HipHopGame hooked up with the M.I.C. and has delivered another interview with Royce Da 5′9″.
Royce is asked about the fine line between being creative and being considered mysoginistic.
HHG: Your fans will be able to tell the difference between you being creative on a song versus you being misogynistic. To the casual listener and the mainstream media, they will hear something entirely different. How dangerous is it that a lot of people in positions of power are taking hip-hop so literally?
R59: I think the reason why we’re spending so much time talking about this is because of the Don Imus situation. I was watching Oprah with Russell Simmons and Common on there the other day. I’m thinking, ‘Why is hip-hop taking such a blame for this?’ Who did they blame for my father calling women ‘hos’? Whose fault was it then? I don’t want people to turn their backs from what’s really going on. A lot of people act like all hip-hop records are foul. You choose what you want to listen to and you listen to it. Not all rap is bad and some rap is positive. Some rappers try to not make positive rap because that’s not who they are. Some rappers don’t want to make positive records.
I rap what I feel and what I know. That’s what you get when you hear me. You can’t listen to a mixtape of mine and say, ‘Okay, this is exactly what Royce is.’ They don’t know about a record I have like “Black Girl” where I’m talking about black women in a positive light. Your average mixtape fan wants to hear a particular thing and I don’t think they’re picky enough to say, ‘Why is Royce calling women ‘bitches’ on this?’
Royce expects to release his album Street Hop in July. Another mixtape is expected to follow The Bar Exam before the release of the album.
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