Tony Yayo has said rappers from the streets, such as his longtime friend and running mate 50 Cent, are damaged, and that their environment is the reason why.
Speaking to VladTV, the former G-Unit soldier explained why he believes rappers from the streets are damaged. After Vlad brought up how the only forms of therapy rappers have are either drug use or talking to a friend instead of getting professional help, Yayo added that people can’t go to their friends about all their issues because others will talk.
According to Yayo, people from the street are fully trusting of their friends which leads to them being damaged. He used 50 Cent as an example of rappers from the street having the most issues due to their circumstances.
“Listen, 50 didn’t know who his father was, and his moms was in the streets, and she got killed,” he said. “There’s no parents there, your grandparents are older, you’re damaged, bro. You was outside, the streets taught n-ggas. A lot of shootings you see, you see an 18-year-old kid stab his 16-year-old girlfriend somewhere in New York because he thought she was cheating.
“Muthafuckas be damaged, bro. It’s what they see. It’s what they see from parents. It’s fucked up for certain places. Sometimes you want to help and try to fix people. Your mans say he do shit for the youth. That’s real shit. ‘Cause that’s where it starts at, trying to help them, but some people can’t be helped. They just fucking bad seeds, bruh.”
Check out Yayo’s interview with Vlad below:
Yayo went on to talk about Bronx drill artists such as Kay Flock and B. Loveee and how they are living in a warzone, explaining that it’s a matter of life or death for them. New York drill has been facing criticisms since its inception in the late 2010s, such as being responsible for the uptick in crime in the Big Apple.
Flock is currently sitting in prison and fighting a murder charge stemming from a shooting incident in Harlem, New York, in December 2021. According to Yayo, guys like Flock need to leave the streets and avoid all the trouble that awaits them there because it’s only going to add to their damaged mindsets.
“Don’t be in the hood, bro, that’s it we already solved this problem with rappers. N-ggas want you to be in the hood but if you be in the hood you showing your street credibility, right? You showing n-ggas you still in the hood,” Yayo said. “Where do rappers get in trouble at? The hood. There you go, I’m trying to chill in Calabasas with you.”
In another segment from his conversation with VladTV, Tony Yayo also spoke on rappers who aren’t necessarily from the street and letting the money make them feel like they’re from that environment. The Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion shooting incident was the topic of conversation and Yayo used the incarcerated rapper as an example.
“When you have money and power I mean it could turn you semi tough I’m not saying he’s not tough because I don’t know him,” Yayo said. “I know n-ggas that’s five foot two that got the little man complex and will cut your face, you know what I’m saying?”
He added: “When people like you say that might make him mad to go out and do some dumb shit. Sometimes the things people say affect people so I don’t know. I know short dudes that are even more crazy because they short so they felt like they always got something to prove.”
when damaged people push destructive things onto the youth… its pedo stuff. these damaged people are used as puppets to corrupt the youth.
Well nyc is a fucking concrete jungle. anything goes in nyc. it ain’t like a place like seattle or other places like it shit still happens but it is not as often and not as severe. people get fucked up we know that but that is nyc i don’t quite gather why yayo is telling us shit we already know.
Wow, as someone from Austria, ot seems black people are complete savages! They just murder each other daily in your streets? That is insane. Why do they act so imhumanely? Why don’t they act more united, and work together like other racial minorities? From what I know, every other racial minority group works together united to create a better future. But black people seem to work against one another and try to stifle one another’s chance at a good life.
That’s mainly what gets pushed through the media so that’s all you seen when u tune into hip-hop. They don’t mention more of us people are melanin or graduating the top universities in America. They don’t show the many fraternities and sorities giving back to their community. I valet at an even a couple years back and was an event of over 100 black lawyers. I’m like, why is this not getting pushed out there. In evert poor community, it crime. Mexico, Italy, Paris, and yes the impoverished neighborhoods where we are raised in. I’m not going to go 2 deep on why black people who were just slaves 200 years ago are still struggling, and everytime we get ahead they murder us, Martin, Malcolm, the even assassinated JFK bkuz seeing black people successful is not on their to do list. But there are many many black people sticking together. Google black wall street. Unfortunately hiphopdx is not where you gonna find many positive stuff. Blessings from New Jersey
Ah I see, thanks for the comment. Thats sad hiphop doesn’t strive for excellence so much, more so pushes the negativity and stereotypes. I guess the whole entertainment industry is trash though
This isn’t a white or black thing Mr Austria that was an ignorant uneducated remark as you could have publicly made! I am a 5’3” blonde hair green girl WHITE WOMAN but I also grew below the poverty level in a hood where my ass was the minority! Now I am 15 plus then these kids and guns. Were weren’t cowards but it was everyday all day brawling cause that’s all we knew. It’s a lack of hope or leaders or options in this country not a fi@nf black person dreams just to wake up and live in these surrounding nor my white ones. But one face with no other option but to defend yourself what are you gonna do? I don’t know how you do it in your country, but I know in mine we stand our ground. I completely believe in our gun laws, but not in the hands of our children my three-year-old can pull the trigger does not make him tough or anything to fear. And you still can’t generalize that that’s a situation my situation. This just didn’t happen overnight, so how about you worry about Austria because we don’t give a shit about that and don’t comment and put down races and cultures and people in countries or shit you don’t even know what remotely you’re even talking about I would like to drop you off at my old neighborhood see how long your little white ass lasted. He’s a little weight of a voice I don’t go by race when y’all pour its respect and who can throw the hardest so I would probably laugh at you, but you would never make an overall broad offensive comment like that again it’s not even my culture and you completely offended me because you did offend my friends and everyone I grew up with so then I guess you did offend me too so find a white hate group the trash yell shit you don’t know what you’re talking about or educate yourself and say something positive or productive, or a solution. This is what’s wrong with the Internet today. Oh, one more thing C in America unfortunately we’ve destroyed the family unit so kids are raising them selves but I’ll reiterate that’s not based upon a color called a generation is it your college lease free in your country?
Cons>Kanye. Yayo>50. That’s all they talk about.
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