In an interview published in Vogue's March 2020 issue, 18-year old pop star Billie Eilish took shots at the current state of hip hop.
“There’s a difference between lying in a song and writing a story. There are tons of songs where people are just lying,” Eilish said. “There’s a lot of that in rap right now, from people that I know who rap. It’s like, ‘I got my AK-47, and I’m fuckin’...’ and I’m like, what? You don’t have a gun. ‘And all my bitches….’ I’m like, which bitches? That’s posturing, and that’s not what I’m doing.”
Styles P of The Lox was quick to respond via Twitter. Questioning why Eilish should even be speaking on an art form she's not a part of.
"Who is Billie Eilish? Why the fuck do we care what she thinks?? And she is sorta of right but she don’t get the culture nor is she part of it so why do we give a fuck? How or why is her opinion important to us?" Styles tweeted. "Why are rappers held up to a standard no one else is? Is Martin Scorsese and Bobby d living that life?? Is Sylvester Stallone out here shooting shit up like in Rambo? No!!! And why does she care if she ain’t a rapper?
"Rappers can say whatever the fuck they want and pretty much all rappers lie .. if you don’t like it then Don’t listen and mind your damn business," he continued. "Society always has some sorta standard for rappers that no one else has to live up to.. it’s kind of silly. Rappers are human and eat shit and bleed and cry just like you. Stop putting us on such a high pedestal because you feel we should or shouldn’t do something . Grow up."
Is Styles P correct? Should artists outside of the hip hop genre keep their opinions to themselves? Or should the Billie Eilish's of the world feel comfortable offering their criticisms?
Follow Me
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
}
Comments