
*Questlove claims the Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud significantly impacted him.
During an interview with NPR, he reflected on the Biggie and 2Pac beef back in the day, noting that he had “never seen a battle in which it ends well.”
“I was there at the Source Awards when the sh*t really hit the fan in 1995,” he said, Vibe reports. “And I was there in 1997. That was a ‘What now?’ moment for Hip-Hop—Tupac and Biggie, embroiled in a battle. I’ve never seen a battle in which it ends well.”
The Roots drummer added, “We’re living in a polarizing time. We’re living in a time right now where World War III can easily break out at any moment. We’re living in a time when civil war can break out at any moment in the United States. We’re living in a time where the uncertainty of something jumping off is just in the air… For me it’s like, I’ve seen this movie before—and I’m triggered. The aftereffect of Tupac and Biggie was just a 30-year travel into darkness.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, Questlove retracted his statement that “Hip-Hop is dead,” which he initially made on Instagram during his critique of the Drake-Lamar battle.
“Do I truly feel like Hip-Hop is dead? No I don’t. However, I do believe that the landscape and the rules have changed. And some of its participants don’t know it,” Questlove said.
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