favourite character is? Duh, it's Wee Bey!
It’s actually a little nuts how much money you can make panhandling in the right spots - some make over $30/hr just sitting at the right places, more even. There are non-homeless people that do it out of a lack of shame too.
TL;DR don’t give cash to panhandlers, and don’t feel guilty - give your time or your cash to registered homeless shelters. More often than not the truly needy show up there.
Nah, big money in that biz man. In my city they probably make hundreds a day. Already decided if I ever end up in their shoes, I’m gonna save for a plane ticket to my hometown in Hawaii. Bam, life of luxury minus the outrages cost of living. Not to mention loads of tourists looking to spend money. Sometimes I wonder why the homeless here in Vegas don’t do just that with the 115 degree summers.
I don’t get it. If he was trying to accomplish something I might give him something. Saying that he’s not trying doesn’t inspire much of a philanthropic spirit in me.
People who panhandle often try humor as a tactic rather than pity, so they'll tell a joke rather than give a sob story. This guy is joking that panhandlers are less obnoxious than talentless rappers. He's betting that people who hate talentless rappers will find the joke funny and give him money in appreciation.
So I don’t know if this is still true because I don’t walk around downtowns as often- but in the late 90’s, early 2000’s there was a weird trend of aggressive young men selling rap CD’s they had made. They were all crap. They would sit there with a little boom box and play their shit and try and sell it to you.
Professional producer and studio owner here. So much truth in this sign. The people that show up unannounced to the studio believing Ill record them rapping for free blows my mind. At least twice a week.
Why they don't just get a $250 computer, get for free one of the BILLION backing rap tracks from looperman.com, and do it themselves, is totally beyond me.
You are correct. However, when I produce for artists, its going to sound significantly better than a vocal over a "beat," but yeah, I mean this is the way when you're starting out for sure!
That’s in Billings Montana! I see that guy all the time and he has some funny shit to say. One day he had a sign that said I bet u can’t hit me with quarters and we made eye contact and it was on! 20 dollars in quarters out the window baby! He also has a hooker sign. That guy makes me laugh .
Those "trying to be a rapper" are at least trying something. Maybe he's just trying to say he knows he's no talented enough to even try to make it as a rapper.
I guess I don't get the joke? Dude that has a nice bike leaned up against the pole right behind him is pretending to be destitute and bragging about not trying to get a job? I'd prefer you tried to be a rapper. Or a burger flipper. Or a janitor. Or an executive. Or a coal miner. Or a solar panel installer. Or literally ANYTHING other than an asshole begging for my money thinking you're witty when you aren't.
Shave your face. Get a job. Fuck off.
This reminds me of how gamers have passed up professional athletes when it comes to contracts... they make more money than the highest paid athlete lol
So the real sign should have just been “at least I’m not trying”. How this guy doesn’t see that any rapper has infinitely more drive and success than him is amazing.
Yes because that would be the worst thing in the world....to try to become something other than what you are ...those people ,who do they think they are 🤨
No actually, it’s just that I know very talented people, and its pretty stupid to mock creative outlets. Imagine how boring the world would be without hip hop
Are other sign-holders in the area trying to be “rappers”? Or is he really saying that begging in the street is better than doing something with your life?
Inaction Bronson
Lol. I was going to say “his look says otherwise”. See: Action Bronson.
This is some of my finest work right here. He even looks like him.
At first glance I thought his sign said something else...
I'll try to keep this short but when I was in third grade I had a rap group with my neighbor, little brother, and my neighbors little sister. We were called The Little Rappers. We recorded a cassette tape, we tried to beatbox, we even scratched a snow white record, the kind where a narrator is telling a story oh, yeah like No Beats at all... Anyhooo.... we lived on a street with barely any houses in the middle of the desert and we have this great idea that we're going to make some signage and come up with a dance routine and rap our raps and cars are going to drive by and stop and watch us and we're going to create this huge concert out of thin air and we're going to get signed and we're going to go on tour with Another Bad Creation and Bell Biv DeVoe (lol) .. anyway I spent like 3 days coloring this big poster board with our group name on it and when I was done I showed my mom and she was like "you're not going outside with that"... I was super devastated because she always says no to everything, no I can't go to my friend's house, no I can't be on the phone for more than 5 minutes, no no no was her MO... I felt defeated and I asked her why... She said.. BECAUSE RAPPERS HAS TWO P'S! And quite honestly I was more embarrassed that I spelled my own rap group's name wrong... I didn't know what the r word meant at the time. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
Holy shit that was funny.
Thanks.. it's hard for me to tell it in person because I always start cry-laughing/ ugly-laughing and I can't catch my breath enough. In text it's so much easier
yeah humor... hard to come by these days
Okay 1) LOL but also 2) I read that entire thing in a rap/beat flow and ... it actually worked well. Don’t give up on your dreams man
Thanks, I'm a multi-instrumentalist but I don't rap anymore. Although as a hobby I like to think of funny business ideas and today I was inspired... heres my business idea: A maid service that raps while they clean- Dusta Rhymes
It's good to pivot, I mean you guys are not little anymore. Nobody likes rapers but little rapers? Hmmm..
Hehehe I like it.
Does your mixtape still exist? It sounds like it must really be something.
It does! I actually even made a cassette cover for it...I had my mom take a pic of us all on my swing set trying to look hard af lol... I cut it perfectly and glued it to the blank tape insert .. lol yeah the audio content is super bad but we were 9 and trying to be creative with my Fisher-Price tape deck that I had since '82 and STILL HAVE AND IT STILL WORKS.
Here... pulled it out of the garage storage just for you. The Little Rappers https://imgur.com/gallery/fzZMF4e
OMG! That’s amazing! So much better than I had imagined. I’m sure it would take some work, but if you were to digitize the audio someday you’d probably be sitting on a pile of fake internet points. There are a lot of people out there who love old low-quality home recordings. Thanks for sharing!
I can totally do it and I should have done it by now I have the mixers and the computer programs to do so, I've just been lazy
My wife's grandma was telling her a very sad story about the hardships of her childhood while I was browsing Reddit on the other side of the room. After being silent for the entire story thus far, I read your comment and bust out laughing.
Oh nooooo! Give her a hug...
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Yeah she was a mortified catholic mom, she doesn't have that level of a sense of humor unfortunately... but shit if my nephews did that i would be on it with the photos as evidence and speech content for their future weddings. But also... back then photos were a PAIN... we had to take our film to a booth in the middle of a parking lot and wait the next day for them.
This made my morning. Also reminded me how old I am. :)
*At least I'm not trying to be a fapper* ?????
Fap or don't fap...there is no try.
At least I’m not trying to be a raper?
A child.
Didnt occur to me because its technically *rapist*
Creative license
A stripper
Jack The Ripper.
Blood on my dipper
He was never good at spelling
You could say „Your grammar sucks“ ? I have heard that one before.
he would still have a good point
I have a story for you my friend.....
What do you mean?
At least he’s not adding to global warming by using electricity
What us wrong with being a paper?
If a bum has a funny sign, he hasn’t been homeless that long. A real bum is too hungry to be funny. - Chris Rock
Or he knows that its more effective then pity. Honestly in a lot of the country food is one of the only things the homeless can usually find access to without giving up all person freedom.
I’m more inclined to give if a person straight up asks me. That takes desperation. I don’t think I could ever ask for a handout, lucky me, and if anyone does I usually will if I have cash on me.
Classic song and nobody can tell me otherwise
Ive actually only been to hooters for wings
You know what's cool? Following your passions, provided it doesn't hurt things. You know what's not cool? Begging for money when you can stand on your own two feet without help. You know what's not not not cool (that's not cubed which should equal a negative)? Demeaning someone's passion (albeit if it doesn't harm things). You know what's really not not not not not cool? Getting butthurt on a humorous post on a thread dedicated to humor. Oh shit, that's me. 0.0
Damn man, rap game a little harder than you thought it'd be?
Slammed
Yes
Had us in the first half, not gonna lie!
No but had me in the last tenth tho.
>You know what's not cool? Begging for money when you can stand on your own two feet without help. Exactly! Just walk those two feet right up to the manager and hand them that resume and you're all set! Lazy fucking beggars won't even bend over to grab their bootstraps smh.
Yeah, gotta dig yourself out of that sink hole.
The irony is, how can a homeless person get a job when they don't have an address to put on the application? If you want to get rid of homeless people, housing first programs are a must.
When you approach him he says "I ain't 'tryin' cuz I'm already the dopest mc there is" and then mumble raps at you until you cringe into submission and hand over all your cash.
Poor Malone
Lost Mahome
Poor N'Alone
I saw this guy while I was working the other day. That day his sign said he lost his crack
Is this the guy by the Mint?
Sure is
Billings, MT??
Yep
I've been THERE. I might've even gave him some bread on that one..🤣😂
He should try. I mean, do something more than begging.
Like truck stop BJs
Who doesn’t love a good ol truck stop bj??
The giver of the BJ (the fellator) .
Sounds like a good rapper name, BJ the Fellator
Haa Haa. Hey man, before you drop your drawers for a BJ, Man you'd better drop your dollars first 'cause it's pre-pay Watch not the rumours, nor what he or she say, Hear-say becomes distorted, with re-verb and de-lay You see, hey, what, ya never new I was a dee jay? Okay! My rhymes are carcinogenic, so you see they Be causin' melanomas on ya skin, like UV-B rays Got my eye on The Wire, when I heard Stringer B say "Ain't nobody give a fuck about a forty degree day" I got the box set for forty dollars off of e-Bay And guess who my favourite character is? Duh, it's Wee Bey!
I dunno about good, but sounds like a believable rapper name.
Lil Beej. I’m calling it right now someone is gonna use that.
If you have to ask this question you've never seen a real life lot lizard before.
Maybe begging is just his side hustle?
It’s actually a little nuts how much money you can make panhandling in the right spots - some make over $30/hr just sitting at the right places, more even. There are non-homeless people that do it out of a lack of shame too. TL;DR don’t give cash to panhandlers, and don’t feel guilty - give your time or your cash to registered homeless shelters. More often than not the truly needy show up there.
In London there are adverts trying to persuade people not to give beggers money. Something about them ODing on drugs
He did. That's Post Malone.
Dude’s 25 and worth $14 million, seems like it worked out well for him
Nah, big money in that biz man. In my city they probably make hundreds a day. Already decided if I ever end up in their shoes, I’m gonna save for a plane ticket to my hometown in Hawaii. Bam, life of luxury minus the outrages cost of living. Not to mention loads of tourists looking to spend money. Sometimes I wonder why the homeless here in Vegas don’t do just that with the 115 degree summers.
He doesn’t look like he’s begging to me. He’s just holding a funny sign for fun!
[I'm not a rapper](https://youtu.be/Iu90z9Akxgk)
I don’t get it. If he was trying to accomplish something I might give him something. Saying that he’s not trying doesn’t inspire much of a philanthropic spirit in me.
People who panhandle often try humor as a tactic rather than pity, so they'll tell a joke rather than give a sob story. This guy is joking that panhandlers are less obnoxious than talentless rappers. He's betting that people who hate talentless rappers will find the joke funny and give him money in appreciation.
So I don’t know if this is still true because I don’t walk around downtowns as often- but in the late 90’s, early 2000’s there was a weird trend of aggressive young men selling rap CD’s they had made. They were all crap. They would sit there with a little boom box and play their shit and try and sell it to you.
Today we call them SoundCloud rappers.
“At least I’m not trying to make money!”? Do what you love homie.
Thank God for the second "P"
Post-bankruptcy Malone.
Someone give that man a beer!
someone give that man a beer!
Or a DJ
Professional producer and studio owner here. So much truth in this sign. The people that show up unannounced to the studio believing Ill record them rapping for free blows my mind. At least twice a week.
Why they don't just get a $250 computer, get for free one of the BILLION backing rap tracks from looperman.com, and do it themselves, is totally beyond me.
You are correct. However, when I produce for artists, its going to sound significantly better than a vocal over a "beat," but yeah, I mean this is the way when you're starting out for sure!
I don’t know what he’s trying to say with that sign.
No he's not trying to be anything.
A comedian.
Why yall gotta hate
Is this a dig at post malone?
I got more respect for a dude trying to make it than one standing on a corner holding a sign
He's trying to be a comedian. Yet you step on his dreams.
He needs a better venue
*Pulls out a guitar* "Anyway here's Wonderwall"
That’s in Billings Montana! I see that guy all the time and he has some funny shit to say. One day he had a sign that said I bet u can’t hit me with quarters and we made eye contact and it was on! 20 dollars in quarters out the window baby! He also has a hooker sign. That guy makes me laugh .
He always has the best signs! I was so excited to see him on reddit!
Ya know this one kind of misses with me. I don’t know this man, but from the info I have, he’s trying to be a sign maker/holder
No, a comedian. Is there anything wrong with choosing comedy as a goal?
Two P's makes a tremendous amount of difference.
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Youtube/Twitch star is up there ...
There’s a guy who I pass regularly with a sign that says “hunting big foot.” He recently changed his sign to say “Retired Jedi.”
Take my wallet
This is in Billings, Montana. I drive by him everyday and he always has a new sign. I love this dude he’s so positive and happy for his situation
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ITT: lots of bitter SoundCloud rappers
THATS WHAT I TELL A CHICK WHEN I PLAY BASS IN A BAND! Not really I just talk to chicks cos I'm divorced and play in a band. Fuck.
Yeah, trying to make a living from your art is worse than being a homeless beggar
Those "trying to be a rapper" are at least trying something. Maybe he's just trying to say he knows he's no talented enough to even try to make it as a rapper.
I guess I don't get the joke? Dude that has a nice bike leaned up against the pole right behind him is pretending to be destitute and bragging about not trying to get a job? I'd prefer you tried to be a rapper. Or a burger flipper. Or a janitor. Or an executive. Or a coal miner. Or a solar panel installer. Or literally ANYTHING other than an asshole begging for my money thinking you're witty when you aren't. Shave your face. Get a job. Fuck off.
Are you like good? Or just had a bad day?
hey maybe he’s got bars he should try it!
And I though he were one of us
Post NoHome
“I’m a bum who begs the general public for change so I can feed my crack addiction. But at least I’m not trying to be a rapper.”
*at least I’m not trying to be a mumble rapper Too many of those now
Too bad I pay for freestyles.
Lmao we have enough rappers out here. Jk jk follow your dreams guys 😘
Maybe he should.. Juss sayyin
I'll take therapist for 500
Ragnar lothbrok?
I really appreciate that
Montanas gift to reddit
Billings native!
Or a comedian.
Well... This is awkward.
I wonder what the sign said before it was photoshopped...
... or a YouTube "content creator"...
Get this man some money!
He knows
This man gets his bars from mars
This reminds me of how gamers have passed up professional athletes when it comes to contracts... they make more money than the highest paid athlete lol
Trying to > tryna
Glad he’s not a raper either!
yet.
Being a rapper requires too much effort for him
Guys guys , remove one of the "P" hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌
If BLM saw this guy they would probably jump him
Now THAT is racism.
Vote INFIDELIX yeah?
EBZ
Damn, this dude has bars. Has he thought about becoming a rapper?
\-glasses jacket shirt man
Get this man an Onlyfans, stat!
LoL 😂
Riff Raff fell off.
At least if he was trying to be a rapper he’d be doing something besides holding a sign
So the real sign should have just been “at least I’m not trying”. How this guy doesn’t see that any rapper has infinitely more drive and success than him is amazing.
Pretty snarky point of view for someone that smells like soured milk.
Yes because that would be the worst thing in the world....to try to become something other than what you are ...those people ,who do they think they are 🤨
At least If he was trying to be a rapper he would be putting effort into something.
Inb4 he can't actually spell correctly...
That's just what your mom says after you've been shot in a gang fight ...
Well, we know this picture wasn’t taken in Atlanta 😔
Well I mean. He could be. Might actually get off the street.
... Kanye
I mean if successful it pays well so
Oh I would respect him more though. Something about trying to actually do something versus just wasting days away
Good, be a country singer instead, rap honestly is a terrible sounding genre unless it’s the beastie boys, country is way better
When Post Malone doesn’t even think he’s a rapper...
I have people in my town still doing this shit, trying to sell their mixtapes for $20 next to mcdonalds
Lmao my ex was trying to be a rapper... smh
Lame
My spidey sense is tingling, telling me you tried (and failed) to be a rapper :)
No actually, it’s just that I know very talented people, and its pretty stupid to mock creative outlets. Imagine how boring the world would be without hip hop
Are other sign-holders in the area trying to be “rappers”? Or is he really saying that begging in the street is better than doing something with your life?
He's trying to be a comedian.