Alex Escobedo

BigXThaPlug agreed that hip-hop is dying during his appearance on Club Shay Shay on Oct. 28, questioning why newer artists are reaching the same level of success as established veterans. “I’ve been rapping five years. Ain’t no way I should be at the top,” he said. “It’s people that I’ve listened to forever that are no longer, you see what I’m saying?” BigX also suggested that drill music has contributed to hip-hop becoming more aggressive and believes the genre needs to focus on creativity, collaboration and having fun again. “When the drill music came out, I feel like they was killing other things than just them people. They were killing hip-hop too,” he said.