One of the best female rappers to ever do it has got to be MC Lyte! Say what you must about Nicki Minaj, but MC Lyte's lyrics were soo hard, even dudes were reciting her rhymes back in the day! She exuded confidence, edginess and femininity with a touch of class in her rhymes. Not many women were able to do that without having to take their clothes off or talk vulgar, but MC Lyte did it with ease.
So it saddened me that such a well respected female MC was the butt of one of Tyler The Creator's punchlines. In one of Tyler's new joints titled "Rella", there is a line in there where he says this about MC Lyte below:
“Let’s get it poppin’ like MC Lyte around some dykes.”
Was he really serious with that statement? I do know Tyler The Creator has his own way of trying to get folks' attention and is sometimes just the craziest mofo I've ever seen, but when do we draw the line with his antics? When does someone in Tyler's camp tell him "Yo dude! You going too far"?
Anywho, the good folks over at HipHopDX.com recently sat down with MC Lyte to discuss Tyler's punchline and you can find out what MC Lyte had to say about it when you click on that "Read More" button below:
DX: This next question I just have to forewarn is a much, much heavier one. It’s about another relative new-jack, this one male: Tyler, The Creator from Odd Future. For the first leak from Odd Future’s new album, “Rella,” Tyler rhymes, “Let’s get it poppin’ like MC Lyte around some dykes.”
MC Lyte: Right, I heard about this.
DX: Were you personally offended by the 21-year-old’s alluding to the rumors?
MC Lyte: Yeah, I definitely was insulted. First off, it’s totally new school. [Tyler, The Creator] has yet to understand [that] although he can have quite a bit of followers and fans, it does take a moment from one’s entry in the business for them to really understand what it is that we do for other people. And how we inspire them, and how we influence them, and how we can literally make or break another human being’s day. And with all that I’ve done throughout my years in inspiring generations of people, I think it very irresponsible of him.
With saying that, we do have a generation that is quite irresponsible when it comes to what it is that they’ll say [and] their behavior. [But still], it took me by surprise. One, because I know of people who know him and kind of hold him in high esteem. [But] from that action alone, I don’t know that I feel it worthy for me to address it in any other format, outside of this. But, yeah, I thought it was very careless.
DX: Well this isn’t in Tyler’s defense but I just wanna note that Odd Future has an openly lesbian member, Syd The Kyd, and Tyler has previously stated that he’s not homophobic. So I think your name kinda just got used as the butt of a joke – that it wasn’t an attack, just tactless.
MC Lyte: Well, the point is just ‘cause words rhyme or sound alike doesn’t mean I need to be your stomping ground. So I do have to take it personally, unfortunately whether he meant it personally or not. I’m sure there was a more tactful way, if in fact skilled, you can deliver a rhyme on your own account and not involve me in the shenanigans.
And I am aware of that member of their group, and kudos to her. But … why didn’t he say her? [Laughs] Like, don’t use me! But, it is what it is. I’ve actually had worse said about me, so … my intelligence was insulted more than my feelings were actually hurt.
And just like the legend she is, she handled it with class! She didn't degrade Tyler (which by the way is soo easy to do! Have yall seen him?) and she didn't threaten him which is the new thing to do. However, I'm sure she will handle the situation behind closed doors and I can almost bank that Tyler will be apologizing to MC Lyte publicly for that punchline. Just something in my gut tells me so.
What are your thoughts? I'm listening!
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