Fat Joe is together with his 2 cents to the brewing dialog that as we communicate’s hip hop journalists are large trash, spurned over backlash from Kendrick Lamar giving his first “Not Like Us” interview to SZA!!!

The Bronx rap legend sat down for a model new interview to debate the fleeting observe of artists having journalists ask them truthful questions, in commerce, to have the power to change the narrative on their very personal platforms. Fat Joe says the safety of Tupac Shakur and Biggie‘s beef led to their demise!!!

“I moreover think about that the earlier guard of hip-hop journalists created loads of battle and might even have blood on their palms,” Joe outlined.

“Whilst you talk about East Coast-West Coast, Biggie-Tupac, that issue was amplified, they often every ended up ineffective,” he declared. “And, after I check out the so-called journalists that had been proper right here from day one, since Vibe and The Provide [magazines] and all that, nonetheless to immediately after they interview people they often do podcasts themselves, it’s on a regular basis a harmful route.”

We simply these days spoke to Benzino and he blamed the 1995 Provide Awards for sparking the East Coast-West Coast wars, so there’s positively some synergy throughout the OG’s recollections.

Kendrick compounded his which implies of dissing Drake on “Not Like Us” to SZA … which irked music critics who felt Okay. Dot’s space was too protected to accurately outline the nuances throughout the extraordinarily publicized beef.

Excessive Dawg Leisure’s Terrence “President Punch” Henderson‘s boss defended the interview and urged the rationale Kendrick and totally different artists do softball interviews is on account of most of as we communicate’s journalists are TRASH!!!

This convo has been boiling for years — take into accout DJ Akademiks ripped hip hop’s “Massive 3” a model new one when J. Cole decided to current an interview to sports activities actions czar Bob Myers.

The blowback from Punch’s suggestions despatched hip hop journalists proper right into a tizzy … nevertheless Joe says now that podcast mics are easy to buy, artists have leverage.

Joe continued … “These had been the people as soon as we didn’t have social media or podcasts, that they had been controlling the game, and it was on a regular basis a harmful narrative. Once more throughout the day, must you didn’t get shot 9 events or went to jail for 10 years, they wouldn’t ponder you rapper. It was horrible.”

Joe says he’s aiming to be the next Oprah, and sided with the model new wave of streamers and TikTokers to push hip hop journalism forward.

“So I type of agree with the youthful boys and youthful girls,” Joe admitted. “They’re saying get your message available on the market nonetheless you want and the place you’re feeling cozy, the place people ain’t out proper right here to jam you up. That’s why I did ‘Fat Joe Talks.’ So we might talk about exactly what the artist needs to discuss in a optimistic delicate.”

“I used to go to interviews, they often’d be like, ‘Joe, what’s up with Rapper X? I on no account even met the brother. After which, subsequent issue you notice you got beef with Rapper X over a journalist who wanted to create a hype.”