There’s been a lot said about rap music not selling well this year, and that rappers are putting out subpar material.
Three 6 Mafia member Juicy J spoke about that and he said something needs to be done about it.
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“I know a lot of people donât want to hear this, but Iâm being real. Rap music is down 40%,” said Juicy. “Check the charts. Check the math. I donât make the rules. What are we as rappers, producers, composers, going to do about this sh*t? Because itâs down 40% this year. Check the charts. Do your research. This is a fact … We gotta sit down and talk. Letâs have a meeting. Letâs meet up somewhere⊠Letâs talk about this sh*t, how we can turn this sh*t around.”
Eventually, The Million Dollaz Worth of Game co-host Wallo responded and told Juicy that Hip Hop’s success isn’t just attached to record sales.
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“I donât agree with you. You was wrong,” said Wallo. “When you birth something, everything that you birth is a part of you … but one thing about us it’s this thing that came from the struggles that took place in the ghettos of America itâs called Hip Hop. We control cool.”
“We birthed a lot of different categories or genres,” he added. “That dress, the way we pop it, that dance, the lingo, it’s a lot of stuff. Letâs keep it playa. Donât 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?â
Who’s right?