Why Vince Staples thinks rap feuds are “corny”

Lengthy Seaside artist Vince Staples is normally a lowkey and reserved character who makes distinctive music with no shenanigans or mouthing off on the aspect. Nevertheless, in an interview with Advanced, the emcee revealed why he retains his head low. 

Staples’ full-length sophomore album, Big Fish Theory, was devoted to exploring the concept of how MCs usually take a look at themselves as large fishes in a small pond, telling Advanced, “It encompasses things: Being larger than life in a smaller world, so to say, and how rappers are perceived and perceive themselves.”

Staples insisted that he has by no means seen himself as competing with anybody within the trade and can by no means waste time speaking about another person on a observe. When requested who gained the lyrical feud that befell in 2017 between Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma, Staples merely responded, “Shit is corny. It’s fucking corny! I’m not gonna go book studio time to talk about you.”

When introduced with the truth that battles have been a pillar of hip-hop tradition since its creation, Staples bluntly professed, “So watch a Smack battle. They’re much better at it. King of the Dot. You have the UW League in New Jersey. So many battle leagues. Go watch some Charlie Clips. I don’t wanna see people demean one another for no reason when they can have a phone conversation. Especially when they’re actually successful musicians.”

He continued, “There is battle rap. I am a fan of that, but as far as the spitefulness of it? ‘Cause battle rappers are actually like all friends for the most part, and they write it, have fun, and talk about it on Facebook later. It’s real fucking cute.”

Nevertheless, he maintained his stance on profession musicians utilizing their craft to feud and disrespect others, asserting, “[Battle Rap’s fine] but all that other shit, they can get the fuck out of here. That shit is corny as fuck. It’s like, ‘I’m gonna say really hurtful things about you for the sake of Hip Hop.’ Oh.”

Vince Staples has by no means discovered himself on the centre of any feud, and though a social media spat or lyrical beef can present good publicity, the ‘Bagbak’ artist assured followers that he wouldn’t be tarnishing his model for something. You may watch Staples’ interview under.