When Jay-Z did his TIDAL interview with Elliott Wilson for his Rap Radar podcast, he touched on some big topics. A key one was how hip hop helps build platforms and then gets no credit. He said he found it absurd that people had to go back and seek permission for things.
Twitter is a prominent case and point of hip hop figures using their influence to make it popular. There was a time when Twitter wasn’t very popular. However, soon, several rappers were using it and fans began to join so they could follow them.
Philly Rapper Diablo has always been popular in his native, Philadelphia, and he also drove a lot of people to Twitter. However, with them giving 280 characters to select people for testing, Diablo spoke out. He mentioned he, Diddy, and Bow Wow for being the first ones on Twitter and him not being verified, yet.
