BigXThaPlug said he believes rap music is dying and identified drill as one of the leading causes. He discussed the genre’s direction in an interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast, which premiered on Oct. 28.
Host Shannon Sharpe was surprised when the Texas rapper immediately answered “Yes” to a question about rap’s decline. BigXThaPlug said he had been rapping for five years and should not be at the top. He questioned how artists with a TikTok hit could rank alongside performers who had spent years in the industry, adding that hip-hop now felt like a money game.
BigXThaPlug said country music is flourishing, though people in the genre had also told him it took a hit and was only now bouncing back. Asked how hip-hop could recover, he said it needed to be fun again.
