Kanye West Rides With Soulja Boy In Verbal Beef With Ice-T
Published: Monday - June 23, 2008
Words by Miles Bennett
Kanye West (Photo: Roc-A-Fella)
Last week, a radio interview hit the net in which veteran gangsta rapper Ice-T is heard dissing teen rapper Soulja Boy, basically his music "garbage."
Ice's comments prompted a self-recorded response by Soulja Boy posted on YouTube, where he calls Ice-T "old as f***" and claims that Ice-T called him out strictly as a publicity stunt.
It's was one of the main topics of discussion last week, and everyone was up on it, even Kanye West who commented on it via his official blog.
It was shocking to us when we read that Kanye says he's riding with Soulja Boy here.
In his blog, he salutes the teen rapper for his innovation in creating a new sound and dance with his hit song "Crank That" last year, and compares him to New York rap legend Nas.
"Soulja boy is fresh ass hell and is actually the true meaning of what hip-hop is supposed to be," West wrote on his blog. "He came from the hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song. He had all of America rapping this summer. If that ain't hip-hop then what is?
"That song was so dope 'cause everything he said had a hidden meaning ... that's Nas level sh**," West continued.
As for veterans like Ice-T dissing a young rapper such as Soulja Boy, Kanye had an opinion about that too.
"A bunch of wannabe 'keep it real' rappers that ain't even relevant, recycling samples, trying to act like it's 96 again, and all they do is hate on new sh**?" West asked. "N****s always talk about the golden age, but for a 13-year-old kid, this is the golden age!"
While many fans and rappers alike have called for some originality and stoppage of what some deem as "corny" from new artists such as Soulja Boy, West encouraged the newcomers to keep their music "fresh and original" and stated that there "ain't no f***in' rules to this sh** and that's what real hip-hop is to me."
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