Oop! #Socialites, do you agree with Yo Gotti? While the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop, the Memphis rapper shared his opinion on the current state of rap. He claims rap is “semi-boring” right now, and that the energy of the game hasn’t been the same since the pandemic.
While sitting down with Los Angeles radio station Power 106, Yo Gotti shared his thoughts on where Hip-Hop currently lies. He said, “The rap game right now is semi-boring.”
The CMG Records head honcho also addressed whether or not he thinks all of the music sounds the same today, he agreed, and then said the pandemic is to blame for why there is no originality. He said, “Exactly. I just feel like, since COVID, they put us in side and we never came out.” He added, “The energy ain’t been the same. I feel like mentally we been inside.”
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Gotti also said that because of the lack of creativity and originality in the game right now, he decided to bring water to the drought and team up with DJ Drama with their Gangsta Grillz project ‘I Showed U So,’ that released on Friday (August 20).
Another person to speak out about rap being semi-boring or losing energy and interest since the pandemic is Chicago Rapper Polo G, who recently shared his concerns with where the genre is at as well. Taking to his official account on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Polo G said, “Honestly after my ‘Hood Poet’ album, I’m considering retiring from music. So I appreciate everybody riding for me 10 fold.”
In a second tweet, the “Pop Out” rapper said, “This rap sh*t got so lame and watered down, it ain’t no fun in it no more.” A few hours later, he sent another tweet and said, I made more than enough money trust me #PianoG I made 30 million plus off that instrument.”
Reposting his tweets, Polo G hopped on his Instagram Story and added, “To be honest a n***a like me could say f**k dis sh*t forreal and it ain’t bout being too street or too cool it’s bout bein who I am in comparison to everybody else I always stood out and that’s why I’m where I’m at.”
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