{"id":32138,"date":"2020-10-22T02:24:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T09:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=32138"},"modified":"2020-10-22T02:24:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T09:24:13","slug":"polo-g-hip-hops-favorite-underdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=32138","title":{"rendered":"Polo G: Hip-Hop\u2019s Favorite Underdog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Polo G<\/strong> is a Chicago rapper who had his first breakout moment with the hit single \u201cFiner Things\u201d in 2018. Since then, Polo has been constantly releasing new music and now he already has 2 critically acclaimed major studio albums under his belt. And during the course of his career, he\u2019s quickly become one of Hip-Hop\u2019s most likable and relatable individuals to have ever told a rags-to-riches story. <\/strong>Polo G\u2019s musical style centers around piano-laced dramatic trap beats, melodic flows and lyrics about the trauma and the pain his former life has inflicted upon him and how he copes with them, lyrics about his success story and so on, basically, nothing out of the ordinary. But there is something about Polo that sets him apart from your average Trap Rapper that illustrates his come-up story on his songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polo G\u2019s music is dimensional, he presents himself as an extremely flawed individual who has difficulty expressing emotions such as love and happiness and he always raps about how he fears it might push people away. He doesn\u2019t wear his struggles like a badge of honor, nor does he come off as if he\u2019s humble-bragging and painting himself as this secret badass in an action movie with a tragic backstory the way so many rappers do. There are multiple reasons why Polo G is more believable and relatable than an average rapper but by far the biggest selling point of his music is his Honesty<\/em><\/strong>. Polo encapsulates the perils and the violence of the streets in shocking detail, \u201cI miss Mike Durb, I won’t forget the things you used to say \/ My friends got killed on the same block where we used to play.\u201d he raps on \u201cDeep Wounds\u201d. The theme of depression and isolation is also prevalent in Polo\u2019s music with him referencing abusing xanax because he does not want to be awake, on the song \u201cNo Matter What\u201d. Sure, I know what you might be thinking, there are many rappers that address the same topics who are also willing to express themselves that much but Polo\u2019s emotional torment is deeply rooted and he\u2019s willing to be completely explicit and spill his heart out on a track, on a level no other rapper I\u2019m aware of would be even close to being comfortable. Take a look at the track \u201cI Know\u201d from Polo\u2019s second LP, \u201cThe Goat\u201d. On this track is where Polo gets harrowingly introspective, it\u2019s heart-wrenching and almost difficult to listen to. Polo raps \u201cBy his auntie, he was molested as a baby boy \/ Messed up his head, it even changed the way he play with toys.\u201d. The sheer heart and the strength he has to be able to share that story is incredible.
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Besides his genuine stories about a traumatic, crime-ridden lifestyle, Polo also touches on a variety of other topics such as romance and heartbreak. \u201cBroken hearts can make a grown man cry.\u201d Polo states on \u201cBeautiful Pain\u201d. As I have mentioned before, Polo\u2019s music is dimensional, it is a well-rounded and unabridged portrait of the trials and tribulations and achievements of Polo\u2019s life, and Family<\/em><\/strong> is another leitmotif in Polo\u2019s catalogue. If you\u2019re a Polo G fan, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard of the name \u201cMaxine\u201d. Maxine is Polo\u2019s late grandmother who obviously had a positive effect on his life. On many occasions, Polo has iterated the significance of her presence in his life and the influence she has had on him. She isn\u2019t the only family member Polo regularly mentions in his music, on \u201cThrough Da Storm\u201d Polo raps about his brother and his sister, \u201cCouldn’t leave my brother in them trenches, told him come and stay with me \/ We gon’ live like kings for all them nights ain’t have no place to sleep.\u201d says Polo. So given all of those characteristics in his music and the genuineness with which Polo tells his stories, it is easy to see why he is one of the most inspiring rappers and why so many people with their own personal struggles gravitate towards his music and why they root for him so much. Now, it would be a safe assumption that Polo\u2019s third album is still in the works and that it\u2019ll be some time before he eventually unveils it but Polo is still consistency releasing new material and you can watch the video for his newly released single \u201cEpidemic\u201d right below.
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