Styles P Shares The First Rap Song He Ever Memorized
Styles P has shared with the world the first rap song he was able to save in his memory bank and recite without hesitation.
During the 2023 BET Awards weekend, HipHopDX correspondent Jeremy Hecht asked Ghost about the first rap record he was able to memorize in its entirety.
Styles P opted to name Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s 1982 call-to-action track, “The Message,” which is a foundational Hip Hop record that other artists have built on over time.
“What’s crazy, God bless my brother, probably ‘The Message,’” Styles P said. “That was the first, most inspirational song for me. Album-wise though, I think everybody was focused on remembering Rakim, Kool G Rap, [Big Daddy] Kane, and KRS [One] bar for bar, especially my era.”
Check out the interview clip below:
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At the time, “The Message” provided a realistic view of the crack era, which plagued the majority of inner city neighborhoods throughout the 1980s. It also was one of the first Hip Hop records to directly speak about the issue of mental health and how it affects the Black community.
“My son said, Daddy, I don’t wanna go to school/Cause the teacher’s a jerk, he must think I’m a fool/And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it’d be cheaper/If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper,” Melle Mel raps.
“Or dance to the beat, shuffle my feet/Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps/Cause it’s all about money, ain’t a damn thing funny/You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey.”
Meanwhile, The Lox group member recently discussed his disdain for A.I. [Artificial Intelligence].
In an interview with First Smoke of the Day, Styles P made it clear that while his peers may be down with the AI revolution, he’s not a fan of using the tools because it goes against the Higher Order of things.
“I don’t dig it,” he said. “I don’t like artificial anything, especially not artificial intelligence. I think, as people, none of us do. Do you know what’s crazy, when you think about it? God made Man. Man made Machine. Machine is thinking better than Man, and that is God.”
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He continued: “Artificial intelligence is man-made. Who’s making it? So you have a lot of human beings that are not going to understand that a human being actually made artificial intelligence. And now people are going to think that artificial intelligence can think better than its creator.”
Also, in May, Styles P had to dispel the notion of veganism and clarified that just because people are vegan doesn’t mean they are automatically healthy.
At the time, he took to Instagram and said processed vegan food is detrimental to one’s health.
“With all due respect…I must say.. being plant based/vegan don’t automatically make you healthy.. and processed vegan food is also horrible for you,” Styles wrote. “Love is love and stay alert…..it’s levels and I get starting out with the processed shit but it can’t be part of your lifestyle forever.”
He added in the caption, “Just saying …. The processed flow ain’t it ….. I get using it for the transition but it’s dangerous to live the rest of your life out eating that way!!!”