In a recent article in the New York Times, the UK’s very own Slick Rick conveyed his perspective on the state of Hip Hop in the present day.
Slick Rick stated
“Hip Hop disrupted the order of things,” he says. “It was the pulpit, and if you put the right person in front of the pulpit, they can speak for the youth of the planet. Instead, it was altered and diluted. What you see now are performers who have been broken to fit into a mold. They are not going to disrupt the order of things.”
Ain’t that the truth. Slick never mentioned no names, but heh it’s not hard to find out what rappers he could be referring to as there’s an army of them out there in public eye.
Check out the Hip Hop pioneer Slick Rick’s “Children Story” video right now below.
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