BigXthaPlug didn’t hesitate when asked whether he believes rap music is dying, and he pointed to drill music as one of the major reasons behind the genre’s decline.
During an appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast, which premiered on Oct. 28, host Shannon Sharpe appeared surprised by how quickly the Texas rapper responded with a “Yes” when asked about hip-hop’s decline. BigXthaPlug then explained why he feels that way.
“I been rapping five years. Ain’t no way I should be at the top,” X said. “There’s no way somebody that got a TikTok song should have the number one hip-hop song in the world. And you got people who been rapping their whole life, who been in this game forever and know the ins and outs, and you’re in the same boat as Future. How does that work? It’s people who ain’t put in a lick of work in the same category as Drake. The hip-hop game I feel like now is a money game.”
BigXthaPlug also pointed out that country music is currently thriving, although artists within the genre have acknowledged that it previously experienced a decline before recently finding its footing again. When asked what hip-hop could do to experience a similar comeback, the rapper shared his thoughts.
“It need to be fun again,” X said. “I feel like it ain’t fun no more. And no disrespect to the drill rappers and you’re not gonna be making diss songs [at me], but when the drill music came out, it kind of I feel like… They was killing other things, but they was killing hip-hop, too. It definitely did something different to it and now I feel like everybody feel like they gotta be aggressive. They gotta be a gangsta.”
“Man Snoop Dogg had songs with Katy Perry,” he continued. “It’s not that anymore. Hopefully, I’m bringing that back.”
Watch the full interview below. The discussion about drill music begins around the 1:33:19 mark.
