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3Marcus Jamal Hopson (born July 18, 1985), better known as Hopsin, an alteration of [[LastNameBasis his last name]], is an underground rapper who is slowly but steadily growing in popularity.
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5His style is generally described as angry, cynical and somewhat melodic, and is often compared to early Music/{{Eminem}} albums. Hopsin has admitted that Eminem is one of his primary influences, so he seems to be aware of this. He is very critical of mainstream hip-hop's glorification of drugs, alcohol and glamorized gangsta lifestyles, as well as mainstream rappers who use them as part of their act.
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7In 2009 he released his debut album, ''Gazing at the Moonlight'', which was received quite well. Unfortunately, it was ill promoted by the label, Creator/RuthlessRecords, and Hopsin was later dropped. His second album, ''Raw'', was released the next year as a digital download on his own label, Funk Volume. In 2013, he released his third album, ''Knock Madness''. He also releases yearly freestyles on his Youtube channel, found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Hopsintv here]].
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9!!Tropes present in his work:
10* AntiLoveSong: Generally averted, but "I'm Not Introducing You" is an example.
11* AlbumTitleDrop: "I am raw, I am raw, just to let you niggas know..."
12* ArmorPiercingQuestion: His famous statement from "Fly":
13--> "Did the man who invented college go to college?"
14* AnAesop: "Nocturnal Rainbows" contains a few. Hopsin points out that our brains are a terrible thing to waste on recreational drugs and that black people shouldn't support Obama simply because he's half-black.
15%% * AudienceParticipationSong: "Ill Mind of Hopsin 5".
16* BoastfulRap: Done differently than most. Rather than bragging about how much money, women or fame he has, he boasts about his musical skill.
17* ConspiracyTheorist: Present throughout ''Raw'', but never taken to insane tinfoil hat levels. It was also present throughout ''Knock Madness''.
18* DealWithTheDevil: [[DefiedTrope Openly defied]] in the opening lines of "I Need Help".
19-->''I'm back, nigga, what's up?''
20-->''"Hop, how'd you get your buzz up?"''
21-->''"I heard you signed over your soul to the devil, was it true?"''
22-->''NIGGA, SHUT THE FUCK UP!''
23* DrugsAreBad: "The Ill Mind of Hopsin 6" is all about this, and how drugs destroyed the life of someone he knew.
24* {{Horrorcore}}: Had a large part in "Am I A Psycho?" by Tech N9ne, which was this genre.
25* LastNameBasis: His stage name is based on his surname.
26* NoodleIncident: [[TearJerker Ill Mind Of Hopsin 6]] was originally going to be a separate song, but according to [[https://twitter.com/hopsin/status/371135346748030976 this tweet]], the real Ill Mind Of Hopsin 6 was too personal to be released. It's never explained what the original song was about.
27%% * NiceGuy
28* ProphetEyes: His trademark pale white contacts.
29%% * RageAgainstTheHeavens: "Ill Mind of Hopsin 7".
30%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
31%% ** All of "Ill Mind of Hopsin 5" as well as "Ill Mind of Hopsin 8".
32%% ** Sag My Pants was a nastily sarcastic parody of shallow, offensive rap songs.
33* ShoutOut:
34** The album cover for ''Raw'' is a homage to the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' film series, as is the music video for "Kill Her".
35** "Rip Your Heart Out" contains the line "Motherfucker, I got balls like I'm [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash Ketchum]]!"
36* TakeThat: Several tracks on ''Raw''. "Sag My Pants" and "Pillow Man" have lyrics taking shots at popular rappers like Music/{{Drake}}, Music/LilWayne, Music/SouljaBoy, Gucci Mane, and even Music/LupeFiasco. "Kill Her", however, is the most notable example, a vicious song that absolutely rips into the late [[Music/{{Eazy E}} Eazy-E]]'s widow, and her record label Ruthless Records. The "Ill Mind of Hopsin 4" song also takes a jab at [[Music/{{OFWGKTA}} Tyler the Creator]]. He has clarified the jab at Lupe Fiasco was for claiming he could skateboard and does say he likes his music, at the very least. Lastly, the skit "No Words" on ''Pound Syndrome'' is a clear and unambiguous shot at trap (specifically the heavily slurred and often nonsensical nature of the rapping; the Autotune usage in particular seems to be mocking Future), and the video is a clear shot at Lil Wayne.
37** Ill Mind of Hopsin 5 is one for most [[GlamRap modern day rappers]] and their fans.
38* WhatTheHellHero:
39** He gives one to ''the entire rap fanbase'' in "Ill Mind of Hopsin 5".
40** "Ill Mind of Hopsin 8" is a huge call-out of [[WeUsedToBeFriends former close friend and business partner]] Dame Ritter over many of the issues behind the dissolution of Funk Volume.

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