Akon gives his thoughts on current dominators in hip-hop.
Akon recently sat down with the “Big Homies House” podcast, where the “Konvicted” hitmaker gives thoughts on the current state of hip-hop, and who’s running the game right now.
“Atlanta’s been a driving force to hip hop for sure, but the dominators in hip hop is Canada,” he said on the podcast. “They dominating the music business. Okay, they got Drake, Tory Lanez, you got The Weeknd, you got Justin Bieber.”
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However, the entrepreneur states that he’s only talking about business point of view, and not the influence. “Now mind you, I’m thinking from a business standpoint. I’m not talking about influence,” he added. “Influence, Atlanta hands down ‘cause everything that those guys in Canada is was birthed from here in Atlanta. Don’t get it twisted. Atlanta changed the game when it comes to urban music.”
“When Lil Jon came with the 808, then JD came and opened it commercially. Like bro, Atlanta changed the face of music and created a different spectrum of how people looked at hip hop,” declared the “Locked Up” artist. He added, “Before it was New York and then Cali, but when Atlanta came, Atlanta brought culture. They brought color, they brought style, they brought fashion, and they brought influence.”
Check out his interview below.
