Lil Yachty has become very outspoken about the state of Hip Hop in recent weeks, and he’s now expressed that he believes he’s a way better rapper than “a lot” of his peers right now.
Taking to his Instagram Story on Wednesday (December 6) to show off some of his ice collection, Lil Boat flexed both his jewelry and his rap skills while challenging anyone who wanted it to a battle.
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“Y’all earrings small as fuck, y’all earrings is little,” he began. “These is 16 carats for my earrings, man. You n-ggas is little, You n-ggas ain’t got no [Rolex Presidential watch]. You n-ggas is bitches. And I’m not even gon’ walk outside and show y’all how we walk around. You n-ggas be on my dick, bro. And you n-ggas is hoes.”
He continued: “And I rap better than a lot of y’all n-ggas, bro. Argue with your fucking mama, bro. I don’t care. That’s a fact! That’s a fact, bro. And any n-gga wanna rap, we can rap, bro! But I love y’all. Y’all have a good night, man.”
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While he insists he’s a better rapper than most, Lil Yachty is none too pleased with the current state of Hip Hop.
When chatting at a Rolling Stone Musicians on Musicians event in Brooklyn in November, he said: “The state of Hip Hop right now is a lot of imitation. It’s a lot of quick, low-quality music being put out. It’s a lot less risk-taking, it’s a lot less originality. People are too safe now. Everyone is so safe. I rather take the risk than take the L.”
He quickly caught backlash for his comments, but Yachty doubled down on his sentiments shortly after.
“This is the crazy thing… numbers. First off, Hip Hop was number one. The number-one leading genre for 10-plus years — shitting on every other genre up until recently, about a year ago or two, and it fell in the rankings of being number one,” he said in a later episode of his podcast, A Safe Place.
“It’s between country music and Latin music,” Lil Yachty continued, before suggesting that streams, revenue, and charting hits have contributed to the change.
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“Even record labels have pulled back on funding of Hip Hop as far as like what contracts are looking like and what budgets are being put into…Hip Hop artists. It’s all been scaled back on funding. It’s facts,” he maintained.
He continued: “The facts is that people aren’t supporting Hip Hop like they once did because there is a decline in content.”
