Sam Adams, rap star of presidents
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Friday, March 12, 2010 -
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ShareSam Adams, the 22-year-old Trinity College senior who is poised to become the biggest white rapper out of Boston since, well, Marky Mark Wahlberg, is not named after the beer - or the Patriot who inspired the suds. He’s a direct descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams!
“My real name is Samuel Adams Wizner, and I used to go by Wiz,” the Cambridge native told the Track. “But I felt more comfortable using my real name, and it’s pretty fluid with Boston. My parents named me after my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, John Adams. My grandmother actually has Abigail Adams’ ring.”
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#1242342 - Mar 12, 2010 4:19 AM EST
i should also add... the backlash over this guy is not due to him having some quick success; it's because his horrible music is an afront to anyone who actually cares about hip hop. calling him a boston hip hop artist is an insult to all the true and very talented boston hip hop artists out there.
people are so quick to attribute the backlash against him to jealousy, but in truth there isn't much to be jealous about. it is inevitable that in a month, 6 months, a year, whatever, sam adams is going to be seen as a complete laughing stock to everyone and he'll probably spend the rest of his life trying to live it down. and if you think he's going to get rich of this, he probably won't... if he's lucky, best case scenario, he may make someone else, who is already rich, a little richer. that's just the way the music industry works these days.
if you want to write an artile about a true boston hip hop artist, why don't you write something about guru, whose's currently battling for his life. or esoteric, who has been a legend in these parts for a decade plus and has spent the last few years re-inventing himself, making grown man hip hop.
do we really need to futher glorify a 22 year old wannabee with nothing to say, who is so unconfident in his own abilities that he has to auto-tune his songs?
people are so quick to attribute the backlash against him to jealousy, but in truth there isn't much to be jealous about. it is inevitable that in a month, 6 months, a year, whatever, sam adams is going to be seen as a complete laughing stock to everyone and he'll probably spend the rest of his life trying to live it down. and if you think he's going to get rich of this, he probably won't... if he's lucky, best case scenario, he may make someone else, who is already rich, a little richer. that's just the way the music industry works these days.
if you want to write an artile about a true boston hip hop artist, why don't you write something about guru, whose's currently battling for his life. or esoteric, who has been a legend in these parts for a decade plus and has spent the last few years re-inventing himself, making grown man hip hop.
do we really need to futher glorify a 22 year old wannabee with nothing to say, who is so unconfident in his own abilities that he has to auto-tune his songs?
I agree with everything that has been said. Where is his billboard presence? Nowhere to be found. Something fishy is going on. This man is a hero to 15 year old girls only. Don't call it hip hop. In a city that has been trying to define itself as a real hip hop contender, this is a real set back.
look at what this kid is wearing - a scarf that is so preppy - just looking at this rich preppy kid with his arms out is enough for me to never listen to him - its things like this that prove "rap-hip hop" is so mainstream and trendy --- guys like this are Killing Rap Music slowly
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