Fabolous has weighed in on the state of female rap, saying that he feels it’s too one-dimensional and wants to hear more “perspectives” from the ladies in Hip Hop.
Female rappers have been on a tear these past few years, with Ice Spice, Sexyy Red, GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, Coi Leray, Cardi B, City Girls, Scar Lip and numerous others making big moves for women in Hip Hop.
Their male counterparts have recognized this trend over the years, with Lil Baby most recently claiming that female rappers are “running the game” right now.
However, Fab pushed back on some of this praise and said that while he’s happy to see so many women doing their thing in Hip Hop, he’d love it if some of these “strong” women chose to rap about their life experiences a little more.
“I love hearing female rappers talking some real shit,” Fab wrote on his Instagram Story on Sunday (July 16). “Women are so strong. Have so many stories and perspectives that we need to hear in pure form.”
He continued: “No disrespect to any female rappers out there but I think there’s only one style of female rap/Hip Hop being promoted, programmed and looked at as successful now.”
Lil Durk recently praised female rappers too, crediting them for being competitive and focused on their love for Hip Hop rather than the business side.
“Make hip hop fun again we understand everybody got money but let’s fuck em up like we was doing s/o the females who been working salute keep going up,” he wrote on Instagram last month.
Saweetie previously chimed in on the conversation last November, saying that women are running the rap game right now because of the prevalence of “violence and disrespect in male music.”
“I mean, L.A. and other cities, it just goes to show that this is the reason why women is running rap and Hip Hop,” she said in an interview with Bootleg Kev. “Because there’s just so much violence and disrespect in the male music. You gotta think, like, remember, what was it, like ’16/’17, remember when like YG, Tyga, Chris [Brown], Big Sean, TeeFlii was out? It was fun, party music.”
She added: “It wasn’t like, ‘I’ma do this to you, and this, and this,’ you know? I feel like we gotta raise the vibration with the music and get back to having a good time. [I feel like there’s definitely a lack of] empathy and love, for real.”
In other Fabolous news, the Street Dreams rapper will soon be a focal point of the upcoming documentary Mixtape: The Movie, which will also feature interviews with Lil Wayne and Jadakiss, among many others.
Completed in honor of Hip Hop’s 50th birthday, the documentary focuses on rap’s mixtape era of the early 2000s.
The first official trailer was released in March 2022 and shows that in addition to the aforementioned names, DJ Green Lantern, A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz, DJ Khaled, KRS-One, DJ Drama and Jeezy will also make appearances in the film.
These women in rap are trashy skanks. Stop acting like they’re powerful and brilliant just because you’re scared to of the backlash from their psycho fan base. These women are a terrible influence on girls and are an absolute disgrace to Queen Latifah and other CLASSY women who came before them in the game.
Alllllllll Facts, couldn’t have said it better.
And that’s the move. They’re gonna kill the genre completely.
He’s right. I wish Rapsody was promoted more and Lauryn Hill was active
Exactly, when I saw this post the first person I thought of was Rapsody. She talks about real shit. However, she’s not popping off like that and I honestly won’t be surprised if her audience is more male-oriented.
The popular female music is really just about being a hoe
He’s right. I wish Rapsody was promoted more and Lauryn Hill was active
I love NY rap, but F.A.B. stands for frail and butt. Fab really has some nerve to call anyone or anything one-dimensional. Has he listened to any of his own albums? LMAO
He ain’t wrong though.
The only female singer I like is Drake
These Ho’s can’t rap, they are good at being Ho’s and that is what sells. Ho Rap should be the new category
I agree. Let a male rapper record a track about being an “independent man” or how sexy his body is and watch everyone cringe. Why do we celebrate women for doing the same shit men do every day ? No real equality, double standard.
AYO i’m done lol
Female rappers can’t sale, and all of their songs are about their used up holes and how much they hate men. No one wants to say the truth because of cancel culture.
This fad will be over soon
Most women rappers today only make thot hop music. Especially the main stream ones on the radio. They can’t hold a candle to Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, Eve, etc….. These women discussed real issues and made real heartfelt music. Even Lil Kim who was an original approached her sensuality in a more thoughtful and artistic way.
Sorry most of them act trashy. So I suppose they are 1 dimensional.