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The 40-year-old rapper made the comments in an Instagram live

Benny The Butcher has some choice words for those he deems have stolen hip-hop from “the streets”. In an Instagram live, the lyricist laid bare his thoughts on the state of the culture, asserting that control has been taken away:

“Yo, y’all see the state the game is in when the streets don’t hold the culture or the game,” the rapper said. “Now you got the weird Twitter nerds and the nerds and all these weird motherf**kers got they hands on the culture”.

His feelings are not isolated; online communities have expressed similar concerns, suggesting that hip-hop is being lost to figures outside of the culture. This also supports the idea that the art is being sacrificed in favour of data-driven decisions.

Speculation

It’s unsure who he is referring to, though fans have started to speculate. One user said: “I think he’s talking about it’s no longer ART and CREATIVITY that pushes rap. Data, facts, and figures decide what’s next. Rap and hip hop culture is very calculated.”