21 Savage might have had his New York passport revoked after catching the ire of social media this week when he said Nas “isn’t relevant” in today’s rap scene.
Speaking in a Clubhouse room over the weekend following the release of Nas’ latest album King’s Disease III, 21 asked what the room’s definition of relevant was, after which he followed it up with: “I don’t feel like he’s relevant. I don’t feel like Nas is relevant.”
21 Savage’s comments seemingly struck a chord with those in the chatroom as everyone began arguing over one another.
Once things calmed down, the Slaughter Gang boss took the stage and explained that the Queensbridge icon 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.
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.
Angry Escobar Fans flocked to social media to voice their frustration with 21’s incendiary comments.
“It’s funny because Nas at 49 years old just released 4 better quality albums than his whole discography,” one fan wrote. “But it’s even funnier when 21 Savage is being relevant exclusively thanks to Drake in the last year.”
Another added: “Clubhouse really showed how unintelligent/simple minded/chatty 21 Savage is. Imagine a rap n-gga, any n-gga, calling Nas irrelevant.”
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. It’s Drake’s second time this year topping the Billboard 200, following his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, which arrived in June.
Meanwhile, 21 Savage has expressed regret over comments he made regarding the late Bankroll Fresh.
During a 2016 interview with VladTV, 21 expressed frustration that his friend No Plug – who was seen on camera engaging in a physical fight with Bankroll Fresh moments before he was shot dead – was being portrayed as a “hater” responsible for the Atlanta rapper’s murder.
In a recent sit-down with Akademiks for his Off The Record podcast, 21 Savage said he now regrets making those comments, and that he shouldn’t have spoken ill of the dead.
“I ain’t gonna lie, rest in peace Bankroll. I was on some young, dumb just talking-too-much shit when that shit happened,” the Slaughter Gang leader said. “And I reached out and tried to fix that shit like right after that happened, but n-ggas already felt how they felt and I understood it so I fell back.”
He continued: “But I knew I was wrong. Right after I seen that shit, on my mama, I knew I was wrong for speaking on that type of shit because it didn’t have nothing to do with me really. It was just some young n-gga shit.”
21 savage is only speaking truth. Nas has a few hardcore dick riders that show up here but it isn’t translating to many sales.
Album sales don’t mean squat dickhead
Nas last 4 albums better then 31 savage Career .
Who’s the only name here that shows up on every single post about Nas? 3 guesses?
His albums suck ass music wise as well
Nas lyrically can still murder 99 percent of the rappers today without even breaking a sweat. He doesn’t get the marketing and promotion such as a Drake or Kendrick. He still sells a lot of albums and even won a Grammy for KD1 so wake the hell up because his worst album is better than most of today’s best!!
Nas won an award from an organization that has tons of corruption stories. Grammies don’t mean shit anymore
So tell Jay-Z to give up all his Grammies then. Oh wait, that would be knocking off part of his big resume that you would need to reference to when defending him.
Jay z won before the company was corrupt. They would snub him today
is that you memphis bleek, what you doing online trolling
“before the company was corrupt” what the fuck 😂😂😂😂 hahahahah
It depends. Nas isn’t relevant to the youth. 21 Savage isn’t relevant to older cats. Kids just stream more boosting Drake and 21 Savage numbers
Why do we as a community always disrespect each other? If we ain’t killing each other it’s dissing each other. No other community does this. We make ourselves look foolish.
Every time! You’ll never catch Alkaline calling Aerosmith irrelevant. You’ll never catch Florida Georgia Line calling The Judds irrelevant. But for some reason rappers always go out of their way to disrespect the guys who came before them. And it’s never guys like Cole or Kendrick. It’s always clowns like 6ix9ne or 21 Savage.
What Alkaline are you refering to? Only Alkaline i know is dancehall artist eho pretty much said hes better than vybz kartel and dissed a lot of other deejays. Hes basicaly a rapper
Alkaline Trio, the rock group. But don’t even get me started on Dancehall artists. Wanna be rappers who only promote violence and vulgarity. Gone are the days of Sean Paul, Capleton, and I-Wayne.
21 ass- rage at it again…. Please deport the cunt … nas has had. 30 year immaculate run… classic after classic… but this LD rapper gets popping again thanks to Drake… now he got so much to say… nas just doing him … having fun… please make one classic album learning disability kid … but again… no other culture, but us… when do are parents and elders become irrelevant?….. but I think someone paid him to say it
Nas worse album better than 21s best… stop the meth talk…
21 ass- rage at it again…. Please deport the cunt … nas has had. 30 year immaculate run… classic after classic… but this LD rapper gets popping again thanks to Drake… now he got so much to say… nas just doing him … having fun… please make one classic album learning disability kid … but again… no other culture, but us… when do are parents and elders become irrelevant?….. but I think someone paid him to say it
Fans are too sensitive. Relevance has nothing to do with quality it’s about media attention and CURRENT influence. Plenty people between early 30s and younger aren’t checking for Nas. Same can be said for many other legends. Some shit might be before your time or just not your taste.
Hip hop is like 50 years old now. Not just young people listen to the shit now. Relevancy doesn’t just mean what young people like when hip hop was 10 or 15 years old. It’s why using relevant as the descriptor is ignorant as shit. Also, you probably believe a billion people stream these fast food albums that the labels are giving you for real, lol. I’ll give you a hint. It’s not.
Actually I’m well aware of streaming farms. Relevancy is based on perception, perception is manipulated by corporations. Younger artists are more profitable because they’re ignorant, desperate and easily manipulated. Because of this labels will push newer acts and since media is in bed with the labels they hype who they’re told. The biggest consumers of music are young people and women and both are easily manipulated.
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Im not even a fan of 21 Savage….he needs a reality check when you talking about one of the GOATs like Nas.
Goin’ on 30 Summers. Nuff said!
Coming from the same guy who sampled Nas’ “Take It In Blood” for one of his songs off Savage Mode II.
These rappers are hoes especially 21
21 Savage is the worst rapper period!!! Nas is the only rap artist I care to listen too. At least his music has substance. Fuck Drake too!!! Shout out to Nas he deserves album of the year!!!!
21 Savage is the worst rapper period!!! Nas is the only rap artist I care to listen too. At least his music has substance. Fuck Drake too!!! Shout out to Nas he deserves album of the year!!!!
Nas is timeless. Savage is a guest feature on his own album.
Nas makes hip hop soul music. That shit is timeless. Savage just dropped an album that everyone skipped over his verses to hear the Drake parts and songs. He just said he should have fell back on some other stupid shit he said in the past, and then he goes and says some more dumb shit to just leave you with the conclusion that he’s a dumbass.
Raekwon bout punch this fuck head like joe buttons
Raekwon bout punch this fuck head like joe buttons
The under 30s might stream more 21 savage but the majority of y’all are still broke ass kids that couldnt go to a show or buy anyone’s shit even if you wanted to. I’ll be checking for nas when he comes to my city, you lames will keep streaming from your mattress on the floor.
The under 30s might stream more 21 savage, but the majority of y’all are still broke ass kids that couldn’t go to a show or buy anyone’s shit even if you wanted to. I’ll be checking for nas show when he comes to my city, you lames keep streaming that 21 from your mattress on the floor 💯
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Nah he aint relevant nowdays, music a young person game unless you michael jackson aint no1 waiting on a 40 plus year olds album to drop. Aint no1 waiting on big daddy kane mc hammer shh not even snoop nowdays. It like asking is jimmy carter relevant today, is brett favre athletically relevant today. Every dog has there season. Shhh even trump losing relevancy and it aint been a decade or more away.
I’m in my mid 30’s and I love both these brothers music but Savage dead ass wrong on this one. Nas is Nas. There’s no comparison but most artists of the last 5-10 years are compared to their peers. This shit was unheard of until the 2010’s and on. #salute2thegenre
What a stupid@$$, the whole comment is a contradiction, he,s not relevant but has a huge fan base, and puts out some good ass music. Must a been on some of that new shit.
What a stupid@$$, the whole comment is a contradiction, he,s not relevant but has a huge fan base, and puts out some good ass music. Must a been on some of that new shit.
He is right.. Nas irrelevant as fuhhh
WTF SMH, 21 savagery?? We sending you back to London Bwoi. Fake identity British fake American rapper thinks he can talk about the owner of this Rap Shit.
Nas hasn’t been relevant since 1999, back in his Escobar days. Nas also picks the worst beats so it don’t matter whether he drops hot verses since the beats is always wack!
Let’s be real, 21’s comments aren’t necessarily reckless. A young dude is not necessarily interested in the conversations and experiences of a 40 or 50 year old. If there is a family reunion, usually the younger ones stick to themselves and the older ones stick to themselves. I think that’s what this really is. He didn’t say Nas isn’t dope, he simply just said that he’s not relevant. While I disagree with that assertion, that is because I’ve always listened to Nas. I am mid 40s, and I can’t relate to his comment. But if I were mid-20’s, I don’t think I would be giving Nas instant spin, compared to others that are my age. It would probably take me a little longer to warm up to someone who is almost 50 years old.
Yeah fuck NaS heh heh and everyone who love him! I have finally realized that Eminem will never respond to my weak ass diss so im focused on Nas now, hopefully he’ll respond and give me the attention i desperately need . Hehheh, get ready nas, me and 21 coming at you like me and 50 came at 2004