(CelebNMusic247-News) 2 Chainz Talks Skin Complexion and Hip Hop Lyric Backlash
Rapper 2 Chainz sat down with MTV’s Sway Calloway about some serious issues in the Hip Hop community.
Chainz addressed his choice to use dark-skinned models in his latest video for “Feds Watching” despite the majority of hip hop stars going for light skinned black and Puerto Rican women in their videos.
The Georgia native also touched on the recent scrutiny that hip hop has endured over lyrics some critics have considered offensive and insensitive to others.
Is society cracking down on hip hop lyrics or are they sick of rappers not taking responsibility for their lackluster creativity by using offensive lyrics to sell music?
Here is the drop according to AHH:
Chainz admits that “Feds Watching” drew concern from executives at the label and Pharrell Williams, who is featured on the track, about certain lyrics on the song.
2 Chainz said:
“Pharrell brought it up, and then the label brought it up.”
“Basically I said the word prosecutor. It’s almost a cuss word. You almost can’t say it, because this is a government official.”
He also says there are other lyrics on his new album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time that he has had to question if they may be going too far. Particularly, one line where he says, “I blew myself up like a Unabomber.”
Chainz also makes the point that rappers have to constantly find a balance between their rights as an artist to free speech and possibly harming their connections to corporate interests with their controversial rhymes.
2 Chainz adds:
“One end, you want to talk about the first amendment, you want to talk about freedom of speech, but on the other end, everything is so delicate, you cannot say anything.”
“When you’re just trying to be slightly creative and just try to use a metaphor in a different way that people can appreciate, maybe laugh about, it’s taken out of context the wrong way and you find yourself losing millions dollars out of the kind of deals that you have set-up.”
One area of free expression 2 Chainz has fully embraced is highlighting women of different complexions in his video.
He says he purposely used dark skin women in the visuals for”Feds Watching.”
Chainz explains:
“We always get battered, us rappers, because we always talk about red girls, light-skinned girls.”
“We’ve been brainwashed like little girls with baby dolls.”
