21 Savage has taken to social media to clarify his recent comments regarding Nas’ relevancy in the current Hip Hop landscape.
The Slaughter Gang boss upset a few people over the weekend in a Clubhouse room when he claimed Nas wasn’t relevant at the moment. “I don’t feel like he’s relevant,” he said to the dismay of many listeners. “I don’t feel like Nas is relevant.”
On Monday (November 14), 21 hopped on Twitter to clarify what he meant and to say he believes his words are being twisted in a way he didn’t intend.
“I would never disrespect nas or any legend who paved the way for me y’all be tryna take stuff and run with it,” 21 wrote while applauding the Queensbridge icon.
Once things calmed down after his original comments, the UK-born rapper explained his belief that the rap deity isn’t relevant today, but he has a “loyal” fan base and makes good music still. The heated discussion seemed to revolve around ’90s rappers that are still dropping albums today.
Angry Escobar Fans flocked to social media to voice their frustration with 21’s incendiary comments including Nas’ brother, Jungle, as he stepped into The Shade Room to diss Savage.
“21 Savage is trash I’m glad Nas dropped KD3 so fans can hear real bars… 21 can u do something for me,” he wrote.
Nas released King’s Disease III on Friday (November 11), which is the third installment of his Hit-Boy-produced series that he won his first Grammy Award for. The franchise has also been commercially relevant as each of the first two parts notched him Top 5 debuts on the Billboard 200.
As for 21, he’s coming off the release of his Her Loss joint project with Drake, which topped the Billboard 200 this week after collecting north of 400,000 total album-equivalent units in first-week sales.
Drake and 21’s joint LP reportedly produced one of the biggest streaming weeks ever generating around 500 million.
Wow….I would’ve thought he were more informed than that, but then again…yea 🙃
21 Diva
He’s entitled to his opinion of course, but he’s probably not realizing Nas first album dropped nearly 30 years ago. To quote his new album “I’ve got fans in they sixties, and I also got fans that are 16”
Living Legend who leveled up even further business wise
21 right. Nas is a legend with classics under his belt but he not pulling a big following of the younger generation . I think that’s what 21 ment and it’s true for a lot of old-school artist. Only true hip hop heads which most of the youngsters ain’t due to the music that’s been droping the last 10 years. NAS lyrics prolly go right over their head
Actually he’s wrong
21 right. Nas is a legend with classics under his belt but he not pulling a big following of the younger generation . I think that’s what 21 ment and it’s true for a lot of old-school artist. Only true hip hop heads which most of the youngsters ain’t due to the music that’s been droping the last 10 years. NAS lyrics prolly go right over their head
21 right. Nas is a legend with classics under his belt but he not pulling a big following of the younger generation . I think that’s what 21 ment and it’s true for a lot of old-school artist. Only true hip hop heads which most of the youngsters ain’t due to the music that’s been droping the last 10 years. NAS lyrics prolly go right over their head
I think we throw the word “relevant” around too much and too lightly. What exactly does 21 (and others) mean by “relevant”? Let’s be real: almost all artists today cover a limited subject matter: killing, fucking, money, selling/using drugs. This goes for the male and female artists. What is so relevant about that? BIG, Pac, Nas, & Hov was talking that same shit almost 30 years ago. So what makes today’s artist so different or more “relevant”? I’m not even trying to be negative. I’m genuinely curious to see what people have to say about this.
Relevancy has nothing to do with subject matter or lyrical content from certain artists. It’s more of what impact did they have and how they continue to keep their legacy as time goes on. A lot of rappers fall into obscurity after having a little run, but others, like the Nas’s, the Jay’s, the Em’s of the game, continue to have people listen, support and talk about their work every time they drop a new album, single or even guest verse. And that’s decades after they first stepped on the scene. And that can also apply for certain artists that came out this past decade, like Kendrick, Drake and J Cole, who have that same impact for the newer generation. Hope this helps for you.
I mean I just saw nas last month with Wu-Tang and Busta at a 20k+ amphitheater and the 16-60 comment was true to form.
I mean I just saw nas last month with Wu-Tang and Busta at a 20k+ amphitheater and the 16-60 comment was true to form.
You know the label forced 21 to retract his truthful comments
Was waiting for your @$$ to show up. 😂😂😂😂😂. Always ready to hate, got to admire the consistency.
I’m not listening to 21 Savage tho. Must mean he’s irrelevant.
HHDX will you please fix this double posting comment problem?
Seems like it doesn’t provide adequate feedback to the person posting that their comment was received and will post. A line of dialog after posting confirming would be wonderful. Thank you, bye.
In a generational sense I can get why Nas doesn’t appeal to Gen Z. When I was getting into hip hop in the late 90s I didn’t really care about KRS-1 so I get that. 21 isn’t relevant to a 36 year old like me but Nas isn’t relevant to a 14 year old. It’s about perspective so in that sense it’s not an invalid statement
In a generational sense I can get why Nas doesn’t appeal to Gen Z. When I was getting into hip hop in the late 90s I didn’t really care about KRS-1 so I get that. 21 isn’t relevant to a 36 year old like me but Nas isn’t relevant to a 14 year old. It’s about perspective so in that sense it’s not an invalid statement
In a generational sense I can get why Nas doesn’t appeal to Gen Z. When I was getting into hip hop in the late 90s I didn’t really care about KRS-1 so I get that. 21 isn’t relevant to a 36 year old like me but Nas isn’t relevant to a 14 year old. It’s about perspective so in that sense it’s not an invalid statement
None of these new rap babies can compare to this 90’s shit.
None of these new rap babies can compare to this 90’s shit.
21 Sausage isn’t immersed in hip-hop enough to speak about Nas.
21 Sausage isn’t immersed in hip-hop enough to speak about Nas.
21 Sausage isn’t immersed in hip-hop enough to speak about Nas.
This younger generation is who’s irrelevant. You would think with the amount of new rappers popping out of the ground on the daily that there’d be some classics, some type of staying power, someone who gets better with time. Nope. They are all shit and cater to a retarded fanbase that follows and never leads. When you throw 100 rappers at the wall and none of them stick, that’s all the evidence you need.
For many, Hip-Hop is a personal journey. 21 Savage, in his mind, may feel that the older generation rappers are irrelevant, but he’s only seeing it from his vision. To me, 21 is irrelevant, but that’s based on my taste. Nobody is wrong (can’t believe I’m saying this). KD3 is whuppin’ anything 21’s ever made, but respect to 21. His fans hold him to the same regard as I hold NaS. Respect
Not even a big Nas fan but this dude got major bars and can freestyle,WTF is a savage that is 21 he sounds like Drake and all the rest of these Junky rap sounding dudes.
this coming from a man that had to us Drake to become relevant again
it’s part of their anti black agenda the music industry is the enemy. they pay these rappers to disrespect the gods. how is this guy even in USA? anyone else long deported for no reason. even if this guy was a college grad they would have deported him for lack of papers if he wasn’t an industry plant they paid to destroy our legacy. you think it’s a coincidence they named their gay rapper lil x then Nas just seeing smoke? now it’s just hot metal from the god four straight? we’re going to blow their industry up for good. destroy it
21 savage is Irrelevant.
I don’t like 21, but this new Nas album is trash. He has notoriously bad ear for beats. Overall he has good albums and wack ones, too. He’s definitely not a legend as he and his biased fans claims. One of the most overrated rapper ever.
Your ear for good music is what’s overated. Learn to separate the great music from the trash. Then you can speak!
I don’t like 21, but this new Nas album is trash. He has notoriously bad ear for beats. Overall he has good albums and wack ones, too. He’s definitely not a legend as he and his biased fans claims. One of the most overrated rapper ever.
I think for a while Nas was doing his own thing, rebuilding his rep among older heads after Nastradamus and maintaining a consistent profile without really aiming his shit at the younger generation and making no bones about it -Hip Hop is Dead kinda speaks for itself. I saw him on that tour and it was a packed venue of maybe 3000. The game has changed a lot since then and a lot of the newer artists that are popular are way different from back then when the south was dominating and most east coast artists were still somewhat in the mold of the boom bap/soul sample/mafioso type style that Nas and others developed in the 90s. In spite of this Nas has managed to reestablish his relevancy with the newer generation via high profile collabos, Mass Appeal, the Grammy, generally keeping up with the trends without sacrificing the lyrics. Wu-Tang may not be doing this so much musically but through the documentary, the Hulu show, etc. and both have managed to ride the wave of the more lyrical shit that’s risen in popularity recently and raise their profiles a lot. I saw them together on the last tour and it was a packed amphitheatre of maybe 12-15K. Just because none of these dudes are doing Drake numbers it doesn’t mean they aren’t relevant and saying so is some ignorant shit, but what do you expect from these cocky dudes who are getting 500 million streams with bullshit releases and verses that take five minutes to write? I mean ffs lol