Chapter 186
Chapter 186
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 187
Chapter Title: National Hip-Hop Top
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National Hip-Hop Top.
Truth be told, that title got used more as a meme.
As listeners grew more hardcore, building their own little worlds and sneering at the mainstream with their superiority complex, the masses started mocking them right back—calling random nobodies the "National Hip-Hop Top" to troll the fans and the Korean hip-hop scene.
But this time, it was real.
#1 on Melboard's Hot 100 with Storm Surge.
Yeonwoo had claimed his second Melboard Hot 100 #1 with a hip-hop track.
Sadly, no Korean hip-hop artist had ever pulled that off.
That said, Korean artists had charted on Melboard with hip-hop before.
It just happened to be idols, whom the National Hip-Hop fans refused to acknowledge as real hip-hop artists.
Same story now.
- Yeonwoo doesn't even do hip-hop normally.
- She's not a hip-hop artist, so she can't be National Hip-Hop Top just for hitting #1.
- She didn't even sing it herself.
- Bring in someone like Elkind Logan, do some hip-hop, and who couldn't hit #1?
- Fr real...
- She's a composer-producer. We calling her National Hip-Hop now?
- Hell no.
- If you don't know jack about real hip-hop, stay out of the scene.
And so, the National Hip-Hop fans uniformly trashed Yeonwoo across every community they haunted.
But people weren't about to just sit back and watch.
Folks don't like those types who build their own bubbles, strut around with superiority complexes, and mock everyone else.
They'd been around forever.
Back when indie band stans were all "I want to keep my faves all to myself" with their smug attitudes, the mainstream called them out as "Hongdae Syndrome."
Now it was hip-hop fans getting the "hip-chil" label.
Of course, not everyone.
Just the ones who hoard their culture, lord it over others, and laugh at outsiders.
Anyway, the ones trying to tear Yeonwoo down online were classic hip-chils, and the crowd loved mocking them.
- Isn't hitting #1 with hip-hop without being a hip-hop artist kinda badass? Lol.
- The rapper's a hip-hop GOAT, Elkind Logan. Lol.
- Dude came all the way to Korea 'cause he wanted to collab that bad. Class act. Lol.
- Out of all the wannabes in the Korean hip-hop scene that hip-chils stan, how many does Elkind Logan even know?
- He'd probably ignore 'em. Lol.
- If you're denying it 'cause Yeonwoo didn't rap, how you gonna explain your faves like DJ Aphro or Kane Roast who just compose and produce?
- Lol for real. By their logic, those guys gotta go too? Lol.
- They're just salty 'cause Yeonwoo's killing it.
- National Hip-Hop Top? No wonder they're jealous. Lol.
The beef between the hip-chils and the trolls who loved riling them up escalated, pulling in normies who didn't even care at first.
And someone always bites on that bait, pouring gasoline on the fire.
Why?
For attention.
What the hell kinda hip-hop is this from a 9-year-old brat? If this is hip-hop, I'm done with it. Bullshit.
@aK_V!NOM
Rapper Byenom straight-up sniped Yeonwoo on his SNS.
Byenom had burst onto the scene four years ago, winning a hip-hop survival show at just 20. His next two singles both blew up, cementing him as one of the top names in Korean hip-hop.
But his controversies matched his talent.
He was an attention whore.
It started with posting videos of himself smoking on the street and flicking his butt, drawing backlash.
Then daytime street drinking setups as "performance art," fighting fans in comments, randomly spitting at passersby—you name it.
Whenever hip-hop drama popped up online?
He dove right in.
He'd even escalate it to make himself the center of the storm.
- Knew that Byenom asshole would pop off.
- Lol what makes him think he can talk?
- Melboard kids are blowing up overseas, so he wants in. Lol.
- That's how he sells albums.
- Hip-chils swear that's peak hip-hop and slurp it up.
- No wonder National Hip-Hop gets hip-chil treatment.
Some knew not to feed the troll.
Others didn't.
They piled on Byenom with hate.
Normal people would've cracked under the hate comments.
Not Byenom.
With eyes on him, he went feral on SNS, pulling even bigger stunts.
Lol told ya?
@aK_V!NOM
So what? Watching you losers yap is hilarious. I said the kid ain't hip-hop, and not one of you can counter?
@aK_V!NOM
Show me some real hip-hop then?
@aK_V!NOM
Must be nice getting hyped as a genius, grabbing all that buzz, charting Melboard. Shoulda dragged my ass to TV as a kid genius too. Woulda topped Melboard with ballads. Hip-hop tho? Lol.
@aK_V!NOM
His feed exploded, interest spiking— even hitting news articles.
Reactions weren't pretty.
Yeonwoo was riding high off that #1, earning pet names like "Nation's Genius," "Little Bro," "Nephew," soaking up nationwide love.
And her collaborator was Elkind Logan.
Bashing Yeonwoo meant bashing Logan too.
If it spread overseas, Byenom's antics were just plain wrong.
But Byenom seemed to want that.
Elkind Logan? Who even is that anymore?
@aK_V!NOM
Dude ditched hip-hop after Wolverine, chased pop cash grabs.
@aK_V!NOM
Nah? Lol anyway, washed up now? Guy's a grandpa irl. Lol.
Byenom didn't stop at mentioning Logan—he hashtagged him.
It blew up worldwide.
Reactions? Brutal.
How big was Korean hip-hop globally?
Flip it: Elkind Logan's influence on world hip-hop?
Massive.
Insulting that legend?
Peak troll.
Peak enough that N. Hound—the U.S. rising star who'd competed with Kim Beomsin's "Going Home" on Melboard—blasted Byenom on SNS: "Show respect to a hip-hop GOAT."
- Whoa, N. Hound's hashtagging and cursing Byenom. Lol.
- Byenom's troll game god-tier if Hound's reacting.
- Byenom won. Lol.
- Gained international clout.
- So embarrassing fr. Embarrassing af.
From Byenom's view? Mission accomplished—name recognition up.
Spotlight shifted to Yeonwoo and Logan.
How would the targets respond to this global troll?
Reporters hounded; DMs flooded Logan's SNS.
Elkind Logan was a pacifist.
Sure, back in his Wolverine days, he'd dropped diss tracks without mercy, stirring beef.
Before that, street freestyle battles.
Not anymore.
Why would he stoop to disses from his throne?
He'd dodged fights even 10 years ago, but after his granddaughter was born? No way.
Didn't want her hearing Grandpa curse on a diss track.
Didn't hate the culture, though.
Dissing's hip-hop tradition.
As long as it didn't spark shootings.
Anyway, talk got loud, so he spoke.
[Elkind Logan Responds to Byenom Drama.]
[Elkind Logan: "Diss tracks gone? Now rappers diss like nerds on SNS? No time for losers yapping from their phones."]
[Elkind Logan's Savage Burn.]
- Lol that's how it's done.
- Byenom just got nerd-pilled.
- Lol yeah, if you're mad, drop a diss track at least. Lol.
- Grown-ass dude jealousy-roasting a 9-year-old? That's your diss level? Lol.
- He knows even if he drops one, it'll flop and get laughed off. Lol.
- Two singles aside, what's he even succeeded at?
- Lol nah, brain's fried—can't even do that now.
Drop a diss, not SNS crap.
Crowd lost it over Logan's clapback.
Byenom? Radio silence, despite getting the reaction he craved.
Folks figured Logan scared him off.
Then N. Hound posted:
Heard Yeonwoo and Elkind Logan's Storm Surge (Raging Waves). Respect for Logan just skyrocketed. And Yeonwoo too.
Totally different from his style, but damn tough.
Beat's fire—wanted to flip it my way if he'd let me. Tried, but too hard. Gave up.
@AKA.NORMAN.H
Hip-hop's hotshot, top active rapper by skill—N. Hound repped Yeonwoo.
- Logan collab + N. Hound respect? Wild.
- Yeonwoo's got legit roots now.
- Fr, undeniable National Hip-Hop Top with roots.
- Where's SNS-nerd Byenom at?
- Byenom? Nah, Bye-nom. Lol.
- Bye-nom. Lmao.
- SNS-nerd, drop that diss track. Lol.
N. Hound's respect sealed it—no debate left.
GOAT and rising star both vouched—who could call Yeonwoo's hip-hop fake?
Even the fired-up National Hip-Hop fans (hip-chils included) went ghost like rats in holes.
Just as the troll star dragged his hip-chils into hiding and things cooled...
[Hip-Hop Survival Winner Byenom Emergency Arrested for Drug Possession.]
[Byenom Detained for Drugs; Test Positive.]
[Hip-Hop Bad Boy Byenom Peaks with Drugs.]
["Diss Us"—Then Did Drugs: Byenom.]
- Whoa... legit pos. Lol.
- SNS-nerd was a druggie. Lol.
- Dude's in Korea, dodged army, now this—full package.
- Bet hip-chil pos are still simping "dissed Logan on SNS + drugs = hip-hop."
- Nah, they cut him loose—too embarrassing.
- Lol god-tier.
- Possession wasn't one-off—enough for dozens. Distribution charges too. Heavy sentence even for first offense—prison bound. Lol.
- Lmao, full hip-hop spirit now. Lol.
As Byenom vanished quietly...
"Man, I was working on a diss track too..."
Yeonwoo, who'd geared up to fire back, smacked his lips in regret.