Mos Def Responds To Backlash For Saying Drake Not Hip-Hop: “Forgive My Brooklyn”  

Yasiin Bey—higher often called Mos Def— is clarifying his remarks after going through backlash for saying Drake doesn’t make Hip-Hop and evaluating his music to background tunes at Goal. 

His take swiftly turned a trending subject, with many criticising the veteran MC’s remarks. Two weeks after going viral, he took to Instagram Dwell Monday night (January 29) with a message for the OVO founder.  

Mos Def insisted he wasn’t attempting to “slander him or to clown on him.” He additionally revealed he reached out to Drake, however he’s but to reply.  

“I’ll say this, the younger man could be very gifted,” he added. “He’s been capable of be very profitable with that expertise and I’ve no difficulty with that success or something he’s been capable of obtain on account of his expertise.” 

He went on to say that Drake has acquired “Imply-spirited and unfair” criticism previously. “I don’t need to take part in that,” Mos Def acknowledged. “And if I used to be perceived to be harsh or mocking or taunting, that’s not my intention. Drake in case you’re watching, that’s not my intention.” 

Mos Def Says He Requires Extra From Drake

Mos Def additionally had some suggestions for Drake. “You’re a very gifted MC,” he shared. “However for me, I require extra of myself and others than simply expertise or allure or charisma — notably in instances of pressing disaster. And what I want to see when it comes to creators or artistic folks on this planet, because it pertains to our tradition, is for folks to attach with us past the jukebox or the dance ground.” 

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Drake reacted to Mos Def’s earlier remarks by way of his Instagram Story earlier this month.  

“What umi say once more? Lemme shine my gentle, king, don’t change up now,” Drizzy wrote. 

“Drake is pop to me,” Mos Def stated in his interview with The Slicing Room Ground podcast. “It looks like a variety of his music is suitable with procuring.” 

In his Instagram stay Monday, Mos Def stated he answered the query “as actually and diplomatically as I presumably may. Forgive my Brooklyn.”