Why are somali performers doing well in Scandinavia but failing in Anglo Saxon countries ?

[hannah54321]

Yasin

Guleed

Dree low

Cherrie

They have millions of streams on Spotify , won Grammys etc but it seems the U.K. Canada America are slacking . I can see why Somali musicians in America are non existent bc they live in baadiyo areas . But Canadians live in Toronto etc are involved in drakes career and the weekends so do somalis prefer to be in the background ?

I remember Amaal nuur trying to make it but for some reason she changed her whole image and tried to become a hotep Afro centric singer which flopped so now she’s back to her usual self but the momentum has passed.

K’naan doesn’t really connect with most young diaspora Somalis with his war songs but he did well with that iconic fifa song . Obviously we saw his demise when he tried to do a hbo show about terrorism in MN which flopped and he hasn’t been heard of since. ( foolish move I’m glad MN showed out )

As we all know the U.K. minorities had a brick on their shoulders when it comes to Somalis so I can see why they were not willing to support Somali musicians back in the day but they seem to have ended their beef lowkey .


Anglo Saxon Somalis (America/Canada ) are doing well when it comes to having political representation but where the musicians at. Maybe it’s the lack of competition ?

 

[Fratello]

Swedish rappers are hard wallahi in the Uk only a few of them are even able to hit 1m on youtube

 

[Jungle]

Somalis only make drill and some abuse autotune like mad. None of this stuff is commercially viable and drill doesnt hit the charts unless its all the way watered down and backed by a label.

 

[Apollo]

@hannah54321 They have no black competition in Scandinavia. Somalis are the most numerous 'blacks' there.

The others are either fobs (Eritreans) or not numerous (others).

 

[celidheere]

the UK is a very small market with a lot of competition

 

[Bronco]

@Shmurda

 

[x z]

9/10 somali artists are trash, regardless of their region. i prefer not to listen <3

 

[Siddhartha]

9/10 somali artists are trash, regardless of their region. i prefer not to listen <3

In Sweden they are among the best

 

[Siddhartha]

@hannah54321 They have no black competition in Scandinavia. Somalis are the most numerous 'blacks' there.

The others are either fobs (Eritreans) or not numerous (others).

Thats not it. Why arent Canadian Somalis or UK Somalis as successful as the swedish somalis?.

 

[Apollo]

Thats not it. Why arent Canadian Somalis or UK Somalis as successful as the swedish somalis?.

Swedish Somalis are not successful socioeconomically.

 

[Octavian]

if u compared it to the shits the natives makes it sounds 100000000x better

 

[Siddhartha]

Swedish Somalis are not successful socioeconomically.

Are you being obtuse on purpose. The thread is about artists not general populations

 

[Apollo]

Are you being obtuse on purpose. The thread is about artists not general populations

Your comment wasn't clear, amigo (no reference to rappers, I assumed you were talking about general populations). My prior comment already explained why Somali Swedish rappers are more successful as they have less black competition.

 

[XalimosVeryOwn]

I really hope there’s a Somali American who’s as big as the ones topping the charts..it’s time we have our own Beyoncé

 

[IGotDaAnswers]

I really hope there’s a Somali American who’s as big as the ones topping the charts..it’s time we have our own Beyoncé

Beyoncé?
We have Somali music besides most western music just leads to fitnah and more broken homes ,promiscuous daughters and ciyaal suuq low iq good for nothing sons.
I am for Somalis pursuing other forms of entertainment like professional sports and acting

Really and truly we should aspire to be traditional conservative Somali muslims in STEM/entrepreneurship and not degenerate liberal Somali gaalo singing baby mama th*ots or baby daddy rappers

 

[Keo]

Tbh I prefer having less Somali artists in the west at least

 

[Alluring]

Somalis in Sweden are like the AA's in America

 

[IGotDaAnswers]

Somalis in Sweden are like the AA's in America

Do Swedish people catch on to the fact that these somali rappers are not real n*ggers but impostors from the cushite stock

 

[Alluring]

Do Swedish people catch on to the fact that these somali rappers are not real n*ggers but impostors from the cushite stock

Nah they consider them real n words and have terrible rep, abdis are known to be rapists.

 

[kickz]

Scandi Somalis are talented, can’t stand the rest of the other countries rappers