June 29, 2023

Although mostly retired from making music, Bow Wow (FKA Lil Bow Wow) used to be a chart-topping machine in the hip-hop industry as a youth. Whether it be his 2005 hits “Let Me Hold You” and “Like You,” which both landed inside the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 or his 2006 Chris Brown-assisted radio magnet “Shortie Like Mine,” Bow Wow certainly knows what it takes to attract an audience.

So, when approached about how hip-hop has not earned a No. 1 song or album so far in 2023 at this year’s BET Awards, the 36-year-old gave a passionate theory to explain the genre’s disappointing year.

“People are putting out trash-ass music. Everything sounds alike, everything’s repetitive, same tempo, ain’t nobody doing nothing different,” he told Power 106 FM reporter Bryhana Monegain. “It’s just roll out the bed, everybody can do that.”

So, when approached about how hip-hop has not earned a No. 1 song or album so far in 2023 at this year’s BET Awards, the 36-year-old gave a passionate theory to explain the genre’s disappointing year. “People are putting out trash-ass music. Everything sounds alike, everything’s repetitive, same tempo, ain’t nobody doing nothing different,” he told Power 106 FM reporter Bryhana Monegain. “It’s just roll out the bed, everybody can do that.”

But, while Bow Wow thinks rappers are setting a low bar for themselves nowadays, he did predict that the paradigm will shift soon.

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