Jadakiss Believes Labels Should Be Held Responsible For Violent Lyrics

Jadakiss believes that record labels should be held more accountable for the violent lyrics rappers constantly insert in their music.

During a recent episode of the I Am Athlete podcast, Kiss elaborated on his perspective of labels needing to bear the responsibility of lyrical content, specifically with drill music.

“Record labels are being successful off nonsense,” Kiss began. “Somebody went out, did something stupid, recorded a song about it and was able to get a lot of streams, and that became a thing with the whole drill scene. They actually going out, gettin’ active and doin’ stuff and then go into the studio and make a song about what they just did. That should get nipped in the bud as soon as it got created.”

“But nobody’s going to these labels saying they wrong for this,” Kiss continued. “We just blaming it on the kids. So, like my brother said, he don’t like to just put all the blame on these young artists because the radio stations are making them the top songs of the playlist. And the labels are still signing them.”

He added: “They even got it — they puttin’ out life insurance on these young kids now. Others were surprised at the revelation, but it’s been common for some time. The labels. ‘Cause they gamblin’ on you to do something dumb, so they can profit after you die. So, this is getting ridiculous.”

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Jadakiss isn’t the only artist whose taken issue with the spread of drill music and its substantial impact on both artists and the music industry.

During a recent interview on the Jason Lee Show, Remy Ma called the genre overrated while insisting that she didn’t understand why the new sub-genre has gained so much traction recently.

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“I don’t have an exact person but I feel like a lot of the drill is overrated,” the Bronx rapper said. “Like I don’t know what you’re saying, but that’s all anybody listens to. It’s not an artist’s thing, it’s a sound and I feel like that whole genre is super overrated.”

Additionally, Bobby Shmurda said in an August 2022 interview with YouTuber Bashword that he doesn’t want to be associated with drill music.

“Don’t ever try to put me in a category or in a box you gonna hurt your head,” Shmurda said. “I do what Yall haters cant #Nahimsaying. i don’t do drill. I won’t ever be A minion Rrrrr and they can’t clone me really one of a kind.”

In February 2022, New York City mayor Eric Adams held a press conference to discuss issues surrounding gun violence. During the press conference, Adams lamented on the damaging impact of drill music after Bronx drill rapper C-Hii Wvttz was killed while leaving a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn recording studio.