E-40: Rappers Can’t Teach Me Anything, Except "Latest Fashion" (@E40)

Make no mistake about it, E-40 is a veteran in the rap game. He debuted his first album Federal back in 1993, that’s exactly twenty years ago. And in a recent interview with xxlmag.com, the Bay Area emcee spoke on age in rap being merely a number.

“I’m 46,” 40 said in an interview with xxlmag.com. “I tell them age ain’t nothing but mind over matter. You don’t mind, it don’t matter. I rap circles around these fools and spit some real knowledge and some game behind it. It ain’t just got to be punch lines and metaphors. I really paint pictures with my rhymes where you can visualize it.”

E-40 believes rappers today cannot provide him with anything worthwhile except for the latest fashion. “I know too much. Can’t any rapper teach me anything,” E-40 said. “All they can teach me is about the latest fashion, probably. I was the first rapper talking about choppers, triple beam scales, drought season. I got the foundation down for the streets.”

What do you think about E-40’s comments? Can rap still inform? Share your thoughts below.

Source: HipHopDX