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Originally Posted by Zippy

The artists she copies from don't live in a vacuum. They too have their influences who they steal from.

Artists copy artists copy artists.

Sometimes its blatant, sometimes its subtle. But influence and immitation is and always has been a part of the advancement of music.

And often the people that inspired certain artists are too obscure for people to know about. So they get the credit.

Cher clearly knows her stuff and is genuinely immersed in a certain genre of music. And thats where she wants to be. At the moment she may well be following her influences but given the chance she will give it her own spin.

And you are all talking about her. Result.

Although I agree with the first part, there is not a chance in hell that the bit on bold is true. If she was immersed in hip hop then she'd have her own rhymes and wouldn't need to copy other peoples. There are millions of rappers her age trying to get noticed. Not relying on a fake talent contest to make their name. She's a fake in that respect. If she had respect for her genre she'd be less blatant with her copying and would at least try to flow her own rhymes..

Having said that she may open the flood gates. Look out next year for a bunch of boys and girls who cant really rap or sing but are relying on the judges ignorance of hip hop in order to make their name. Cher may set a precedent unfortunately it wont be a good precedent.