Pete Rock had a lot to say on the Brooklyn drill movement, taking to Instagram to air out his frustrations with the booming subgenre.
“Good Morning Drill Rap,” the legendary producer wrote alongside a clip of New York Mayor Eric Adams playing a drill rap song during a press conference. “Thats trash hop not hip hop i been told yall about this kinda shit. idc call me what you want but that kinda hip hop is doo doo and it disrupts the soul i told yall that already man lol smh.”
He continued, “Nobody speaks up on this trash lol. Drill rap not even for the birds or the streets its the result of greed, people with no talent, and the destruction of the culture. Yall never see the play when it’s happening and everyone complains but does not speak up and say a word. Now this! this how we going out? Its on social media but who is really promoting this? talk about that smh.”
Pete Rock’s comments come after Eric Adams declared war against Brooklyn’s drill movement in February, saying in a press conference the music had contributed to a rise of violence in the city. He specifically cited the February 6 shooting of 18-year-old Bronx drill rapper C-Hii Wvttz, born Jayquan McKenle, who was gunned down in his car after he left a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn recording studio.
“I didn’t know Jayquan, but his death hit me hard because the more I found out about Jayquan’s story, the more I saw how many times he had been failed by a system that is supposed to help boys like him,” Adams said in a tearful February 10 address.
He continued, “He was not just a victim now, but a perpetrator. But he was young, there was still time for him to turn the path of violence and move away from that,” Adams said. “Our system and justice system should have done more, more to help him, rehabilitate him.”
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Pete Rock’s disdain for drill music hasn’t stopped the subgenre from exploding in popularity in recent years. Born in Chicago in the early 2010s, the movement began to gain mainstream traction in New York City around 2019 with Pop Smoke, but when he was tragically gunned down in February 2020, other rappers from different boroughs have since stepped into the fold, the most prominent face being Fivio Foreign, with other notable artists including Sheff G, Kay Flock and B-Lovee.
The subgenre has also gotten some major co-signs in recent months, with Cardi B praising Bronx drill in particular and hopping on a remix to Kay Flock’s “Shake It” in April.
“I don’t give a fuck who you is, who you fuck, what shit you jacking,” Cardi said in an Instagram Live session. “Get signed and get the fuck out. You know why I fuck with all of y’all? Because y’all getting the Bronx lit! Me and A Boogie, we became mainstream and everything, but you know there’s always a borough that they got shit going on. But right now, the Bronx really getting the shit muthafucking lit. So shoutout to all y’all little muthafucking drill rappers out there.”
Pete Rock…shut your old ass mouth. Who made you hip hop police? I’m sure most of the shit you made, produced, or sampled from wasn’t always good for the soul. Drill music isn’t for you. Just like hip hop wasn’t for the music generation that came before you.
HATER, BITTER, OLD, BROKE
words to dismiss facts lol
Don’t listen to it then you old ass nicca..
Pete Rock has gotta be one of the most boring rappers in NY. You could use his albums as a form of tourture to interrogate Guantanamo prisoners. He shouldnt be calling anyone elses music trash. I like Drill music just as much as I like me some Wu or Biggie. But I dont fuck with no damn Pete Rock.
Pete Rock is not a rapper but a producer you idiot. This only shows you know nothing about Hip Hop. Get back in your lane and don’t call yourself an OG.
He is actually a triple threat in Hip-Hop, DJ, Producer and MC.
Drill is Cardi Bruce’s musty ass cheeks
Pete is speaking facts. Only degenerate children and people with I.Q levels below 71 listen to drill, including the 3 kindergartens students below. Lmao
He ain’t lying.. Its trash.. Just my opinion. This coming from a hip hop man for 20 years.
Pete Rock just speaking the truth. but hey you want to go get shot following sht down the toilet go ahead. i heard some bs where they screwed up some 90s song if someone did that to a song of mine i would find them and make sure they didn’t ever produce another track. these garbage tracks prolly produced on some chinese torture farm. i trust my ears not any internet fkry sharts or charts. Mandem is making the real tunes only selected few can know. it’s not for everybody
Most drill shit sounds exactly the same. Same beats, same flows, no creativity. Take it for what it is, but none of it is ever going to be considered classic.
Pete Rock da truth. Drill muzik be drillin da kulture into da ground.
“who is really promoting this? talk about that smh.” That’s rather antisemitic, considering who are behind drill music. The Jerry Hellers, Rick Rubins and Lyor Cohens aka small hats.
I get where Pete is coming from but he gotta remember there are people that felt the same way about Hip Hop and Rap back in it’s infancy. It happens a bit cyclically. A few albums can come along and take it to another level or give it credence. You never know. Pete like foh tho lol
dudes really talking shit about PETE fuckin ROCK the legend ? LOL
clowns with the oh you never know bs. fk you. whenever it’s a black man thing they want to act like it’s no standards just whatever – mandem died for rap and took it serious. you walk in this thinking you can do whatever that’s a straight up death wish. we have nothing but our standards
does it i dont listen to it i like grime
every comment sounds fake soul
dissing the dead + street gangs + guns = more dead rappers
I trust my ears, this “music” definitely disrupts my soul, gotta agree with the legend the Soul Brother N°1 on this one. Plus this drill movement is not adding up to the young boys in the hood, only brin ging more violence and division… rather seek Unity and Stop the Violence like in the good ol´ days.