History YMMV / Hopsin

** "Happy Ending" [[note]] A song about soliciting prostitutes in an Asian massage parlor complete with stereotypical accents. [[/note]] is ''easily'' one of the most outright racist songs in recent memory, [[AcceptableEthnicTargets something a white artist would be metaphorically eviscerated for writing and performing]], and honestly sounds like a song Hopsin would criticize another rapper if they had written or performed it.

** "Happy Ending" [[note]] A song about soliciting prostitutes in an Asian massage parlor complete with stereotypical accents. [[/note]] Is easily one of the most outright racist songs in recent memory, [[AcceptableEthnicTargets something a white artist would be metaphorically eviscerated for writing and performing]], and honestly sounds like a song Hopsin would criticize another rapper if they had written or performed it.

* VindicatedByHistory: Not Hopsin himself, but an off-and-on friend of his. In 2013, alternative white rapper The Jokerr feuded with Hopsin and the Funk Volume crew, with several diss songs aimed at them, making the claim that he and Hopsin were once as close as brothers but he was cut out of Hopsin's life by Damien Ritter. Jokerr insisted that Ritter was a corrupt puppetmaster out to make a buck and didn't care about Hopsin or anyone else, yet Hop, the crew, and even their fans were spineless, stupid, and greedy enough to go along with his deception. Understandably, many fans of Hopsin and FV absolutely hated Jokerr because of this, accusing him of being [[YoureJustJealous being bitter and jealous of Funk Volume's success]]. He eventually apologized about attacking Hopsin and the others, yet maintained his insistence that Ritter was crooked. By summer 2015, Hopsin and Jokerr had patched things up enough for Jokerr to post a video of the two freestyling together.\\

** "Happy Ending" [[note]] A song about soliciting prostitutes in an Asian massage parlor complete with stereotypical accents. [[/note]] Is easily one of the most outright racist songs in recent memory, something a white artist would be metaphorically eviscerated for writing and performing, and honestly sounds like a song Hopsin would criticize another rapper if they had written or performed it.

* SnarkBait: By rap fans and others alike, a lot of his lyrical content has been dissected and snarked about to kingdom come. The general consensus in most rap circles is that he is a pretentious, loudmouthed idiot who clearly sees himself as some sort of pseudo-messianic figure, but only fools [[KnowNothingKnowItAll people like him]] while everyone else rolls their eyes.

* SnarkBait: By rap fans and others alike, a lot of his lyrical content has been dissected and snarked about to kingdom come.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: He mentioned an incident where his mother called him to tell him that his dad was "proud of him for winning that award on MTV" when Tyler the Creator won best new artist.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Nocturnal Rainbows" is universally considered to be among his finest work.

* FandomRivalry: Between his fans and fans of {{OFWGKTA}}.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Nocturnal Rainbows is universally considered to be among his finest work.

** ''Knock Maddens'' has many split with some calling it awful, corny trash while others calling it a good release that simply does not stack up well compared to ''Raw''.

** "Knock Maddens" has many split with some calling it awful, corny trash while others calling it a good release that simply does not stack up well compared to Raw.

Upon the immediate start of 2016, a phone call between Hopsin and Ritter took place while the crew was with Hopsin, in which Dame accused Hopsin of working only 20% as hard as other popular rappers. Aside from shocking everyone around and utterly pissing Hopsin off, this also solidified in Hopsin's mind that he'd given Dame too much power in the company and couldn't trust him going forward.[[note]]Ritter later explained that he was referring to post-production and promotional aspects, though if Hopsin's mention of being booked into an extended tour's worth of subpar hotels and daily meet-and-greets is any indication, Dame's standards of working hard out of the studio seem to be pretty skewed.[[/note]] Hopsin soon gave Ritter an ultimatum that one of them had to go, and Dame called his bluff and decided to stay. The result, as clearly evidenced through Hopsin's social media and interview appearances as well as "Ill Mind of Hopsin 8", was the ugly dissolution of Funk Volume, complete with various accusations aimed at Ritter including wage manipulation, gaslighting, and misappropriation of company funds to gamble, ostensibly proving as many fans noted that Jokerr was right about Dame all along. Nowadays fans want Hopsin and Jokerr to collaborate together on something for Hopsin's new Undercover Prodigy label and consider Dame to be as bad as Music/EazyE's ex-wife Tomica Wright[[note]]Hopsin's old boss at Ruthless Records[[/note]] and former manager Jerry Heller.

Upon the immediate start of 2016, a phone call between Hopsin and Ritter took place while the crew was with Hopsin, in which Dame accused Hopsin of working only 20% as hard as other popular rappers. Aside from shocking everyone around and utterly pissing Hopsin off, this also solidified in Hopsin's mind that he'd given Dame too much power in the company and couldn't trust him going forward.[[note]]Ritter later explained that he was referring to post-production and promotional aspects, though if Hopsin's mention of being booked into an extended tour's worth of subpar hotels and daily meet-and-greets is any indication, Dame's standards of working hard out of the studio seem to be pretty skewed.[[/note]] Hopsin soon gave Ritter an ultimatum that one of them had to go, and Dame called his bluff and decided to stay. The result, as clearly evidenced through Hopsin's social media and interview appearances as well as "Ill Mind of Hopsin 8", was the ugly dissolution of Funk Volume, complete with various accusations aimed at Ritter including wage manipulation, gaslighting, and misappropriation of company funds to gamble, ostensibly proving as many fans noted that Jokerr was right about Dame all along. Nowadays fans want Hopsin and Jokerr to collaborate together on something for Hopsin's new Undercover Prodigy label and consider Dame to be as bad as Music/EazyE's ex-wife Tomeca Wright[[note]]Hopsin's old boss at Ruthless Records[[/note]] and former manager Jerry Heller.

Upon the immediate start of 2016, a phone call between Hopsin and Ritter took place while the crew was with Hopsin, in which Dame accused Hopsin of working only 20% as hard as other popular rappers. Aside from shocking everyone around and utterly pissing Hopsin off, this also solidified in Hopsin's mind that he'd given Dame too much power in the company and couldn't trust him going forward.[[note]]Ritter later explained that he was referring to post-production and promotional aspects, though if Hopsin's mention of being booked into an extended tour's worth of subpar hotels and daily meet-and-greets is any indication, Dame's standards of working hard out of the studio seem to be pretty skewed.[[/note]] Hopsin soon gave Ritter an ultimatum that one of them had to go, and Dame called his bluff and decided to stay. The result, as clearly evidenced through Hopsin's social media and interview appearances as well as "Ill Mind of Hopsin 8", was the ugly dissolution of Funk Volume, complete with various accusations aimed at Ritter including wage manipulation, gaslighting, and misappropriation of company funds to gamble, ostensibly proving as many fans noted that Jokerr was right about Dame all along.

* VindicatedByHistory: Not Hopsin himself, but an off-and-on friend of his. In 2013, alternative white rapper The Jokerr feuded with Hopsin and the Funk Volume crew, with several diss songs aimed at them, making the claim that he and Hopsin were once as close as brothers but he was cut out of Hopsin's life by Damien Ritter, who he insisted was a corrupt puppetmaster out to make a buck and didn't care about Hopsin or anyone else. Many fans of Hopsin and FV absolutely hated Jokerr because of this, accusing him of being [[YoureJustJealous being bitter and jealous of Funk Volume's success]]. He eventually apologized about attacking Hopsin and the others, yet maintained his insistence that Ritter was crooked. By summer 2015, Hopsin and Jokerr had patched things up enough for Jokerr to post a video of the two freestyling together.\\

* GrowingTheBeard: Raw is arguably a much more personal and unique product than Gazing At the Moonlight.

* {{Narm}}: Ill Mind of Hopsin 6 can be a bit over the top emotional to some.

** ''Heather Nicole'' is a sincere, saddened apology to a woman he regrets mistreating. And it shows.
** ''The Ill Mind Of Hopsin 6'' is a song devoted to a friend of his who became addicted to drugs and ended up with his life in shambles, and Hopsin spends many verses in it saying he wished he had stepped in and stopped it when he could.
** ''Ill Mind 7'' also has shades of this.
** ''Ill Mind 8'', which went from "will never happen" to "awesome call-out track" in a hurry following the end of Funk Volume and launch of his new label Undercover Prodigy, becomes this as well with the following line at which point you realize what Hopsin had to leave behind:
--> "So good luck, [[TrueCompanions Jarren; Dizzy: Hoppa; SwizZz;]] I'm goin' solo."

* TearJerker: Heather Nicole is a sincere, saddened apology to a woman he regrets mistreating. And it shows.

** ''Ill Mind 7'' also has shades of this.

* BrokenBase: "Knock Maddens" has many split with some calling it awful, corny trash while others calling it a good release that simply does not stack up well compared to Raw.

** ''The Ill Mind Of Hopsin 6'' is a song devoted to a friend of his who became addicted to drugs and ended up with his life in shambles, and Hopsin spends many verses in it saying he wished he had stepped in and stopped it when he could.

* FanDumb: Recently, Hopsin made a post on Facebook about how he does not smoke weed, without even saying anything against it. Cue fans complaining about him becoming soft.
* HateDumb: A lot of his detractors call him "an Eminem ripoff" despite his completely different lyrical content and persona. Although his style does somewhat resemble Em's.

* TearJerker: Heather Nicole is a sincere, saddened apology to a woman he regrets mistreating. And it shows.

* {{Hatedumb}}: A lot of his detractors call him "an Eminem ripoff" despite his completely different lyrical content and persona. Although his style does somewhat resemble Em's.