Drake Discusses ‘Graceful Exit’ in Lil Yachty Interview Teaser
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Lil Yachty Clarifies Comments About Being Taken Seriously As An Artist With “Rap Radar”
Rap Radar returns with another captivating episode, this time with Lil Yachty in the hot seat. It was just about a month ago when Yachty released his acclaimed album Let’s Start Here, a project that was sonically different from his more recent releases. He was praised by his peers, including Drake and Questlove, but comments the rapper made during a listening party sparked a debate online.
“This album is so special and dear to me,” said Yachty at the time. “I think I created it just because I really wanted to be taken serious as an artist, you know. Not just some SoundCloud rapper, not some mumble rapper. Not some guy that just made one hit. You know, I wanted to be really taken serious because music is, like, everything to me. You know, I respect all walks of music, not just Rap and Hip Hop. Everything.”
Lil Yachty Clears The Air
Soon, people called him out for allegedly suggesting that Rap, in its form and genre, wasn’t “serious.” However, in an exclusive clip of his interview shared with us by Rap Radar and Interval Presents, Yachty clarified his previous statement. “I wanna talk about that for a second, ’cause there was this conversation on the internet after I said that. And people took it as me trying to say like, ‘Oh, I hate when rappers say I wanna be taken seriously as an artist.’ As if I was saying that, like, Rap isn’t being—you’re not serious if you’re a rapper. That’s not what I meant.”
“I mean, specifically, I do more than rap,” he continued. “For a long time in my career, I wanted to be taken seriously as a rapper. And I said that. And I would go and try and do radio interviews, freestyles, whatever, just ’cause I wanted that. I did Michigan Boy Boat, I did things. That’s when I was trying to prove I’m a rapper. But I’m past that. Now, I’m proving I’m an artist.”
Yachty Speaks On Audiences Not Doing Their Due Diligence
“But people—it’s so crazy. In music, you can do so many things, but people skip—people don’t follow you,” Yachty further stated. “They have no clue of a history. So, when they do start following you, they just completely write off whatever you’ve done beforehand. And no one actually does homework or cares enough to look back. It’s just what they see.”
“It be irritating, but I never wrote off being a rapper as not being taken serious or not being as big as other genre musicians or any of that. I just specifically, myself, not speaking on no one else or the genre, wanted to be taken seriously as an artist.” Tune in to the full episode of Rap Radar with Lil Yachty tomorrow, February 23.
T.I. Responds To Boosie’s Recent “Rat” Claims; Tells Him To “Pull Up”
T.I. recently fired back at Boosie for calling him a “rat” following the interview with DJ Vlad. The Atlanta rapper said he “expected more” from Boosie and thought they were cool, but they weren’t the homies as T.I. thought. Updated By: Chris Samuel (2/22/23 at 3:30 pm) T.I. responded to Boosie on his Instagram page […]
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Kodak Black Says He No Longer Wants to Collab With Drake After He Made ‘Her Loss’ With 21 Savage
These Documentary Filmmakers Are on a Mission To Elevate Hip-Hop Storytelling
On ‘City Girls: The Series’
In 2019, JT of the City Girls was released from prison after serving over a year of time for credit card fraud charges. They went back to work immediately, releasing “First Day Out” that day. Here’s how the MGX guys would describe their project, which documented that time:
Gill: Unapologetic creative expression. That project is saying that [even when] in the face of people criticizing and trying to take you [down], when people are unapologetically creative and not contrived, that’s something that truly inspires people. When you’re unapologetically you in doing you and people are uncomfortable—that’s the sh*t moves the needle for a lot of people, in this case, a lot of women, a lot of men too. And I think it’s important.
Malikyar: One other thing to add to that too would be friendship and loyalty. It was cool to see the relationship between the two of them and how genuinely loyal they were and looked out for each other in the different roles they play in that friendship. Because I would hope everybody has a best friend or that figure in their life. I feel like they’re representative of that relationship for other people in their own way, of course. But that bond is still the same.
On Marshmello’s Projects
For the first few years of their career, while still in college, they worked to help further define Marshmello’s brand and tackle the question of ‘why is this silent sensation dominating our culture?’ Here’s how they would define what he illuminates:
Malikyar: I think humanity would be one and connectivity would be the other. And the reason why is the ethos behind the idea of Marshmallo is that we are all Marshmallo. He’s a character. It’s open for interpretation. It’s so global, everybody sees themself in Marshmalloe and you can beat anything. And it’s supposed to shed light on the fact that this character is a little piece of all of us. And it serves as a medium to express that idea. It’s almost like the superhero, the Batman, the whatever, you put on that helmet and you can be whoever you want to be type of thing. I don’t know if you have anything to add to that.
Gill: His character doesn’t speak yet for some reason it’s cut through in all these different communities around the world, which all that says is that we’re a lot more connected as people than we all think. And I think what our music video series did was the goal of it was to create, and if you get time to watch any of them, one of them is about bullying, one about first love, one about your friends moving, one’s about problems you go through at home. These things that humans—whether you’re in India, the Philippines, Kentucky or Los Angeles—are experiencing. The connected aspect of the brand was really what we tried to do with these music videos. And what we tried to [have] people understand [is] that we’re all connected.
On Takeoff
On Nov. 1, 2022, Takeoff was killed at the age of 28. The guys process, and reflect on their time with the Migos, then Unc & Phew, member:
Gill: It’s just really heartbreaking from the times that we worked with Takeoff, he was genuinely the nicest, most kind, thoughtful would stay after the shoot for hours to talk. I remember after one of the shoots, he stayed after an hour just to play [Culture II] for Daniel and I. And we were just like, “Wow, what a nice human being.” So through the documentary medium, you get to really connect with some of these artists in a vulnerable kind of human way that you can’t really if you’re shooting their music video or they’re in a commercial per se. We were able to get a lens into these artists’ world, and by no means did we have a 20-year relationship with them, but through these projects, we got to know them in a certain way and I guess the simplest way to put it is it’s just heartbreaking.
Malikyar: One other note, too, just reflecting on it, it just also shines a light on the fragility of everything.
On ‘Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby’
Over the course of 12 months, MGX Creative shadowed Lil Baby and told his story and those of many in his city. They process on what the project brought to light:
Gill: Socioeconomics and growth. Baby’s story illuminates a lot of the larger socioeconomic issues that our country is facing now and has been facing and the communities that exist because of that, that don’t ever get talked about. And people don’t ever take the time to actually understand, not from a baseline level, from a deeper mental, psychological level. The fact that doc about being mentally trapped because of where you’re from, have not seen that presented that way. The socioeconomic trap is not just a physical, monetary, literal trap; it’s also the mental world that America creates for certain communities. That’s the first part.
The second is growth; being able to see the power of growth in an artist in a person of color is so important to highlight because it’s going to allow other people of color and other individuals that may feel trapped to say, well if they can do it. Maybe I can do that. Maybe I won’t be the biggest rapper. Maybe I’ll be able to put myself through college. Or maybe I won’t be the biggest rapper. Maybe I’ll be able to go get a job at an insurance company. Whatever you’re thinking.
Fun Fact On ‘Ice Cold: A Hip-Hop Jewelry Story’
The artist who turned rappers into Renaissance paintings for the trailer of Ice Cold: A Hip-Hop Jewelry Story was an 18-year-old in Florence, Italy, with under 200 followers at the time.
Kodak Black Won’t Collab With Drake Because Released “Her Loss” With 21 Savage
They have collaborated in the past and regularly praise one another’s efforts, but Kodak Black has a bone to pick with Drake. The Florida rapper isn’t afraid of sharing his thoughts on social media, which was the case during a recent Livestream. In a clip, Kodak shares a screen with someone who tells him that they’re waiting on a new collaboration with Drake. It isn’t something that will materialize soon, suggests Kodak, because of a joint project that has yet to materialize.
“I had told Drake I don’t wanna do no collab,” said Kodak. “No songs or no album. ‘Cause we supposed to done did a whole album before him a lil’ buddy.” This was seemingly a reference to Drake and 21 Savage’s hit album, Her Loss. “Before him and lil’ buddy did that sh*t. I had told him I wanted to wait [until] like, 2023. Like, after February.”
Kodak Previously Teased Multiple Tracks With Drake
A joint project isn’t that far-fetched, considering Kodak suggested an album was on the horizon last summer. “Me and Drake, we got some more music,” he said at the time. “It’s really on like whenever bruh might feel like he ready and stuff. They be like, ‘Is we gon’ drop the album? We gon’ do this?’ It’s really on him. We got a lot of songs, though.”
In 2020, Kodak even commented under one of Drake’s social media posts about partnering on a record. “I Am Your Biggest Fan Sir. … If We Can’t Do A Whole Album Together, I Never Want To Do A Song With You Sir.” Drake, in turn, further teased the collaboration after “Haitian Boy Kodak” arrived. “Man you always give me that inspiration…Real POET…Oracle. … Man let’s do some music for sure. But for real you really on another level.”
Drake Showers Kodak With Praise
Fans aren’t so sure that Kodak and Drizzy won’t collide in the studio once again. As formerly mentioned, they’ve publicly praised one another’s work and found success in previous collaborations. When Kodak went on Livestream in January 2022, fans quickly noted “Champagne Papi” was in the comment section. “You really all that for this generation and the next one if we being honest,” he wrote.
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XXXTENTACION Murder: Drake’s Attorney Wants Defense Sanctioned Over Deposition Request
Drake still hasn’t escaped the possible deposition surrounding XXXTENTACION’s murder. Drizzy faced numerous requests to be deposed in the case due to his feud with the late Florida rapper. Most recently, a process server attempted to subpoena Drake at his California mansion, only to be met by his security who refused to accept anything on his behalf. His bodyguards allegedly kicked the subpoena down the driveway afterward. “Drake’s staff believes that physically kicking the subpoena is a legally sound way of refusing service,” Dedrick Williams attorney, Mauricio Padilla, said.
The judge ruled that Drake would have to sit down for some sort of deposition by Feb. 24th. Per Rolling Stone, on Feb. 17th, the judge stated that Drake’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, and the defense, Padilla, would have to “work together to mutually agree to a time that was convenient to Mr. Graham, agree on parameters for topics discussed at deposition and even stated that he would even consider sealing the deposition.” He added that they need to balance “the rights of the defendants to investigate the first degree murder case properly with Aubrey Drake Graham’s privacy issue.”
Drake’s Attorney Clashes With The Defense
Drake’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, appeared in court this week where he formally addressed complaints from the defense surrounding the subpoena. Padilla said he tried to serve Cohen after asking if he would “accept service” on Drake’s behalf. However, Cohen allegedly refused. At this point, Padilla claimed that he “mentioned possibly asking for attorney’s fees, the metaphorical equivalent to kicking the subpoena down the driveway.”
In response to Padilla, Cohen said that the attempt to expedite the deposition is “quite simply, legally unsound.” He added that they failed to properly serve Drake with the subpoena in accordance with California laws. “Counsel for the Defendant’s only logical motive in moving for an order to show cause a second time would have been to inject celebrity spectacle into an otherwise routine trial and generate headlines in the news,” Cohen told the court. Then, he asked the court to force Padilla to cover Drake’s attorney fees. We’ll keep you posted on any further updates surrounding the case.
Boosie Calls Off Joint Album With T.I. After He Admitted He Snitched In The Past: “You A F*!king Rat Too!”
In a recent interview, Boosie said his album with T.I. may not happen due to the Atlanta artist admitting he has snitched in the past. He also feels it doesn’t matter if it happened before he became a rapper. Updated By: Chris Samuel (2/21/23 at 3:00 pm) In a new DJ Vlad interview, Boosie said […]
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