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2016 XXL Freshman rapper Lil Yachty has raised quite a few eyebrows recently. In August he told Billboard that he "honestly couldn't name five songs" by hip-hop legends The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
Last week the popular Georgia artist told Pitchfork that Biggie was "overrated."
Veteran New York rapper R.A. the Rugged Man was a recent guest on VladTV, and lit into Lil Boat for not knowing the history of the game.
"Lil Yachty should shut the fuck up and get out of music," Rugged said. "Get the fuck out of music, you bitch. You don't know music. Fuck you, how 'bout that. The history of music ... when you was a great horn player, you studied the horn players. You went to the spot and you checked out the great horn players in your neighborhood. When you was Sam Cooke trying to be a singer, you was in the church singing with the great singers. You was watching the great performers. And then when you went to hip-hop. The people who started hip-hop, they liked Barry White, they liked disco. They studied music. They loved the craft. Music is a craft," he continued. "So now what happens is you can just be a celebrity and not be skilled at your craft. And 'I don't care about music culture.' Then don't do it. Or take a paycheck, but a dude that don't pay attention to the culture, you're just a fucking Kim Kardashian talentless part of music. You're just a celebrity. You're not actually a person that cares about the craft. And you're bringing the craft down. Because the mainstream media will promote celebrity baffoons, 'cause they don't care about the culture."
Vlad countered Rugged's argument by saying Yachty has multiple hit songs and is talented in his own right.
The two debated the subject for several minutes, but Rugged stood by his initial comments.
Do you think young artists coming into the game should know hip-hop's history beforehand?
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