These days rappers are a dime a dozen. Hell, bloggers are a dime a dozen. With rappers going to desperate lengths to promote themselves (i.e., getting shot, stirring up frivolous beef), its getting harder for the everyday rapper to distinguish themselves from the rest of those dirt bags. This week I bring to you Dom Kennedy, someone I describe as the everyday rapper. But before you whisk him away and file him under the mediocre rapper category, consider a new meaning for your "everyday" rapper. I was first introduced to Dom through the The Kirk Out Hour podcast (check that out) and immediately found similarities between him and Murs. Murs is another "everyday" rapper. To me an "everyday" rapper is someone that can just rhyme about anything and make it sound fresh. The everyday rapper isn't rhyming about how many guns he has or even how he plans on ending police brutality. The everyday rapper is rapping about his everyday life. So for the 90% of the hip hop audience that doesn't chop crack for 4 hours a day or go to political rallies every month, it should be easy to relate to Dom. Check out "Who Rollin With Me" on his page and you'll understand. Dom Kennedy
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