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A popular Twitter meme floating around that uses the “You can only live in one house” theme leans heavily into one genre while barely giving a nod to Hip-Hop. Despite the dozens of rock and metal bands mentioned in the meme replete with artists across the aforementioned genres, the house centered on Rap acts sticks out like a sore thumb.
This is not a diss towards Travis Akers, who was most likely just having a little fun with the meme. But across the nine houses with six artists listed in each, only one is devoted to Hip-Hop. Amid names like Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, and other favorites of the cul-de-sac, the Hip-Hop house offering pales in number and diversity of sound.
House 5 features N.W.A., Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy Geto Boys, The Dogg Pound, and Compton’s Most Wanted. They didn’t even put in the obligatory Eminem nod in that grouping. It sure would’ve been nice to have at least another home representing the other facets of Hip-Hop but beggars can’t be choosers they say.
Suffice it to say, fans on Twitter noticed the Hip-Hop imbalance and the tweet is still trending after going up on Tuesday (Jan. 11).
Check out the reactions below.
You can only live in one house. pic.twitter.com/snbByXZdSO
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) January 11, 2022
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Photo: Getty
1.
House 5 and I don’t mind if It’s the only house on the block
I don’t need to be near any of the other ones https://t.co/kZ0yXvmnSs
— Porsha (@CherchezLaPorsh) January 12, 2022
2.
I want to just say “no” as I hate the idea of excluding music from my life. But, if I really had to choose, I’d pick House 5. https://t.co/aGHMGQ2Q1Q
— Christina Lynch
(@ctototoo) January 12, 2022
3.
I’m not a big music guy… but this must be a old people game? I barely know any of these groups. Take this to Facebook https://t.co/D7UzegQlL3
— marlonhumphrey.eth (@marlon_humphrey) January 12, 2022
4.
My blood is in house 5…but for history sake I’ll see you at house 3 https://t.co/FoEZ2IZNVf
— Certified ?uestlover (@questlove) January 11, 2022
5.
Building a big fuck-off high fence around house 5 https://t.co/fjWH2ek4cw
— Fear of a Slack Planet
(@SlackSupremacy) January 11, 2022
6.
Butthole Surfers https://t.co/U00stXuXV9 pic.twitter.com/AntGVN3SUj
— 𝕁𝔸ℂℚ𝕌𝔼ℤ 𝔾ℝ𝔼𝔼ℕ (@JacquezGreen) January 12, 2022
7.
There is literally only 1 house for my kind lmao https://t.co/GVZhnKsLNR
— 𝚂𝙷𝙼𝙾𝙺𝙴 𝙳𝚉𝙰 (@Daavvvv_) January 12, 2022
8.
This is hard…How big is this house..
# 5 In the main house
# 2 In the garage
# 3 In the guest house out backhttps://t.co/59BsdxJlQW
— EM'ES DEE (@MSD2K) January 12, 2022
9.
POV- you stopped listening to new music in high school. https://t.co/qTeil1DvOn
— HuntyMxHunter (@hunter_lyon) January 12, 2022
10.
Welp, I’m homeless.
Hit me up when y’all open that Shalamar, Dazz Band, The Jacksons (all of ‘em), @ElDeBarge , @NewEdition, The WINANS (all of ‘em), @JamesTaylor_com , @SaraBareilles @lalahhathaway house. https://t.co/ZqBviDCQY4
— yvette nicole brown (@YNB) January 12, 2022
11.
*whitest voice youve ever heard in your life* oh house 5 so easy https://t.co/xgThdt0v7I
— deng joeping (@sloweboi) January 12, 2022
12.
2011 me picking house 6 https://t.co/SErBa7BmXt pic.twitter.com/CwwCCEPl5j
— Ramadan Steve Harrington (@FredoZimbabwe) January 11, 2022
13.
all the rappers got redlined into one house https://t.co/TM55ORf8is
— Brendan Bliss (@octopusjokes) January 12, 2022
15.
Since I'm not white, it's house 5. As a bonus, I know that most of the people in it actually get along with each other. https://t.co/tS9oFU9Ldp
— T1theinfamous (@T1theinfamous) January 12, 2022