"It's Like Strippers Rapping": Jermaine Dupri Says Current Women Rappers Rap "About The Same Thing"
Source: PEOPLE
Source: PEOPLE
The So So Def CEO doesn't regret his comments.
Two weeks ago, Jermaine Dupri faced backlash for saying that the current state of women rappers are all "rapping about the same thing."
READ: "It's Like Strippers Rapping": Jermaine Dupri Says Current Women Rappers Rap "About The Same Thing"
"For me, it's like strippers rapping and as far as rap goes I'm not getting who's the best rapper," he previously said. "I'm getting like, 'Oh, you got a story about you dancing in the club. You got a story about you dancing in the club. You got a story about you dancing in the club'…OK, all right, who's gonna be the rapper?"
Well, Dupri has doubled down on his comments. Speaking to the Atlanta Black Star, the So So Def CEO proceed to elaborate further on his strippers rapping remark.
"What people don't understand is I actually believe that these women that do this type of music should start calling it strap," Dupri said. "I think just like we have trap [music], they should call it strap. It's the stories of their life."
He also said that he doesn't regret his comments.
"So, people ask me, 'Do I regret what I said?' No," he said. "When stuff like that's happening and people in the streets are saying something like, 'JD, I'm glad you stood up and said it,' I feel like I did something...I'm getting press for talking about music. I would never change that for nothing in the world — I'm talking about music...To be a number one trending topic on Twitter [talking] about music, I didn't plan it, but I'll take it."
In a separate interview with Hot 97 host Ebro Darden, Dupri yet again asserted that he has been more influential to Atlanta than Outkast. He also claimed that the rap duo wanted to sign to So So Def in the early '90s before they signed with LaFace.
"The part people missed that makes me say that is that Outkast tried to sign to So So Def, so what does that mean?" he asked. "They said they was calling, but I never got the call."
Source: Atlanta Black Star
