YG Calls Macklemore & G-Eazy the “Two Biggest White Rappers in the Game”
YG explains how the official remix of his Still Brazy single “FDT (F*ck Donald Trump)”came together in a newly-released interview with i-D/VICE. Speaking to the outlet about his “anti-Trump crusade,” the “Twist My Fingaz” rappers breaks down his new politically-charged direction. Read more…
“It’s like, wake up, America,” he says. “Motherf*ckers are talking about drugs and parties and guns and sh*t. But they gotta know there’s more sh*t going on. We gotta say something, cause if not, it’s like we’re out here standing for nothing, like we ain’t got no morals. That ain’t what it is. That ain’t me.” Read the rest on HYPETRAK.
Continuing, he says:
“As people, we can come together and we can protest, but honestly, that shit probably ain’t going to change. We’ve gotta figure out who’s behind the scenes, who will lead the people, and how we’re going to get to them. Black people are painted as beefing with each other and killing each other, and that’s why I think [police and politicians] think they can get away with so much shit — cause we do fucked up shit to our own kind. So when we come together in protest, that really means something. It’s powerful. But, is that really going to make a difference with what’s going on? I don’t know, and that’s the truth. But it’s a start.”