Post Malone has exhibited in the past that he doesn’t want to be a rapper although his success is directly connected to modern Hip-Hop. In an interview with GQ, the successful and reluctant musical artist says he doesn’t want to be billed as a rapper and seems uncomfortable being a white guy in a Black music genre.
GQ writes:
By now the sun is gone, and me and Post have moved to a weird dining/conference room overlooking the spot where he’d just shot a video; he signals for a couple more beers. We crack them and toast. After the first is down, I ask: Do you, Post Malone, ever feel anxious about working in a primarily black-identified genre of music? I’m black. I’m young. I’ve been put off by some of the things he’s said about distancing himself from rap, from R&B, from anything, really, that’s musically black-identified. I enjoy Post’s music, but I’m skeptical: What’s worse than appropriating a black sound without giving appropriate credit is doing that and not realizing why that might be wrong.
“I definitely feel like there’s a struggle being a white rapper. But I don’t want to be a rapper. I just want to be a person that makes music,” he says. “I make music that I like and I think that kicks ass, that I think the people who fuck with me as a person and as an artist will like.” He sighs.
So basically, Post is cashing out but not committing to the genre that made a chart-topping smash? Got it.
Read the full interview here.
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