<![CDATA[Swizz Beatz thinks rappers should pay ‘taxes’ to hip-hop’s elder statesmen]]> https://usagag.com/2020/05/13/swizz-beatz-thinks-rappers-should-pay-taxes-to-hip-hops-elder-statesmen/ Wed, 13 May 2020 00:44:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://usagag.com Swizz Beatz thinks rappers should pay ‘taxes’ to hip-hop’s elder statesmen Swizz Beatz wants today’s rap stars to pay “taxes” to the founders of hip-hop.

“I want to raise a million dollars for each icon who started hip-hop from [DJ] Kool Herc,” as well as the likes of Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash and Sugarhill Gang, he said.

“We need to be paying taxes to the creators of hip-hop that gave us freedom of speech to go forward,” he told Joe Budden during a late night chat on Beatz’s Zone Radio on Instagram Live.

“I’m passionate about this s–t,” he said.

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