Offset has taken a firm stance regarding the current state of Hip Hop, leaving no doubts about his thoughts on the culture after Shannon Sharpe questioned him about it.
During an interview on Club Shay Shay that premiered on Wednesday (March 27), the Super Bowl champion asked his guest: “You don’t believe Hip Hop is declining?’
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“I don’t believe so — not while I’m in it,” the Migos rapper replied without skipping a beat. “And there’s way more rich, Black folks off of Hip Hop ever. It ain’t never been no execs in the building like it is now.
“We still run the culture […] Next time you interview somebody that’s in the music business, ask them where the money come from — pop, country or Hip Hop? At the end of the quarters, it’s Hip Hop, ’cause Hip Hop is coming so much … it’s flooding the market.”
Juicy J expressed his concerns regarding the state of Hip Hop last year, claiming there was a “40 percent decline” in the genre’s popularity in 2023.
“I know a lot of people don’t want to hear this but I’m being real,” the Three 6 Mafia hitmaker said on social media. “Rap music is down 40 percent this year. I’ma say it again. Rap music is down 40 percent.
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“Check the charts, check the math. I don’t make the rules. I do not make the rules. It’s down 40 percent. What are we as rappers, producers, composers, etc, gonna do about this shit? ‘Cause it’s down 40 percent this year. Check the charts! Do your research. This is a fact.”
He continued: “Let’s have a conversation! What are we gonna do? As rappers, producers, composers, songwriters, engineers – what are we gon’ do, man? Rap is down 40 percent, man. We gotta figure some shit out. We gotta sit down and talk. Let’s have a meeting. Let’s meet up somewhere… Let’s talk about this shit, how we can turn this shit around.
“Because this is how we eat… Rappers – we make money off rap, shows, publishing. Aight? This is how we make money. This is how we eat. This is how we take care of our families. It’s down fucking 40 percent, n-gga. Real shit. But I’m willing and I hope you willing to figure out something to keep this muthafuckin’ money train running.”
Soon after, Wallo pushed back against the above take.
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“I don’t agree with you. You was wrong,” he began. “When you birth something, everything that you birth is a part of you. We could play this category game … but one thing about us it’s this thing that came from the struggles that took place in the ghettos of America it’s called Hip Hop. We control cool.
“We birthed a lot of different categories or genres. That dress, the way we pop it, that dance, the lingo — it’s a lot of stuff. Let’s keep it playa. Don’t do that Juicy, putting that information out. How can we be down? Is you adding these numbers up? What is we talking about? How could we ever be down when we came from nothing?”
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He added: “Juicy, don’t let them finesse you with these categories… The numbers still crazy for you to be saying that, Juicy, that ain’t right. You gon’ make me tear da club up. Do not let them separate us with this BS.”
