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Ice-T has warned that rap artists are “not good anymore” because of the threat of retaliation from different individuals.
The 66-year-old rapper believes that whereas aggressive attitudes have all the time been part of hip-hop, these disputes have change into too harmful for the music, as issues can “escalate” with out the artists' involvement.
In an interview with 'Boss Discuss 101', Ice famous that his personal feud with LL Cool J remained on the trail of competition, saying: “Hip-hop has all the time been aggressive, so saying 'I'm higher than you' 'It's a part of hip-hop.
“The issue with beef is that it may well get away from you…”
Providing a hypothetical scenario a couple of feud with Naughty by Nature's Treach, Ice referenced the aftermath of his controversial 1992 single 'Cop Killer.'
He mentioned: “I’d meet considered one of his followers on the road who desires to remain lively.
“After I had the 'Cop Killer' downside, I wasn't fearful a couple of cop. I’d run right into a cop's brother or son who wished to begin an altercation.
“Consuming meat is simply not good in case you can keep away from it.”
And Ice believes the rise of social media has made the potential threat of escalation even worse.
He mentioned: “Social media is an amplifier for all the things. It forces reactions that might actually be squashed rather more merely.
“I don't perceive why individuals would have an issue and take it to social media, particularly if you already know a telephone quantity.”
The 'Thoughts Over Matter' hitmaker and LL Cool J traded insults on a number of songs from the 1980s and 1990s, however precipitated a stir when pictures of them collectively at 2023 Grammy Awards rehearsals have been launched in honor of the 50th anniversary of the hip-hop. launched.
And Ice later insisted that their downside was lengthy over.
He informed AllHipHop: “LL and I’ve been collectively on totally different events. I labored with him on Rock the Bells, we did podcasts and stuff, however as for an precise bodily picture of us? I believe there's in all probability one other one on the market.
“And I believe the opposite one was earlier than we actually sat down and talked like grown males about it.
“However yeah, that's over and, hahaha, the issue by no means escalated. It was only a rap downside.”