Scarface Believes Hip-Hop Is Being ‘Dumbed Down’ By ‘People That Don’t Look Like Us’

by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 2, 2024 Scarface urges rap artists to pull their music from streaming platforms due to low payouts. Rap legend Scarface has been around far too long to accept the outsiders who “dumb down” hip-hop culture and streaming platforms that reap the most profit. The “My Block” rapper recently appeared on “The Fly Zone Radio Show” with Trick Trick where he unleashed his gripe with the current state of hip-hop that allows “people that don’t look like us” to control the industry. “It seems like the whole culture is being dumbed down now, and I want to be as offensive as I possibly f*king can when I say this, again… The culture is being so f*king dumbed down and manipulated and controlled by people that don’t look like us,” Scarface said. “So these motherf*kers don’t look like me, they’re not creators of this culture, but they want to control it and dictate who come in, how they come out, the stream… We don’t f*king stream, man, we buy records, we ride this sh*t around in our car.” [embedded content] The Houston native directed his rant against the streaming platforms that have altered the amount an artist can...