Hip Hop Week In Review: Fetty Wap, Rich Homie Quan, Lil Wayne

With Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen” single still performing well on the charts, a story about how he lost his eye is again one of the most visited links of the week on HipHopDX. More recently, Rich Homie Quan responded to questions about being called “Bitch Homie Quan” by his close collaborator Young Thug and mostly shrugged off the slight.

Elsewhere, HipHopWired listed 15 rappers who never dropped classic albums in a new piece on their website and included the likes of Lil Wayne and Pusha T.

Fetty Wap Explains How He Lost His Eye

Revealing the anti-climactic story behind the loss of his left eye, New Jersey rapper Fetty Wapfinally told the media about the accident that caused the issue.

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“I tell everybody it’s nothing, because it’s really nothing to me,” he said. “What happened is, when I was little I had gotten into a little accident and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes. The doctor saved one, I was blessed to still have my vision. That’s it. That’s the story.”

During the interview Fetty also admitted to letting rumors about his being shot in the eye build given the buzz it offered.

Read the full story here.

Rich Homie Quan Responds To Young Thug Calling Him “Bitch Homie Quan”

Rich Homie Quan responded meekly to questions about being called “Bitch Homie Quan” by Young Thug in a new interview filmed at SXSW.

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Speaking with VladTV inAustin, Rich Homie Quan acknowledged the slight but kept cool when speaking about his working relationship with Young Thug.

“Yeah, he called me ‘Bitch Homie Quan,'” the 25-year old rapper said during the sitdown.

“I didn’t announce it to create conflict,” Rich Homie Quan said of his decision to shy away from Rich Gang. “I don’t know if it created conflict but it is what it is…When I said it people just blowed it out of proportion. I never said I wasn’t gonna do the Rich Gang thing I said I was gonna focus on myself a little bit more. Rich Gang my family. Bird, that’s my uncle. Everybody know that.”

When asked directly about why Young Thug reacted the way he did publicly, Rich Homie Quan said, “I don’t know.” “But at the same time I wish Thugger the best, success,” he added. “Just gon’ leave it at that.”

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Read the full story here.

15 Rappers Who Never Dropped Classic Albums

“Still Waiting: 15 Veteran Rappers Who Never Dropped A Classic Album” is a new listed curated by HipHopWired that lists a collection of Rap’s elite who have never dropped a “classic” album.

Included in the list is Method Man, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss and Rick Ross.

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Towards the top of the list is Pusha T, who released his long-in-the-making debut solo studio album My Name Is My Name in late 2013. Pusha is now eyeing up a spring release for his sophomore album King Push.

“’Unorthodox’ has become synonymous with Pusha T’s music, back to records like ‘Grindin,’” Pusha said in an interview with Rolling Stone last December. “Everybody’s gonna be really locked in and shocked to see how I’ve raised the level of musicality from My Name Is My Name to King Push.”

Weighing in at the top of the list is Young Money’s Lil Wayne. Weezy’s Tha Carter IV, the latest in the Carter series, sold over 950,000 units in its first week on the shelves making it one of 2011’s best selling albums. However, his Tha Carter V has suffered from a series of public label issues, resulting in Wayne wanting to reportedly sue Cash Money Records’ CEO Birdman for $51 million.

Read more about the list on HipHopDX here.

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