In an article in the famed New York Times, they broke down the recent Hot 97 FM’s Summer Jam and came to the conclusion that there is a shift in who should be the headlining artists for Hip Hop today.
The concert held in New Jersey that once a had hip hop vets like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes from the Big Apple are not the kings of the big stage.
The Times stamped Lloyd Banks as the bright spot for NY hip-hop.
The New York newspaper states that Bank’s recent rise came after leaving Interscope Records and now he’s one of the few rappers that is on New York radio and is still respected on the mixtape circuit.
“This year’s Summer Jam marked a generational shift in hip-hop power, away from Jay-Z, 50 Cent and even, to a degree, from Kanye West, to a younger and more Southern cavalcade of stars, for whom Summer Jam, far from home, is just one more stage to conquer.”
Spotted at NYTimes.com
