In her recent interview with Vogue magazine, the Grammy-winning songstress claimed that the current hip-hop music has 'tons of songs where people are just lying.'
- Feb 5, 2020
AceShowbiz - Billie Eilish might need to think twice before making a comment now. The Grammy winner has landed in hot water over a comment she made in her recent interview with Vogue that rubbed a lot of people, especially hip-hop fans and musicians, the wrong way.
Talking about the music industry during the interview, Billie claimed that many rappers are not keeping it real and are fabricating stories in their songs. "Just because the story isn't real doesn't mean it can't be important," she noted. "There's a difference between lying in a song and writing a story. There are tons of songs where people are just lying."
The "Bad Guy" hirmaker went on to point out, "There's a lot of that in rap right now, from people that I know who rap. It's like, 'I got my AK-47, and I'm f***in'...,' and I'm like, what? You don't have a gun. 'And all my b***hes...,' I'm like which b***hes? That's posturing, and that's not what I'm doing."
Her comments soon sparked backlash, with one accusing her of appropriating black culture, "Billie Eilish appropriates black culture then drags black music just like Miley Cyrus did but y'all don't keep the same energy. If you cancel one, gotta cancel both." Meanwhile, another urged "anyone that agrees with Billie Eilish on what she said about rap/hip hop" to stay away from him/her, adding, "You are the feds."
Someone pointed, "The most overrated generic artist in the world rn shouldn't have an opinion about hip-hop," while one other said, "Turning to 17 year old white girls to determine what's authentic in this culture? That's what we doing now?" A different person accused her hypocrisy, "Ain't she admit that she doesn't live any of the problems she sings about tho?"
One individual told Billie to "mind your business," while another weighed in, "This chick literally sounds like she is whispering on every track she makes... any hip hop take is automatically null bro please go." There was also one who sarcastically said, "So she emulates hip hop culture, gets a few grammys and then attempts to s**t on hip hop? Oh ok, got it."
Billie has yet to respond to the backlash.
