There's something to be said about the fact that Lil Pump's antics gain more traction than his music these days. Even though he's continued to release tracks, he's been expanding into other genres such as reggaeton and more recently, punk. Pump is apparently readying a new punk rock project and recently shared a snippet but many fans of Juice WRLD believed his lyrics disrespected the late rapper's legacy.
Though no title has been shared, Lil Pump does what most rappers do and preview new music after leaving the studio. The latest snippet from Pump's musical excursion included references to Juice WRLD's untimely death.
"Momma told me don't go to school on a Percocet/ Like Juice WRLD, 70 pounds on a private jet," Pump raps on the song. It didn't take long for Juice WRLD fans to catch wind of the comments who found the bars disrespectful. It's hard to disagree with that sentiment, especially considering the references Pump made related directly the Juice WRLD's death.
Juice WRLD passed away in early December 2019 after ingesting several pills of Percocet as police began conducting a search on his private jet where they allegedly found 70 pounds of cannabis. What seems even more strange about the tone-deaf bars is that Lil Pump cut his song "Drug Addicts" out of his setlist at Rolling Loud last year to honor Juice WRLD.
Check out some of the reactions below.
Wiz Khalifa Explodes Over Dr. Dre "Still D.R.E" Beat
We’re gonna need the full version of this ASAP.
It takes a lot of guts to even attempt to rap over an instrumental as iconic and well-known as “Still D.R.E” but Wiz Khalifa is up for the challenge and, to be honest, he does a pretty good job of covering his bases. Not everybody would be able to comfortably flex their bars over Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg‘s legendary link-up. A good number of today’s hottest stars would be incapable of spitting anything that would impress the “old heads” and the younger generation alike. Standing somewhere in the middle of that generational divide, Wiz Khalifa may have been the perfect candidate for this challenge as he bumped the classic in his ears and teased his own version of the smash hit.
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Exhibiting his trademark stoner laugh at the top of the record, Wiz Khalifa filmed a compilation video of himself listening to a preview of “Still Wiz,” his remix of one of the most consumed hip-hop records of all time. “I’m still Wiz/N***as got me in that mood/How they hating when they know that I’m that dude/I hear they hating ’cause they know I got the juice,” raps the Pittsburgh star confidently. He includes props in the video, sipping from a bottle of orange juice when he vocalizes his levels of swag in the hook.
With Wiz experiencing several years in the shadows, this could be pointing to a much-needed return to form for the superstar rapper. Depending on how he decides to release this — or if he ever drops it rather — this has the potential to be big. What do you think?
