Let's Take Out The Trash! How Fake ‘Underground’ Artists Turned Hip-Hop Into A Joke!

A perfect representation of the current new wave ''underground'' rappers.

Once upon a time, “underground” meant something. It meant: Do It Yourself. It meant rebellion. It meant going against the grain. It meant being yourself. It meant anti-corporate, raw, and uncompromising. But now? “Underground” is an A&R’s favorite word, a word they use to dilute our culture with mediocrity and talentless garbage!

Enter the new wave: Yeat, Ken Carson, Destroy, Lonely, Osamason, Che, Nettspend, XavierSoBased, Ian, Iayze, Summrs, Autumn!, BKTheRula, Molly Santana, Lazerdim 700, and the endless parade of horrible Playboi Carti clones. The so-called underground rockstars, new wave, or the “next generation.” These artists are allegedly “pushing boundaries.”  Yeah… pushing them straight into the dumpster instead of pushing hip-hop forward.

Let’s call it what it is: Bonehead Rap, the kind of “music” that Urban Dictionary defines as the act of rapping while completely devoid of lyrical thought, skill, or cultural awareness. This is WAY WORSE than just ‘’Mumble Rap’’. It’s not the fact that you can’t hear these ‘’bars’’ but you don’t even know whether they are bars or not. And the worst thing is, they are not even on the beat.

NOTE: A scientific study of what ''Bonehead Rap'' does to the brain.

These Bonehead Rappers obviously can’t freestyle for shit, and you will NEVER, and I repeat NEVER, see them on Funk Flex, HOT97, LA Lakers, or any radio station where actual lyrical talent is required. Instead, they flock to places like On The Radar or Lyrical Lemonade to deliver a recipe for disaster.

What’s worse is how the labels and the fabricated cult audience try to repackage this decay as authenticity. “They’re underground!”  Being underground yet somehow signed and backed by major record labels like 10K Projects, Interscope, Warner Records, or Atlantic Records, with billions of dollars behind them, is something that just doesn’t add up!

Here’s my theory: ever since record labels saw Playboi Carti’s success with Whole Lotta Red, they thought they cracked the code. They forgot two things:

1. Carti’s formula only works because he’s Carti.

2. His fanbase doesn’t represent the majority of hip-hop culture.

So now labels are pandering to a fabricated niche audience while alienating a whole generation of young listeners who actually crave substance, talent, storytelling, and don’t necessarily want to relate to a wife-beating, drugged-up rapper who pretends to be Dracula.

Now let’s talk numbers. Yes, numbers aren’t everything. But when the entire brand of these artists revolves around hype, clout, and aesthetics, then numbers suddenly matter a whole lot. Osamason’s last two projects, selling 9K and 13K? Yeat dropping 100 albums a year, collaborating with Drake, but still unable to break 100K first week?

And keep in mind some of these artist numbers like Nettspend are purposely not being reported by major hip hop media outlets like an: Akademiks, No Jumper, OurGenerationMusic, Kurrco, RapTV, or any other hip-hop platform. For instance, if news came out that Che’s latest album sold 500 copies first week, his audience would disappear in the blink of an eye. Proof? Look at Sofaygo's career ever since he dropped his debut album, Pink Heartz. These kids don’t listen to your music because it's good. They listen because they think it's popular!

And when you call it out, their lack of talent, you're suddenly an old man yelling at clouds. An ''Old-head'' or an ''Unc''. But behind these low-life internet comment warriors are just a bunch of incel, virgin white suburban teenagers who don't know ANYTHING about OUR CULTURE pretending to be hip hop gatekeepers! To them, the closest to feeling black is by listening to this degenerate, low-quality, no-substance garbage. You're basically poking holes in their identity, and that is what triggers their insecurities so much.

And now hip-hop’s paying the price. For the first time in decades, no rap song in the Top 40, a headline that says more about the industry than the audience. Because when you build a culture around vibes over vision, fashion over function, and aesthetics over artistry. When you sideline artists like JID or Cordae in favor of Yeat and Ken Carson, the REAL AUDIENCE eventually tunes out.

These Bonehead Rappers are nothing more than a cancer to our culture! They care about Instagram followers, TikTok edits, and the clout that comes from pretending their HORRIBLE music is “underground” while being secretly backed by billion-dollar machines.

So here’s the truth: Listen to what YOU actually enjoy. Stop being hypnotized by compromised hip-hop blogs that work directly with the labels feeding you this nonsense. Every comment section is filled with bots trying to trick you into liking these artists. Everything is paid for except the blind loyalty fans keep giving these Bonehead Rappers for free!