Pete Rock is more than qualified to speak on hip hop culture. On Thursday morning, the producer hit up Instagram to share a clip of Tory Lanez explaining how “rap is in a horrible place.” Rock added his two cents on the topic, talking about the new era in the Hip-Hop community.
“Horrible! This new s*** is forced!” he wrote. “No Leadership just followers! What happened to the actual artist who gave you official inspiration for real to become something in music? For me it was Marley Marl, Teddy Riley, Howie Tee, 45 King, Larry Smith (RIP). This new generation s**** on that, leading music to a bad place.”
He goes on “Where I come from if your talent wasn’t for real you had no chance. This music business is built for music people not just any artist, any DJ or any producer. God had to bless you with something real to share with the world in order to be seen or heard your true talent had to shine through.”
