Joey Bada$$ made an effective declaration at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards … advising rap artists to stop providing messages that result in their death, or the death of others.
During his efficiency of his “2000” album cut “Head High,” Joey lined up 12 backup dancers … each with a killed rap artist’s name embroidered on their hoodie.
In sequential order of their deaths, Joey honored Scott La Rock, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Big L, Soulja Slim, XXXTENTACION, Nipsey Hussle, Pop Smoke, King Von, Young Dolph, Trouble and PnB Rock — all who succumbed to weapon violence in between 1987 and last month … when PnB was killed. 😕
Joey went on to argue rap artists are stimulating their own genocide, and preached the culture requires to take responsibility for the message it’s providing to kids.
‘issue is we our greatest oops-done pointing fingers @ judges & police officers..it’s time 2take responsibility..the number of more names I gotta drop’ #joeybadass #BETHipHopAwards 💥 #hiphopawards #BET pic.twitter.com/konZq04PxZ
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He likewise knocked the popular slang term “op” a.k.a. opponent … competing that war is being combated within rap artists’ own circles.
The New York rap artist isn’t the only one from his rap generation to decry the rap murder rate — simply a couple of weeks earlier, Rich Homie Quan informed us the “shoot ’em up, bang-bang music” is a problem for everyone who hears it.
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Rap by the weapon, pass away by the weapon has actually ended up being hip hop’s slogan since late … today that real material developers are speaking out, perhaps the public — their fans — will get the message.