Ice-T is mad about the current state of HipHop.
According to New York Daily News, Ice-T is fed up with the current state of Hip Hop and he calls hit “bubblegum pop” as he decided to create his own digital label. He would be lauching his digital lable which will put out by EMI in the near future. “I’m starting a digital label through EMI,” Ice-T explained to the Daily News. “I’m trying to get back to more Hip Hop. To me, music right now is like Disco. It’s very sing-songy, and nobody’s dealing with content. That’s what I miss. I miss Tupac and Big. You got Lupe Fiasco and T.I. now, but in general, we’re swamped with bubblegum Pop.”
As of now Ice-T has five artists from different parts of the country signed to his digital label.
Ice-T currently has five artists from different parts of the country signed to his label. “We’ve got an artist from L.A., a group called Certified from Washington state, Born Twice from Houston, and a Korean kid from New York. I’m playing the whole map,” Ice-T revealed.
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