In a recent interview with Jerrod Carmichael, A$AP Rocky indicated that rap nowadays lacks progression and introspection, largely because of the way that Soulja Boy attained fame on social media.
“Rap is in its adolescence and it’s been stuck here since Soulja Boy,” he explained. “Before, everybody looked 35 and up. When Lil Wayne and Jay-Z and T.I. and Jeezy and Ross was on, rappers looked old. Like, we had Lil’ Bow Wow and that was it. That all changed with the internet and self-releasing. Now, rap is stuck in this braggadocious, adolescent space. It’s not as mature.”
It didn’t take long for A$AP Rocky’s brutally honest take to garner an indirect response from Soulja Boy on social media.
