Legendary producer Pete Rock recently took great offense to an Instagram post that lambasted Hip Hop pioneers’ new era complaints, while also referring to said culprits as “old heads.”
The Instagram post was made by fellow New York City producer and entrepreneur Darrell “Digga” Branch. The Harlem native, who’s responsible for hits scored by JAY-Z, 50 Cent and Cam’ron, posted a self-created meme of himself which read: “Old heads, stop complaining and show this generation why you’re still here. You have a lane. It’s up to you to drive it down.”
Early Friday morning (August 4), the 47-year-old Chocolate Boy Wonder slid into his mentions to voice his absolute disapproval for the pic, writing, “Dont demean then offer advice. We old heads not 80 years old. You want people to listen to you after your “Old Head” comment? GTFOH smh ??♂️ there is a better way to say what you saying without the name calling. We still here because we are the true real passion that still exist. Thats why im still here. Tired of post from randoms talking shit like somebody gonna listen to you. Come better than that. FOH @sixfigga_digga.”
Rock continued, “That bullshit old head comment can kick rocks mofo. Looking for attention with that comment i guess. That aint no life. Try doing what i do instead of throwing jabs at true muthafuckas. Post is fucking stupid. I have no ego but one thing i dont have is tollerence from a person who has no fucking clue how to do what we do and the shit we have to endure from clowns that make post like this. I got a history to back up anything you come out your face with. Sick of mofos talking shit about professionals who made a mark. Eff you with that garbage. @sixfigga_digga”
The social media spew was nearly identical to last year’s spectacle when Rock went at both Young Dolph and Lil Yachty for brandishing the type of music he deemed his as garbage. Similar to both instances, Six Figga Digga didn’t let the OG’s commentary go down without a rebuttal.
“Woah, woah, woah. Legend.Calm down,” Digga explained. “You’re taking the quote the wrong way. My point is simple. Old heads, veterans or whatever you want to label us (including myself I’m 42) need to continue growing with their audience without worrying about the younger generation. By complaining, we are missing out on building an audience for the next 20 years. I wanna hear and create music until I die. I don’t wanna waste to on young mofos who won’t be around next year. Your résumé speaks for itself and so does mean. All I’m saying is, the path is there for whoever wants it without worrying about the youngins. Nothing personal against you. I just believe the energy should be directed towards shining a light on why WE are great. The fans wanna hear that. Rock artist rock on until they die. In my opinion, Hip hop artist are putting an age limit on the music because of the quality. Just like anything in life. Music is better coming from creators with experience. That’s my message. Nothing personal OG.”
Flashback Friday: Newly christened freestyle critic Lil Yachty had his work critiqued by Rock last year.
Rock’s last project, the Don’t Smoke the Rock collaboration album alongside Smoke DZA, dropped at the tail end of 2016.
Its not like Digga is wrong. Not all old heads are like Lord Jamar and do nothing but sit around and do interviews. I remember Combat Jack telling No Jumper that every time he booked a veteran rapper to do a show for the youth to discover them they didn’t show. The There’s a reason why Jay Z, Dr.Dre, Scarface, Juicy J, DJ Premier, MC Eiht and many other veterans are still making music that pulls people in while being in the same age group as a lot of the people complaining about new hip hop.
True !!!
Pete Rock has always been lame af. He had 1 (i.e. one) good song with CL and that’s it.
Slap yourself
Your comment proves how little you know about Hip Hop, congratulations you played yourself.
Does “jsd” stand for “just seriously dumb”
JSD=Just slobbing dick?….go and rub your balls to Gay icon Quavo.
Its always younger people/artist who have a wealth or age concern rather than the importance of quality good music
He proved his point with that lame azz rant
smh @ Pete Rock.. all those folks you poke fun at on your gram and you offended by a comment you clearly did not understand??? smh
Pete is a legend when it comes to the boards, this fool under saying “he only has one good song” clearly knows shit about hip hop. However, Pete also became a bitter grouch during the years, based on reading several interviews with him the past 15 years or so.
Digga’s initial post is understandable all the way and he makes a valid points too. Any hip hop artist from back in the days can sit in a corner whining about the old days, but you can also be a part of the movement now by just simply makin’ good music, such as Tribe did, Eiht, Jay-Z, De La… Pete is bitchin’ and missing the point of Digga’s post. The latter’s response is also nothing short of respectful.
I hate to say it, but Pete Rock looks lame as hell with this shit.. it’s pretty much all he does now (unless you count when he does DJ gigs in front of 30 people that are just as delusional as him and kiss his ass..) The south and the west have no problem being old and still making great music.. for some reason it mostly comes from the east coast lol
You sound really stupid and make no point
Pete Rock is a legend. In hip hop most of the music is disposable garbage. This man has made classics. This man has earned his right to speak in the joke that the majority of mainstream hip hop has become. It’s mostly stripper booty music nowadays. It’s now cool to be the mumbling junkie. So stfu and let the legend defend his crown!
How’s he defending “HIS CROWN” in this case? You sound more stupid than him.
This is really a worthless article the power that be that run the music game has messed it up and we all know it
Pete Rock lost it for no reason there
dont smoke rock…5 million streams and a fuckin great album..he can back his talk up with facts..i do agree that he should take those old head comments for what they are…opinions that usually come from dudes that couldn’t tie his shoe laces so why the rebuttal?
Maybe the “old head” part of it is the issue and needs to stop? OG, vet, pioneer, etc still shows respect. Old head implies something else. What if they called artists now baby mcs, or rapping tots or adolescent artists….people wouldn’t want to hear that shit. It’s simple if you want to show someone respect…don’t disrespect them!
Are you really JMG or just a copy cat?
Rap music has been nothing but awful and retarded for the past 12 years. Nothing but fruits with no rapping abilities but they wanna rap, black retards that cant sing but wanna sing. Yall heard Dej Loaf new song,and her ‘Singing’ ? Lmao
Trent Clark, bruh, you will be the reason I quit coming back to the site. You need a proofreader. You make yourself look like a complete idiot.
For real I agreed to a certain degree if you call urself a legend then u have to extend all over hip-hop rock legends extend over rock
Who the f–k is six figga digga? and Pete is right (again) this shit is TRASH made by ignorant clowns with no skills and zero talent and no respect of the culture they are oddly in.