While Gangsta Rap isn’t quite as prevalent as it once was in rap/Hip Hop culture it still heavily exists today.
As one who has definitely spit hard and oftentimes dark bars himself, Billy Danze recently sat down with Vlad TV and said he’s personally fed up with the amount of violence in Hip Hop music today.
“I’m actually tired of violence period dude in Hip Hop whether it’s battle rapping or just artists themselves,” he said when asked about violence in Hip Hop culture. “It’s bad man because it’s giving us all a bad wrap. M.O.P. didn’t help, the bullshit that we had to go through through our career but I think at some point these artists are going to get older and they’re going to sit back and be like, ‘Damn, why did I do that? I probably shouldn’t have did that differently.'”
The M.O.P. member named the murders of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G., among others as the most tragic examples of violence gone wrong in Hip Hop culture. He claims Hip Hop still has to wear the tragedies of the two superstar’s death because music was directly involved in death of each.
“These are somebody’s fathers, somebody’s kids that lost their lives because of the hypeman’s cousin’s little brother’s friend felt like he needed to prove something possibly,” he explained referring to violence and individuals involved in rapper’s camps rather than the rappers themselves. “I think a lot of artist’s problems is that they hang out with dudes they can’t control. You shouldn’t have to control grown men but you hang out with dudes you’re scared of.”
Danze also talked about battle rap culture. He says it’s too personal and thinks artists who talk less about other’s personal lives and more about their own success should and will be more successful.
“It’s too personal but it’s supposed to be personal because we’re battling,” he said. “The dopest battle rappers is going to be a dude that’s not all yelling, not all too far in your face, talking about your mom and your baby and saying really disrespectful shit but saying fly shit, making it all connect like he supposed to and even the rapper he’s battling is going to have to be honest and say, ‘This fucking dude is dope.'”
Billy Danze recently confirmed that M.O.P. is working on releasing three projects. He also confirmed one of the releases would be an EP produced by DJ Premier called Street Certified.
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funny shit…the most violent group ever is offended by violence. these dudes ran around ny terrorizing ppl to live up their image
The most violent is Onyx
Mobb Depp is mad violent too
Them Kid n Play niggas caught more bodies than all these rap groups
anyone remember that video of mop smashing bootleg cd vendors with a bat?
This is like ‘Ye talking about niggas wearing nut hugger jeans or Fif talking about dudes beefing too much. For the record, I go back with MOP to ’93-’94. Them is my niggas, from How About Some Hardcore to Rugged Neva Smoove to Ante Up, I fucks with them niggas hard, NO HOMO. With that being said, Danze gotta chill. MOP has killed more niggas in their songs than the police. Yeah, then Mash Out niggas in BK was wild like the Deceps, but these cats rapped about it and then did it. Danze, you can’t be a violent father who produces violent kids then gets mad at the kids. These dudes are merely doing a less authentic version of what you, Fame, G Rap, Boot Camp and a lot of other East Coast did. These dudes are just younger, less knowledgeable, less authentic and way less skilled. I almost spit up my damn Guinness when I read that shit, Word Up. Next headline, Willie Nelson and Snoop form a coalition to make smoking weed a capital offense. Waiting to see if Danze and Fame drop some PM dawn shit.
real talk these m.o.p. nikkas once got it poppin at some puerto rican cats down here in bushwick over some girl from brownsville getting raped down here
shit happened in broad ass daylight way back in 1995
You old white dudes. lol
what is he talkin about Cassidy is a shitty rappe with no bars
m.o.p is pretty fucking violent
Ante Up! Yap that fool!
Ante Up! Kidnap that fool!
Get him (get him) get him! Hit him (hit him) hit him!
Yap him! (Zap him!) Yap him! (Zap him!)
Came here just to say that.
Wow…isn’t this interesting. Lol!!
And Hitler is tired of anti-semitic views
So now it’s cool to be a hypocrite, huh?
Jeezy dropping essays about ferguson and black on black crime, then getting caught with a rifle the same week
Game’s bipolar and compulsive liar ass dropping song about ferguson begging violence to stop even though his whole catalog is full of gangsta shit
One of M.O.P.’s (most violent hardcore group in rap) members saying he’s “tired of violence”
he’s not a hypocrite cause he admitted they did it too. people really need reading comprehension
^ Whites hate it they would prefer if blacks just stuck to the status quo and didn’t rock the boat
Wow talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Sick of the hypocrisy in Hip-Hop, fucking lames.
i had to make sure this was real lol …. one of my fav groups of all time but man… they kind of birth and promoted that bone crushing ( along with onyx of course) … brute rap
Ain’t it some bullshit? If this was Talib Kweli or Mos Def preaching I would get it, but Danze from M.O.P.? What the fuck?
but its not like he doesn’t say he’s just as guilty.
His a grown man idiots sentiments and times change you cant expect blacks to stay dumb for ever even if that’s what you want
It’s pretty clear to me. Violence in Hip Hop lyrics are made to help you to get the craziest caracter on the mic. It’s part of the culture, spit sick lines and shit, about any subject. When they rap about all that violence shit they’re not encouraging you to shoot people, steal or sell drugs. They’re trying to be the sickest with the words, because this is a competition.
Very surprising statement coming from one of the most hardcore rappers ever.
This is just another case of a rapper getting old. 50 Cent did the same shit a few months ago and tried to get all conscious and talk about the “culture”. this is no different than Dame Dash, now broke, try to set it off on Culture Vultures. I would’ve respected Billy Danze, who I already love as an artist, even more if he took a stand against violence in his PRIME. Same for Dame, if when he was in his prime, he was on his crusade, he would get my respect but he spent those years dousing women with champagne. I bet you if you stepped to Danze with that same non violence shit he talking back in 1997..you would’ve gotten a “that’s how we livin nahmean” brushoff and they would’ve kept on making their money. They were men then and they are men now. This aint Kris Kross or Bow Wow that said some shit as kids they now regret as men. These are men that cashed in on violence and now that the well ran dry, or they can’t keep up with the newbies version of violence, now its appalling. This is no different than the Freeway Rick Ross types that come out of jail and can’t bang with the youngins anymore so they start preaching consciousness on some big brother shit. That’s why elders are not respected. Peace or Violence, Danze needs to follow his advice and “Stick to his guns”
True. This is like a dude that treats women like shit, bonin em, sluttin em out, but then he gets a daughter and starts scolding his buddies and shit, opening doors jacket over puddles azz mofo
So people are supposed to not change their views no matter what happens?
I guess you never heard Nas – 2nd Childhood
“If after 30 years, you haven’t changed it means that you have wasted 30 years of your life” – Mohammad ALI
People are supposed to grow up and change views with time. What are you talking about ?
Most of the commentators are 30 plus white males what do you expect . They prefer blacks to stay stupid
“Most of the commentators are 30 plus white males”
Any proof of this or are you just pulling shit out of your asshole?
Actually, most of the commentators are either teenage Canadian boys that love Drake or 43 year old Pakistanis with thick mustaches and a pocket full of jimmies.
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Cool story bro …Read the fucking comments on this article and then make an educated guess as to the demographic breakdown of this site .
My man, where in your entire prose, do you mention personal growth, the maturation process, or adapting to your changing environment? You don’t. That’s why youre in the position youre currently in. He doesnt need to “stick to his guns,” He needs to continue to pursue personal growth and not stay ignorant simply because he was previously ignorant.I would hope to find that as he grows as an artist, that his music will grow with him. How many times do I need to hear about you shooting somebody? Is that all you’ve got? If so, you cant maintain relevance on that crap.
Majority USA residents aged 18-24 at home with some college and median job (99%ers) who’s white OR black (depending on article why you HAVE to know lexicons to know who you’re talking to) with no kids and usually log in to Facebook before coming here.
What’s notable is the Caucasian traffic is much higher at this site than the US average on Hip Hop websites
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Lack of knowledge is what is driving ignorance in rap! Funny how these rappers who made big money off spewing hate violence toward his or her own people don’t live in these hoods they love to use in videos, Anyone condoning this type of behavior suffers from self respect and KNOWLEDGE of self! The industry wants to destroy a entire race of people and by throwing crumbs to these rappers to buy flashy cars and have half naked women in videos, every video is the same money, guns cars,whores,
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From all the Lil Fame features and songs it seems he aint changin one bit lol..I wonder if Billys new outlook will be heard on the new Mash Out material. Kinda like No Malice and Pusha…been a huge MOP fan since The Hill ThatsReal comp too..most of us grow up though and positivity is most def needed. Interesting..salute to the OG Danze
“I think a lot of artist’s problem is that they hang out with dudes they can’t control”
That shit is right on the money fam
i luh me some violent music even tho imma very peaceful
Yeah, same goes for me. I actually listen a lot of horrorcore (not ICP, though! They suck.) and other dark hiphop, but I’m a very peaceful in real life. Well, sometimes I like to drive my car fast… 🙂
Funny seeing so many comments such as his a hypocrite his music used to glamorize that life etc etc ..
However when people were rightly or wrongly in (my opinion) saying Eminem fell off because his lyrics are boring etc .. A lot of you posters on HHDX were saying
“You cant expect him to rap about the same things that would be weird his older now ”
“People change his been through a lot since the late 90s mid 2000’s”
Why is it different when a black rapper says he has a different outlook in regards to rap now .
Can growth only go in one way the white way ?
Is no one allowed to grow up and change any more? He just said M.O.P didn’t help, obviously owning up to it…. Whats the issue?
doesnt matter what he said, he still came off as a hypocrite
you dont see honest niggas like 50 cent sayin they’re ”sick of violence in hip hop”
^ O you are so simple minded it’s cute. #Smiley face
My thing is I would just like to see dudes come out against violence when they are in position of power. It’s easy to ask for the game to stop when you can’t play anymore. It means more if Lebron James boycotts the game than if Elgin Baylor boycotts the game cuz he stopped playing eons ago. Once you made your money, put out your best work, toured the world, now you coming out and saying shit has to stop
Or maybe it’s called growth something all men should start to experience once they pass 30.
A Big Maybe… It just seems to always happen under these same circumstances. Are you telling me you can’t experience growth when you’re 18? 20? 25? Why would a young artist such as Black Dave, also from Brooklyn, already be exhibiting this same level of growth that you want someone like Danze who has been traveling the world since 1993 to just now show in his 40s? I remember interviews from waaay back in the days when Lil Fame would say someone walked up to him saying they killed somebody off bumping they shit last night…wouldnt that be enough to make you wanna switch your shit up..LIke another kid said in the comments, about Freeway Rick ross, it took him coming out of jail to want to do good> You’re telling me selling poison and seeing the direct effects it had on his community wasn’t enough…That’s why I don’t believe the growth bullshit fam. We all have to grow up, many before our time..only rappers can be 40 and still in dreamland.Chuck D said it himself, only in Hip-Hop can men remain boys forever
“Are you telling me you can’t experience growth when you’re 18? 20? 25? Why would a young artist such as Black Dave, also from Brooklyn, already be exhibiting this same level of growth that you want someone like Danze who has been traveling the world since 1993 to just now show in his 40s? I remember interviews from waaay back in the days when Lil Fame would say someone walked up to him saying they killed somebody off bumping they shit last night…wouldnt that be enough to make you wanna switch your shit up”
THIS. And people are still trying to defend dude smh
Omari,
You’re basically saying that you yourself will be held to whatever mistakes you’ve done in the past and shouldn’t be forgiven or allowed to make amends.
Iceberg Slim didn’t change until he got out of jail and had kids almost 40, but he did inspire a new generation of Black authors and teach people around the world how to stay away from the streets. Everyone didn’t become a pimp or gangster reading his books.
The idea is to wake up, PERIOD, and teach THROUGH the mistakes you EXPERIENCED. Not according to your stipulations sir.
Good point on Iceberg Slim, however time will tell with Billy. Although judging by the name of his upcoming album, I doubt his sincerity..Hopefully he can read your comment and see how much esteem you have for him, put his music and his money where his mouth is. And I’m actually a big MOP fan, since around 96. I think all that violence overshadowed how great a lyricist they are , especially Billy. Either way man good insight with Slim
FF4FL & Warriorz were damn good albums with sick Premier production. Did they gun talk & big up the ‘Ville stereotype? Of course, but I also heard uneasy life decisions, grief and turmoil. Fame changed lyrically when his momma died.
For instance, there’s a message in Danze’s ‘Face-Off’ verse if one can get thru the bravado. Even the sweetest of fruit has unripe and rotten parts.
Man tends to forget NO ONE is perfect.
I thought this nigga was lil fame
They got an Premier album coming up called ‘Street Certified’ I bet that’s an anti-violence themed album. Where they will promote
personal growth, love, respect etc.
Make the change, and stop talking about it, then people will respect you!
Amen…
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His whole career is based on Gun Rap, and their last 2 LPs didn’t give a positive message… wtf is he smoking?
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This coming from a rapper who talked about shooting people in every song he ever released. Fucking moron.