Lil B

Lil B, auch bekannt als The BasedGod ist sowohl Rapper, Produzent, Autor, Aktivist und Motivational Speaker. Sein Solowerk umspannt diverse Genres von HipHop bis New Age und Choral – auch vor Rocksongs hat er nicht Halt gemacht. Lil B und sein Werk werden oft als „based“ beschrieben, was einen Lifestyle der Toleranz und Positivität beschreiben soll. Im Complex Magazine beschreibt er es selbst:
“Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like, ‘You’re based.’ They’d use it as a negative. And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, ‘Yeah, I’m based.’ I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive.”