Lil Yachty Says He Received Death Threats After Calling Biggie And Tupac “Overrated”
Five years ago, Lil Yachty faced massive heat after he boldly declared that legendary late rappers Tupac and Biggie were “overrated.” While appearing on Pitchfork TV, the Atlanta rapper also revealed that he “couldn’t name five songs” by 2Pac or Biggie. Despite social media ripping him apart for his comments in the interview with The Good Perry, the rapper stood by his words. He even tweeted, “I’m sorry but I refuse to lie. If I don’t listen to biggie or think he is as big as everybody else why is that a problem lol who cares bro.” Yachty, who was 19 at the time added in another tweet, “I speak my mind. I might be the only new age artist speaking his mind.”
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During a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Yachty now 23, looked back on that moment and said he never meant to disrespect the hip-hop legends.
“I never meant to disrespect. I was just being honest,” he told Lowe. “I didn’t have no media training, right? All I knew was to be an honest person. So someone asked me about whether it’s a hip-hop lesson guide. My cousin would be honest. I’m going, to tell the truth. I’m not like Biggie, Tupac, you’re going to say this every time, I didn’t listen to them but I didn’t say they were trash.” He went on to explain, “I was like 19, 18, 19,” Yachty, discussing the backlash he received, explained to Lowe. “I had never in my life, I had never been hated like that. People hated me after that, like death threats, just a lot. You know what I’m saying?”
“I think that’s what really started that hate for me. I, with so many people just automatically trying to dump me like he’s whack, he’s corny, or whatever the case may be, you know what I’m saying? But it taught me a lot. It built my character up and made me so strong.”
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