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Rapper or no?

(non-admin closure) There is clear consensus for describing him with rapper, as the sources support it. While the vaguery of "hip-hop artist" was mentioned, no one specifically disallowed it, and a couple people did ask for it to be included. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 20:28, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I've filed RFCs over this before for other individuals, however there seems to be a dedicated crew of IPs who wish to identify all rappers as such, by removing hip-hop fromt he first sentence. Is Fab a rapper or not, and should that description coexist with hip-hop artist? Thanks. d.g. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 16:49, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Yes - he's most definitely a rapper, to that part of your question ('is Fab a rapper or not?'). Whether or not that should replace 'hip-hop recording artist' is a separate matter, but there too I'm inclined to say it should, since that appears to be the choice I'm implicitly being asked to make (you might want to clean up the phrasing of your RfC, btw). Fabolous is almost always specifically and saliently described as a rapper, and it's unclear what additional mileage we get out of invoking hip-hop instead in the first sentence. Advocata (talk) 10:32, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes - Sources describe him as a rapper and Yes that description can co-exist with hip-hop artist. New York rapper Fabolous...The hip-hop veteran, Rapper Fabolous, rapper known as Fabolous, rapper Fabolous, Fabolous, a Brooklyn rapper, rapper Fabolous, Brooklyn rapper, Brooklyn-born rapper, album for the rapper, Brooklyn rapper, “Lituation” rapper, Brooklyn-bred rapper, The “Make Me Better” rapper, Brooklyn-native and rapper Fabolous, Brooklyn rapper Fabolous, Brooklyn rapper, the rapper. In addition, numerous WP articles about his singles/albums/etc. all describe him as American rapper or rapper: Ghetto Fabolous, Everything, Everyday, Everywhere, Loso's Way, Street Dreams (Fabolous album),Real Talk (Fabolous album), From Nothin' to Somethin', The Young OG Project, There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP, The S.O.U.L. Tape, There Is No Competition 3: Death Comes in 3's, The S.O.U.L. Tape 2, Summertime Shootout, Freddy vs. Jason (album), Can't Deny It, Into You (Fabolous song), Baby (Fabolous song). Isaidnoway (talk) 14:22, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes - Definitely is a rapper by descriptions found in many sources. The rapper is more specific than just hip-hop artist, seeing as hip-hop is a broader scope being a culture as well as a genre of music, and hip-hop artist includes rap artists, but also includes non rappers as well. WikiVirusC (talk) 11:54, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes Summoned by a bot. Rapper is more descriptive than hip-hop artists, and he is widely cited through reliable independent sources as a rapper. Comatmebro (talk) 20:10, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but it is not a replacement for "hip-hop artist"; use both. Hip-hop and rap are different genres, and there's also a sourceable school of thought that "rapper" is categorically different from "musical artist of some sort" anyway, and is closer akin to poet. Another way of looking at it: if I were a stand-up comedian, rock guitarist, and jazz songwriter, and notable for all three of these things, my bio here would say so, and not leave one or two of them out just because some people can't tell the difference between jazz, rock and comedy, or between playing an instrument and writing lyrics, or between musical work and spoken-word work. — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼ 18:53, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Our own article quotes him as saying he is a rapper, however, I don't believe Hip-Hop Artist should be removed. d.g. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 16:51, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I would argue he should be identified as a rapper and/or hip-hop artist based on how reliable sources have identified him. DonIago (talk) 16:40, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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can you change the age to 4/27/1986 Fabolousordie (talk) 21:50, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]