Lupe Fiasco On Meek Mill-Drake Debacle: "Modern Radio and the commercial realm of music has injured rap"

Image via Lupe Fiasco on Instagram

Lupe Fiasco took to Twitter last night and shared his two cents on the Meek Mill–Drake debacle with a pair of Instagram posts. Each complete with essay-length captions, they find the often-outspoken rapper articulating the importance of song craft over record sales and other measures of mainstream success.

Fiasco unabashedly recognized hip-hop ghostwriting’s long history (much of Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 hit”Rapper’s Delight” was stolen, after all). He went as far as to—accurately—state some of the genre’s most pivotal verses came from uncredited pens. He only begins to take issue if an artist actively trumpets the illusion he or she is solely responsible for the words we hear when that is not in fact the case, making for a breach of authenticity.

Below you’ll find Fiasco’s views on the matter; he ends the blurb on a positive note, pointing to the internet-blazing reactions, no matter the side, as a strong sign rap is still very much alive. Expect more hot takes from other artists and industry insiders to arise in the aftermath of Meek’s rant.

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