You guys fooled me once-shame on me...

I thought the last word in the title had a typo and you really did want to talk about plastic rap.

Of course you know that "being real" is the stated goal of all rap MC's.

So sucker [meaning "no good"], rappers are said to be "plastic" if their product {ie. their raps} and/or their personas are found out to be "made up" which means "un-real" which means "no good" which means having no real street experience and therefore no real street credibility.

In hip-hop music, being "un-authentic" is the opposite of being "for real". People lose lots of props and are properly dissed if they are "faking the funk". Faking anything is a big no no.

Well...now that I think of it...faking wealth by sportin lots of bling bling-yes.

but

faking that you grew up in the streets and are straight up hard core when you actually are suburbia born and bred-no.

Think Vanilla Ice

and fakin that you're singing the words but it really someone else's voice is also a big no no

Think Milli Vanilli..

And I'm sure there are some more recent examples of rappers being plastic, but I'm relieved to say that I'm just too hip to know them..

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So what are legal uses for plastic rap?

How about frisbees?

Or wall hangings?

Or you can just throw those plastic CDs in the garbage where they belong.

That's legal all around the world.

Peace out!

Azizi,
a lover of old school bubblegum rap {which I consider real authentic and fun listening when I'm in the mood}.

;o)