Darryl McDaniels, widely known as DMC from the popular 80’s hip-hop group Run-DMC, voiced his opinion on the lack of responsibility rappers today have, saying, “Jay Z ain’t hot.”
The hip-hop icon expressed his views on the bad music released by artists and the”disrespectful” state of hip-hop during an interview with the UK’s Metro.
“Ninety-eight per cent of hip hop music that’s out now I say is just bad demos,” DMC said.
The 49-year-old went on to critique some popular current artists.
“Lil Wayne, Jay Z ain’t hot, it’s just they’re programmed so many times people are brainwashed,” DMC said.
He said that hip-hop needs a positive message.
“The reason why hip-hop exists is because it started out with good intentions, once all the good intentions left the music became polluted, it became disrespectful it became immature.”
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