forced many of rap’s biggest names to . Despite the war of words officially concluded, as Kendrick’s diss record “ ” continues , the online banter refuses to die out. Yesterday (July 20), found himself in the middle of a heated debate surrounding the war of words with a host of fans online.
Continue below for a full run down of has users online in an uproar. What Did Lupe Fiasco Say About Kendrick Lamar? During an X (formerly Twitter) Space, Lupe Fiasco decided to share his thoughts on who can assume the role of gatekeeper to hip-hop culture. Many users took his statement to be a subtle jab at Kendrick Lamar.
Read his remarks below. If you want to start who is in and who is out, a process which I don’t agree with, and I think is bullsh*t, if you want to do that you should have a degree. You should have a PhD in hip-hop.
If you ain’t got that, then I don’t think that you are qualified to and have the right to speak on of hip-hop. Just because you can rap, and you’ve sold a bunch of records, I don’t think at this point, and it’s to the point now that it is visceral, and it’s to the point where people are making decisions on it, and it’s hurting people and building up other people that it shouldn’t just be based on some n**** at a podcast..
. It should be stewarded by people who know what the f*ck they are talking about very very deeply and can write a book about it. But I’m being biased.
I don’t agree with the process anyway. I don’t think we shou.