^^ good questions
but who knows where he would be if he was out?
who knows if the books hes been reading since hes been locked up would be available to him or not if he was out?
who knows what he would have pursued if he was out?
from things both Jaz and X said in the past, hes always been smart and into reading. but true, who knows if he would still be into that if he was out? however, i'm confident that his writing ability would have still increased his skill and kept up wit that and improved his talent. you just never know how the factors outside of that might have played their role and how things would have turned out. maybe the same ones he once considered 'homies' and found out they arent who they supposed to be, he would have find out another way and it could be the same result or another one. you never know how things can go.
true, being locked up has done a lot of contributing to his life, both in and out of music. some of the people i hear who started listening to X from '95 - now, usually all say they know him as :
" that one nigga who raps from behind bars"
so that can be considered as one of the plus factors in his career. and maybe in some way it prevented a lot of shit that might have happened to him if he was out. he made the best of a fucked up situation and utilized it to his advantage. how many people do you know could have done that?
music legends like rick james and james brown didnt even do that, as far as i know.
i dont know him personally or nothin', i just think he deserves a lot more than what hes been gettin'. and hes not the only artist i would say that about either, theres plenty others who havent/ dont get their due. i dont think he or a few others will ever get that, but like i said, you never know how the pages of life will turn. it will always surprise you
i'd like to see it happen tho.