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YG Responds To PNB Rock Backlash Over His Song 'How To Rob a Rapper'

By Daryl Nelson
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YG was criticized after releasing his song “How to Rob a Rapper" off his album I Got Issues, which dropped last month. Mainly, because the lyrics are eerily similar to how PnB Rock was killed.

The Philly artist was gunned down on September 12 in Los Angeles during a robbery.

"Peep game, I’ma teach you how to rob a rapper / Catch a n*gga lackin’, he slackin’ on IG Live / He gon’ show his whereabouts on accident, he be high / He gon’ show the jewels he wearing and the car that he drive," spit YG.

He spoke about the song and backlash on L.A Leakers Thursday, October 6.

“I gotta say this, and ‘How to Rob a Rapper’ is not a diss,” YG explained. “It’s just a message to these rappers: Please be on your sh*t.”

He also said the song was written at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when Los Angeles was experiencing a crime surge.

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“‘How to Rob a Rapper’ is one of my favorite records because I got back to my storytelling bag,” said YG. “I’m not glorifying what’s going on in the city but bro, I’m from L.A. I got dead homies, friends behind this city. So I’ma talk about how it is. I ain’t sugar-coating nothing.”

What's your opinion on the song?

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