Dec 18, 2023 21 Savage is taking a page out of Fat Joe‘s playbook and declaring a majority of his song content to be fiction amid the recent controversy over lyrics being used in court cases. Talking to Rolling Stone in a new interview published on Monday (December 18), the “A Lot” rapper proclaimed that his music is “fiction as h---.” I just think of it in my head,” he told the esteemed publication. “Some of it be based off of real life, but a lot of it be creative stories.” His comments follow Fat Joe’s recent claims that he lied in “95 percent” of his raps – which he said in defense of Young Thug, whose lyrics about committing crimes are being used in his current RICO trial. I’ve been rapping professionally for 30 years — I’ve lied in almost 95 percent of my songs,” Joe told Gayle King in a recent interview. “I’m being honest. I write like I feel that day. I’m just being creative. You couldn’t build a jail high enough for the lyrics I’ve said on songs which are all untrue.” He went on: “What I am is a family man, the person who gives back to my community all the time, opens businesses in my community. So the music would never amount to the actual person, Joseph Cartagena.
Dec 19, 2023 Music is entertainment. I don’t think I’ve ever heard any artist of any genre and thought their catalog was truth. Sure if it’s about a certain subject. But did these rappers think everyone actually believed them? lol
Dec 20, 2023 100% entertainment and real life is very much blurred in hip hop lol 95% of these guys are actors… acting makes lots of money in entertainment industry and life…kudos to everyone who can make music and make ton of money from a persona they created…
