Lil Yachty has announced that he is not a fan of the way things are in Hip Hop today. He went far enough to claim that things are just “terrible.”
“Hip-hop is in a terrible place,” Yachty said at Rolling Stone‘s Musicians on Musicians event in Brooklyn, New York (via Complex) on Friday (November 10). “The state of hip-hop right now is a lot of imitation. It’s a lot of quick, low-quality music being put out.”
He continued: “It’s a lot less risk-taking, it’s a lot less originality. People are too safe now. Everyone is so safe. I rather take the risk than take the L.”
But despite his complaints about the sorry state of Hip Hop affairs, Lil Boat took the time to show love to at least one rapper.
“I love JID,” he said. “JID is such a beautiful person. He has the spirit of like a real Atlanta Negro and he’s such a good, kind person and he just always embraced me with open arms so I got nothing but respect for JID. I never heard a bad verse from JID ever.”
While Lil Yachty wasn’t afraid to show some love to JID, he recently came under fire from Soulja Boy, who roasted the “Flex Up” rapper after he claimed that he and Post Malone were the first rappers to stream on Twitch back in 2017.
“I ain’t gon’ even cap,” Soulja Boy began in his tirade. “Lil Yachty, sit yo bitch-ass down, n-gga. Drake, you and Lil Yachty getting on my muthafucking nerves. Fuck wrong with y’all pussy-ass n-ggas?
“Lil Yachty, you is a bitch n-gga. Fruity-ass n-gga. Painting yo muthafucking toe nails and shit. Bitch, you wasn’t the first n-gga to do shit. Lil bitch-ass, pussy-ass, punk-ass, Oreo-looking ass, fuck-ass n-gga.”
Soulja continued to attack Boat by saying: “I’m getting tired of y’all fuck n-ggas. Lil bitch-ass n-gga. Lil Black-ass n-gga … Lil Yachty, sit your lil’ pussy-ass ass down. Bitch-ass n-gga. You wasn’t the first n-gga to do shit. I’m getting tired of y’all pussy ass n-ggas, man.”
Lil Yachty claimed that joining the service in 2017 made him the first rapper on Twitch. According to SocialBlade, Soulja Boy launched his Twitch account in December 2016.