The White Boy Rap Lineage Nobody Wants to Admit but Everybody Knows is True
Before Slim Shady was tearing up battle raps, the Beastie Boys were out here beer-bonging the boundaries of hip-hop. They weren’t the first white rappers, but they were the first ones who didn’t make you cringe—and that authenticity gave Eminem room to exist.
The Beasties built the bridge. Shady sprinted across it.












