Previously, Melle Mel appeared on ‘The Art of Dialogue’ and commented about Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. Mel’s comments about Eminem found him saying the Detroit rapper is only considered a top-five rapper because of his race. His comments on Kendrick found him saying, “Nobody wants to rap like Kendrick Lamar. Nobody wants to rap like Eminem. A lot of people wanted to rap, like ‘Pac and Biggie.”
Since then, Melle Mel has received backlash online for his words, and now Public Enemy frontman Chuck D has come to the defense of the ‘Furious Five’ emcee.
Via Twitter, Chuck D said, “Understand Melle Mel was so dominant over the rest of the pack in the first 5 years of records its hard to comprehend for born after MC folk.” He continued, “It's why I call him Wilt Chamberlain and Wilt had a crate of critiques for the rappers after him including ME . Just Let Mel be Wilt lol.” Take a look above.
Source: Hotnewhiphop.com
