So given the recent death of Brian Wilson, Kanye finally disclosing his diagnosis, and the Diddy trial unleashing all sorts of reports on abuse in the music industry, I have to wonder if a large number of well-known artists are autistic. Not only would this explain why so many famous musicians fall into mental health decline and drug addiction (addiction is VERY common with autism), but it would also explain the widespread abuse in the music industry and why so many artists are easily exploited and taken advantage of.
Think about it. A lot of autistic people are musically gifted. Mozart, for instance, is heavily speculated to have been autistic. Autistics are usually very sensitive to sound and have very good musical ears as a result. This would explain why so many musical geniuses are often times plagued by mental breakdowns, drug/alcohol addiction issues, self-destructive behaviours, and other things indicative of autism.
Plus, autistic people are VERY easy for others to take advantage of since they don’t always understand social cues or read between the lines when it comes to the words/behaviours of others. This would explain why there’s widespread abuse and exploitation of musicians by record labels, industry higher-ups, etc. How do we know most of the people whom Diddy was pimping weren’t autistic?
I also remember watching a clip where Jaguar Wright said half of hip hop is autistic and I questioned if it was really that low. I’m guessing at least 75-80% of rappers and hip hop producers are autistic (Kanye, Eminem, and Questlove come to mind).
>>126713375 (OP)Another prominent music industry stereotype is the disagreeable sperg artist. I don't even need to name examples because there are so many of them.
>>126713375 (OP)>This would explain why so many musical geniuses are often times plagued by mental breakdowns, drug/alcohol addiction issues, self-destructive behaviours, and other things indicative of autism. That’s just stress not autism.
>>126713375 (OP)How do we know it’s autism and not bipolar, BPD, schizophrenia, or any other disorder?
>>126713789Autism is highly comorbid with most other neurodivergent disorders. So if someone has bipolar disorder it’s highly likely they’re also autistic.
>>126713385The “troubled genius” is always autistic. Always.
>>126713375 (OP)the only one who actually looks autistic to me
Yet another “autism is le SUPERPOWER” thread.
>>126713375 (OP)Kanye and Eminem have BPD not autism, idiot.
>>126714464Again, BPD and autism are highly comorbid.
>>126714464Self-diagnosis is valid, shitlord.
>>126714438There’s some truth to what OP is saying.
>>126713462Most addicts are autistic and autism is highly correlated with addictive behaviours.
>>126713385Aspies take shit very personally, so it makes sense that autistic musicians would be highly sensitive regarding their work.
>>126714438Sounds more like a severe disadvantage more than anything.
>>126714464You mean bipolar disorder or borderline? Borderline is typically referred to as BPD and its symptoms are very, very similar to autism.
>>126713375 (OP)>I’m guessing at least 75-80% of rappers and hip hop producers are autisticAre you sure it's autism and not purely socioeconomic factors?
>>126713375 (OP)>I also remember watching a clip where Jaguar Wright said half of hip hop is autistic and I questioned if it was really that low. I’m guessing at least 75-80% of rappers and hip hop producers are autistic (Kanye, Eminem, and Questlove come to mind).Can't say about others, but after reading picrel I'm fully convinced your favourite producer's favourite producer was a full-blown Aspie. He showed numerous, numerous signs. Numerous.
Do you think Mick Wall's thoughts about Axl Rose is accurate? He compares Axl to his autistic daughter but says he's not necessarily autistic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCxPzgmsZ0U
>>126713406Kate Bush has to be autistic also. She lives as a recluse.
>>126713375 (OP)Daniel Johnston is the only actual autistic musician. Anyone else is just male BPD.
>>126714438You could construe it that way if you're high functioning, not if you're super autistic beat yourself over the head with legos tier non-verbal though
>>126713385>>126713982Study some biographies of a few major composers. Mozart, Bruckner, Beethoven, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Gustav Holst: it almost doesn't matter who, they absolutely would be diagnosed today.
>>126719229>todayLike I said to the free sample bitch at Costco: I ain't buyin' it.
They've found that there are physical differences in autistic brains vs normal so without scanning that shit, I don't trust any diagnosis.
neurotypicality and neurodivergence is bullshit, there are no "brain profiles" like this, its made up by quack psychiatrists not neurologists. if you talk to a lot of people you'll find that 80% of them are diagnosable with like a developmental disorder plus a personality disorder, normies melt down over the most trivial shit in public, can't grasp empathy even if you explain it to them, struggle with many types of humour, lack selfawareness or have distorted self-perspectives...it goes on and on. yet you're supposed to believe all this jewish conman lore about 0.5% are psychopaths or heckin traumatized borderline brain profile where funny things light up on a scan i dont know what that means but science is epic!!!!!
John Maus fo sho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnMfKacI9AY
>>126718838Not even close to comparable. That faggot was born into an immensely privileged family that 99% of humans in history never get to experience.
>>126719245I mean validly diagnosed, you retarded sperg. You wouldn't even contest this if you knew the most elementary facts about these men's lives.
>>126719672There were millions of kids who had roughly as comfortable an upbringing as Elon's during the '70s and '80s alone. Errol Musk was a wealthy man, but he wasn't Bill Gates, or even Anton Rupert. There were plenty of men like him in South Africa alone.
>>126717519Most Blacks aren’t creative geniuses.
>>126713406Byrne is self diagnosed IIRC
>>126713375 (OP)>mfw im a turboautist or male bpd or whatever gay shit>my music is not even goodany turboautist shut-in working on their masterpiece in their bedroom?
>>126717519>>126717813Do realize there’s no fucking way a Black boy in Chicago or Detroit (or the Bronx, or Compton, or Atlanta) would have ever been diagnosed with autism in the 1980s. Autism/Asperger’s was considered a little white boy’s disability up until the mid-2000s. Cultural factors also played a role in that a lot of autistic characteristics in Black children would have been entirely written off as “cultural” (e.g. being headstrong, being antisocial, not caring about social cues, being rude).
So yeah, I could absolutely believe most rappers and hip hop producers are Aspies.
>>126713375 (OP)This is already widely recognised to be a thing anon
Go read about Arthur Russell's demo session with Vin Diesel and tell me that dude wasn't neurodivergent in some way
>>126713375 (OP)This is true but it’s not just music. Pretty much all inventors, great artists, everything. The entire modern world was created by autists. Everyone else just ungratefully takes it for granted.
>>126713375 (OP)>believing Jaguar WrightShe’s a schizo who made up false rape accusations she later recanted. I wouldn’t take a word she says seriously.
