21 Savage reveals most of his lyrics are fiction.
After reports that Young Thug’s lyrics can be used against him in Rico case trial, a lot of rappers are coming forward with revelations that most of their rap lyrics are not in real life. 21 Savage now had a conversation with Rolling Stone, where he stated that most of his lyrics are “fiction as hell.”
“I just think of it in my head,” he admits. “Some of it be based off of real life, but a lot of it be creative stories.”
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Just recently, Fat Joe revealed that he lied in 95% of his songs. “I’ve been rapping professionally for 30 years… I’ve lied in almost 95 percent of my songs,” Joe began. “I’m being honest. I write like I feel that day. I’m just being creative. You couldn’t build a jail high enough for the lyrics I’ve said on songs which are all untrue.”
He continued, “What I am is a family man, the person who gives back to my community all the time, opens businesses in my community. So the music would never amount to the actual person, Joseph Cartagena.”
“What’s even more horrible is that the district attorneys, they know those lyrics ain’t real. They know that’s creativity. But if it helps their case, they’ll use it to put these guys in jail. And here, we’re having a fun show about it and discussion, but there really is six defendants in Atlanta who might spend the rest of their lives in jail for something that’s totally not true. This is very serious. This destroys families.”
