Jemele Hill Rips Into Offset’s Bobbi Althoff Interview
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Can we stop these tired talking points about real hip hop journalism.
Hip hop no longer exists we have low frequency entertainment now let's stop pretending 95% of it is some sacred art form.
Hip hop no longer exists we have low frequency entertainment now let's stop pretending 95% of it is some sacred art form.
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
Yo I had no idea this hate was so serious
It's a joke interview....its comedy
It's a joke interview....its comedy
Voice of Reason
Veteran
Tariq keep it real on this.
This white girl will pull a me too down the line.
This white girl will pull a me too down the line.
Born2BKing
Veteran
And the reason that artists are going on with her and Funny Marco. They tryna call this shyt journalism.
NV-ME
Make It Hot-ta
Jemele Hill isn’t feeling Bobbi Althoff‘s interview style and claims it’s “erasing Hip-Hop journalism.” On Monday ( Sept. 25), the Detroit native voiced her opinion on X/Twitter. She shared a clip of Althoff’s interview with Offset and called the content unenjoyable.
“I don’t find these types of interviews particularly enjoyable or interesting. Instead it just sadly points out how real Hip-Hop journalism has been practically erased,” the acclaimed sports writer typed. “Some of the media teams behind these artists aren’t interested in them sitting down with credible people who know how to tell stories and do quality interviews. Then they wonder why an artist’s real story goes untold, neglected or that artist is misunderstood.”
Her tweet quickly garnered a reaction from social media users. One person pushed back at her claims, pointing to Offset’s team as the main culprit. “Yeah, but, Offset and his team decided to go this route bc of the reach and exposure it’ll get thats the goal. This is how you do promo in this day and age and you have to get with the times,” they typed.
Hill responded saying that someone of Offset’s popularity doesn’t need to depend on Bobbi’s growing status. “Offset could sit down with anybody and people will be watching. He doesn’t need to lean on someone else’s popularity.”
The journalist isn’t the only writer who has rejected Bobbi and other personalities like her. In July 2023, Elliott Wilson xweeted out his disdain for Drake being interviewed on Althoff’s The Really Good podcast, Caleb Pressley’s barstool program, and Lil Yachty.
“Moment of clarity: No disrespect to Lil Boat,” he typed. “Yachty’s convo with The Boy was comfy and had some cool moments. I was more so clowning the comedy shenanigans with outsiders to our culture. It would be great to hear Drake speak to us again. Even if it ain’t me.”
Jemele Hill Rips Into Offset’s Bobbi Althoff Interview
Jemele Hill slammed Offset's recent interview with Bobbi Althoff and claimed that the interview style is "erasing Hip-Hop journalism."www.vibe.com
i dont find this shyt entertaining either, but sports journalists have the least bit of rope to grasp at with this argument when over the past 10 years a number of them have let the fundamentals of journalism fall by the wayside and are way more concerned about their celebrity rep and becoming stars. a rack of them would rather tweet and clapback then do some research and reporting like they learned in school. anyone can pick up a camera and make a youtube account and call themselves journalists, but atleast they get to ultimately claim ignance because they werent taught any better.
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nd THIS is why I really dont mind the Bobbi Althoff shyt (lord help me if I regret this in a week/month/year) because theres relatively SO LITTLE these "journalists" provide while hiding their insider glazing as "the culture" and "journalism"
Might as well let the streamers have it if this is going to be the standard of "reporting" in music
Like...I like Ray Daniels...but I *HATE* this discourse around "culture"...cause at this point it's just this ambiguous gate-keeping measure devoid of real standards. And Ray is a respected voice as an insider A&R which is more than 90% of these content makers.
nd THIS is why I really dont mind the Bobbi Althoff shyt (lord help me if I regret this in a week/month/year) because theres relatively SO LITTLE these "journalists" provide while hiding their insider glazing as "the culture" and "journalism"
Might as well let the streamers have it if this is going to be the standard of "reporting" in music
Like...I like Ray Daniels...but I *HATE* this discourse around "culture"...cause at this point it's just this ambiguous gate-keeping measure devoid of real standards. And Ray is a respected voice as an insider A&R which is more than 90% of these content makers.
she might but they ALL might...doesn't change the steamers taking over either...now we're mad Funny Marco didn't lock down the market?
Some of the nikkaz just don’t won’t boring ass same questions asked. Like I’m sure he don’t want to talk about quavo, cardi, and takeoffs death. This outside the box interviews keeps shyt fun and refreshing. I’m sure if nikkaz got in an unconventional way of doing interviews the artists would show up.
She sounds bitter.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
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nd THIS is why I really dont mind the Bobbi Althoff shyt (lord help me if I regret this in a week/month/year) because theres relatively SO LITTLE these "journalists" provide while hiding their insider glazing as "the culture" and "journalism"
Might as well let the streamers have it if this is going to be the standard of "reporting" in music
Like...I like Ray Daniels...but I *HATE* this discourse around "culture"...cause at this point it's just this ambiguous gate-keeping measure devoid of real standards. And Ray is a respected voice as an insider A&R which is more than 90% of these content makers.
He’s doing too much.
“U can tell that she doesn’t like us”
It’s a fukking act it’s all fake and she and whoever does these interviews is ultimately just looking to create viral moments that can be monetized
Facts I feel like shyt is moving away from interviews like this and with social media and meme culture it’s all about showcasing personalities.