Chess is dope but how come gangsters and people within hiphop seem to love it so much?

[Objective]

This is probably biased af but most "normal" people (those sticking to alcohol, no bs and 9-5s) I know and have talked with don't even know how to play or think it's boring. Most gamers don't even like it, and if they do, I tend to beat them with my limited knowledge of chess. In middle-school it was defo not something you talked about unless you wanted to risk something that may escalate to a asswhooping. You know who beats me tho?

Drug dealers, gangsters and people on rap-forums. The same people that used to fuck with chess nerds. I know everyone can like chess but this is somewhat strange to me.

This one dude I used to smoke up with that sold weed and amphetamine sent invites to play from the chess.com app on the reg for a while. I think he had a rating of 1700 at one point and all that jazz. Dude beat most people I saw him play against. This other guy comes along on visit, done some heinous crimes, dude beat him in a close match up. I mean, I can understand the latter dude cus he started playing in prison where there's nothing to do and read up on it, but my friend? Or quite a few of y'all? I don't get surprised when I see a chess board going to a new weed dealers house anymore. I don't get surprised when wolla gangsters tell people to sit down for a round of chess cus it's happened at random parties in a haze of pot smoke more than once to put it like that. Two people almost started to fight cus the winner didn't want to play a re.

I refuse to believe this scene is the cause:



but it'd at least explain the draw for people you wouldn't expect to actually know about gambits, openings, mid and late game plays.

What got y'all into it?

[Hush]

It’s war

[Ajax]

Because Liquid Swords has a chessboard on the album cover and it’s historically been considered proof of someone’s intelligence.

It definitely has nothing to do with the Wire.

[Ouch]

Well i'll tell you this much my nigga... I was in bx CC, and they had dorms.

This old as dude who did maintenance and what not in the wreck room.. he wreckeded me... in like a few moves... and im not a retard.. he just said... you're gonna move the pawn up, one side next pawn too up... move the rook up..

reguardless me smashed me he taught me some stuff but I stil don't know

[Ouch]

but to my behest he said he played in a chess club... so wtf am I supposed to do...

reguardless therses no way im a fool playing with a master... but yeah people like that

[Ouch]

its just like anything else... it takes a lot of practice and work...


jordan was a good basketball player.... but jordan wouldn't have been jordan with out a TON TON TON of work...

[Ouch]

if lebron didn't practice much and didn't give 2 shits... lebron would be a foot note nah mean... theres probably 100 lebrons and jordans that didnt.... I know a few

[Dope girl]

I love chess

[Geno]

It is a strategic game of gangsta shit. Basically conquering the opposition on some well thought out G shit