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Lil Yachty Can't Name Five Songs by 2Pac or The Notorious B.I.G.

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Save_uS_aerroc:
this piece of shit clone smh

There's no doubt about it. Lil Yachty is doing this whole hip-hop thing his own way. The 19-year-old Atlanta export and 2016 XXL Freshman admits to not knowing his hip-hop history—and he's fine with that.

Lil Boat sat down with Billboard recently as one of their spotlight artists for their fall preview feature and straight up admitted to not knowing 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G.‘s music. In the report, he tells the mag he "honestly couldn't name five songs" from the rap legends.

"But if I'm doing this my way and making all this money," Yachty reasons, "why should I do it how everybody says it's supposed to be done?"

Although this may be appalling news to some hip-hop heads, Yachty could easily blame this ignorance on his age. At just 19, Lil Boat wasn't even born by the time ‘Pac and Biggie died in '96 and '97. And being a baby of the Internet age, Lil Boat grew up on the sounds of Lil B and Kid Cudi rather than anything from the golden age. When XXL spoke to Yachty for his 2016 Freshman feature interview, the red-haired rapper claimed his early inspirations to be Lil B, Kid Cudi and Soulja Boy.

"I know the first day of high school
 I wore a ‘Thank you, Based God' shirt. Because I wore uniforms in school so I couldn't wait to wear my own clothes and show off."

And let's keep in mind, this new soundbite comes on the heels of Yachty admitting serious rap puts him to sleep. The self-proclaimed "King of the Teens" is much more concerned with representing the next generation.

"I've found myself," says Yachty later in the Billboard interview. "I'm like the youth's big brother now. I have to be that voice for them.

GangstaBoogy:
All those xxl 2016 kids are trash. But to be fair, he wasn't even born when Pac & BIG died. Can't fault him for that.

DRGNBLZN:
Not that it even matters that much if you think about it anyway but at least he's honest.

SuperSpider:
A-F-R-O wasn't born around that time either, but see how he turned out. In any trade/craft, not knowing the most important figures that laid the groundwork and kept the whole thing moving and progressing throughout the years means you doom yourself in the business imo. I'm not saying that you need to follow the predecessor's path, but you need to be familiar with it.

Blood$:

--- Quote from: GangstaBoogy on August 26, 2016, 10:48:17 PM ---All those xxl 2016 kids are trash. But to be fair, he wasn't even born when Pac & BIG died. Can't fault him for that.

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clearly you never heard Dave East or G Herbo then lol only 2 good spitters on that cover

Anderson Paak was cool but then again you hate on everything that had to do with the Compton album

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