Lil Yachty is often the target of older hip hop heads, who say the "Minnesota" rapper doesn't respect hip hop history. But Yachty has been vocal about where he stands in the hip-hop pantheon, and responded to accusations that he's "destroying hip hop" in a recent interview with MTV.

Yachty had this to say: "People say I'm destroying Hip Hop, and, I'm like, there's so much Hip Hop, and it's so popular, so I don't know why I have the power to destroy it. It's ridiculous! Also, I feel like there are genres within genres everywhere else, like in rock — you don't hear Slipknot complaining about Paramore not being hardcore enough. But Hip Hop has to be one type of thing — hardcore, street, storytelling, the struggle — or it's not real. I don't get that. People bashed Drake off the fact he didn't suffer. Who cares? Do you like the music or not?"

Yachty continued, "I'm not a joke. I'm not making fun of Hip Hop or being disrespectful. It's not play rap, it's as real as anything."

Source: hot97.com