Lil Yachty Responds To Backlash Over Being Labeled A Mumble Rapper

Lil Yachty has responded to the pushback he’s gotten in the wake of comments he made about wanting to shake off his “mumble rapper” label. Lil Boat held a listening party for his latest album he added “This album is so special and dear to me,” he said. “I think I created it just because I really wanted to be taken serious as an artist, you know? Not just some SoundCloud rapper, not some mumble rapper, not some guy that just made one hit. He added: “I wanted to be really taken serious because music is, like, everything to me. I respect all walks of music, not just rap and Hip Hop. Everything. So I think I wanted to make something to show the world just how great it was to me. Some fans took issue with Yachty’s comments, with one writing on Twitter: “I hate how rappers don’t even respect rap as an artform. Why does ‘I want to be considered an artist’ always follow with them making some shit from another genre. Yachty took a moment to reply to the fan in a since-deleted tweet over the weekend, clarifying that he meant no disrespect toward Hip Hop as an artform. “It’s not about respecting rap, it’s about being respected as more than a rapper,” he wrote. “I create music in more than just that lane.

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