Hopsin

Had I not viewed a YouTube video related to Tim Westwood featuring Hopsin and two other rappers sometime last year, I would have known nothing about Hopsin. I did remark that the rapper with the white eyes had lyrics.

I managed to forget Hopsin was one of the three rappers I saw in the video by the time I learned he was performing in Montreal in January 2013. The white contact lens was the only thing that jogged my memory.

For me to learn about the rapper by coincidence, forget the rapper and not hear one single by the rapper, my night at Club Soda with Hopsin as headliner was my formal introduction to Hopsin’s hip hop.



The time came for Hopsin to perform and the crowd was highly excited. 




As much as I may not be familiar with Hopsin’s music, the classic stance of an artist pointing the microphone to the crowd told me the tale.

The audience recited his lyrics with him. Prior to performing a track, he would hint what song he would next do to roars of the crowd.  

That night, I found out super-producer Swizz Beatz and Hopsin have a song together. One of many youngsters brought up onstage that night subbed as Swizz for the track.

I felt somewhat out of sorts being older than the majority of the audience and quite easily the headliner rapper. I at least got to witness what might be a future big name in hip hop at this stage of his career. Hopsin might not be spitting for me or my demographic but I recognize he has talent to rap.