Recently, rapper J.I.D. sat down with the ‘Throwing Fits’ podcast and spoke about the landscape of rap, speaking on how hip-hop in current times has less of a focus on lyricism and more on viral content.
The rapper gave his take, saying, “I got a weird theory about how music is right now. In the blog era, with those superstars like Drake. They came up in the blog era, and they came up in a time [when] you ain’t see anybody rapping like that.”
When speaking about rap and artists’ care for the art form, J.I.D. continued saying, “People don’t really care about it as much. Even as it’s grown in popularity. It’s moving super fast and I don’t think people really care about—I think it’s more about being viral or being the first to get…I don’t know. I got a weird theory about it, though.” Listen above.
source: HotNewHipHop
