Lil Yachty, the American rapper, has recently made some controversial comments about the Hip Hop industry, dubbing it a "terrible" place. In an interview with Rolling Stone, he claimed that Hip Hop is in a terrible place and that there is a decline in content. He suggested that streams, revenue, and charting hits have contributed to the change. Lil Yachty also mentioned that record labels have pulled back on funding of Hip Hop as far as like what contracts are looking like and what budgets are being put into Hip Hop artists.
He continued to say that people aren't supporting Hip Hop like they once did because there is a decline in content. Lil Yachty appeared to take aim at "older folks" bumping "Nas' greatest hits." He said that he is coming from a standpoint of just creativity and that it's creatively just not at a height. He wasn't saying that they need more standup lyrics. He has always said that they should have subgenres just like every other genre. People don't understand everything doesn't have to be boom bap. ¹²³¹:
