Raekwon Talks How The Internet Changed Hip-Hop
Raekwon weighs in on the current state of hip-hop music! During the filming of the video for “Violation,” Raekwon explains how the internet affected hip-hop.
While Raekwon and Talib Kweli came together to film their new video “Violations” the Wu Tang member weighed in on how he thinks the internet has impacted hip- hop to HNHH.
Raekwon said:
“People is people, you know? You get some of the greatest agitators out there in the […] internet world. That’s another level, that’s everybody’s opinion, that comes with the territory. You just have to know how to look past it or look up to it, you know? You got people that do both.”
Although, Reakwon says its all a matter of perspective, continuing:
“It’s all in how you drive it, how you feel about it…I know how I feel about it. I’m going to continue to do what I love to do and I’m living well doing it. So I try to not look at the negative no more. I look at everything as an experiment[…] just recognize who you is as an artist.”
Adding:
“[The internet] turned a lot of niggas who didn’t know how to read into readers now. Everybody’s adjusting they’re words and doing certain things.”
Though, Raekwon reminds us:
“At the end of the day, hip-hop is a culture, that all comes inside in the culture.”
The official video for “Violations,” both with Talib Kweli and Raekwon, will drop soon.
For now peep the behind-the-scenes visual and short interview below:
