Dee-1 has seen the viral video of the group of young girls dancing to Drake & Sexyy Red‘s “Rich Baby Daddy,” and he thinks things have gone too far.
In a video posted to X/Twitter on Tuesday (January 2), the “Taking a Chance on Me” rapper can be seen watching the video pensively before sharing his thoughts with the masses.
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“This ain’t cool, man,” he said of the performance, which has drawn both praise and criticism. “And this ain’t cute. But the real question is, what are we going to do about it? It takes artists to make the music, it takes fans to support the music, and it takes adults to figure out what they’re going to expose their kids to. Right?”
He continued: “So first off, as fans, you gotta make sure you’re not supporting this, and you’re not promoting this type of music. Matter of fact, you really need to be vocal that you’re opposed to this, if you really have a problem with it.”
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“As artists, we just gotta decide when we wanna stop being manipulated, man,” he concluded. “And letting them use us as pawns.”
Check out his full speech below.
This is the year of the shift. Happy 2024.
Fans AND Artists.
Our time is NOW to take the power back.
Time to take action.#Dee1#LinesDrawn#HipHopCulture#Drake#SexyyRed#MissionVision#TheYearOfTheShiftpic.twitter.com/e5SsxPiDv8
— Dee-1 (@Dee1music) January 2, 2024
So far, neither Drake nor Sexyy Red have responded to Dee-1.
However, last month, Joe Budden and Dee-1 engaged in a back-and-forth, starting when the New Orleans native expressed distaste with Jim Jones, Rick Ross and Meek Mill.
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Dee-1 took to social media on December 21 to respond to Budden’s latest round of comments. His first of two posts included a video of Budden’s recent critique, with Dee captioning it: “Brother Joseph, you still on this? Fa real bro?”
“That other n-gga is clout-chasing,” Budden said in the clip. “I ain’t saying his name no more ‘cause you’s a nasty, clout-chasing Christian … That n-gga’s disgusting.
“Name whoever you want. Name away. I’m sorry I ever caught wind of your Christian ass. You have been a real Christian fucking thorn in my side ever since I got wind of whoever the fuck you are.”
Dee-1 followed up several minutes later with a video message addressed to Budden.
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“Joe Budden, you still talking about me, dog?” the “I’m Not Perfect (I’m A Christian)” rapper began. “Let me show you one difference between me and you. You stay having to apologize to people, because you don’t speak from a place of principle. This is a pattern…
“I represent something that you not on, so you gonna find every way to try to discredit it or tell me what I’m doing is wrong. Just stop.
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“I’m still not gonna disrespect you, brother, because you are such an easy target.”
