When older artists such as KRS One go on about hip hop these days and how it’s degraded and is pushing ignorance, blah blah blah, some people accuse him of being a granddad, some say he is attention seeking. However it’s not just him, more and more people are starting to speak up. And the latest is Cee Lo.

In a recent interview with The Daily Beast he said:

We don’t judge, but we acknowledge that acting and performing music are very kindred spirits. You write something down, go into a recording booth, and reenact the emotion onstage. At one point in time, there was a code of conduct: creed and credential. And I’ve said this before on Twitter, but hip-hop was once an Ivy League institution, and now it’s become a community college—you don’t need any qualifications to come on in. And, quite frankly, it can be a little embellished-upon. There’s a low entry level, and it’s become monotonous and congested. All you need to do is be able to rhyme “cat” and “hat,” and you can become an MC. But executives have a lot to do with the larger agenda to emasculate and colonize. I believe hip hop is being used in some mass way to influence underachievement. Maybe these individuals may not be aware of the larger agenda, and how they’re being puppeteered, but if they are, that’s even more shameful.

Cee Lo is on the promotion trail for a new reality show starting next year and can be accused of promotion seeking, however we need to take heed of these comments, whether we agree with them or not.

So, what do you think of his comments?