Elliott Wilson is bored with artists invading the business that he’s made a residing off of for many years.
Throughout a latest look on the “New Rory & Mal” podcast, Wilson expressed his frustrations, proclaiming, “Everyone is media. Summer time Walker is media. Cam’ron is working round like he’s Stephen A. Smith. It’s what we’re doing.”
He later added, “That is the s**t I do properly and now everyone desires to do it. I don’t prefer it… That is the s**t I do properly and now everyone desires to do it. I don’t prefer it… Celebrities have entry to issues I could not have. I really feel like they underperform.”
Unsurprisingly, Cam’ron’s present, “It Is What It Is,” caught wind of what Wilson mentioned and had aggressive phrases for Wilson in a number of posts on Instagram.
One submit learn, “HEY YO @elliottwilson YOU WASHED & NOBODY IS CHECKING FOR YOU, #WETHENEWSOURCE GET USE TO IT YOU A BONA FIDE HATER AT IT’s FINEST, YALL #SWIPELEFT CAUSE THIS HIGH YELLOW [ninja emoji] SOUNDED LIKE THE ILLEST [ninja emoji] FROM NEBRASKA.”
Regardless of the cruel phrases from Cam’ron’s present, Wilson didn’t take the responses personally, writing on his IG profile, “OK y’all received. SMH. Ha!”
Wilson is a profession journalist who has been within the business for greater than 30 years. He’s written for a number of publications and was at one level the editor-in-chief of XXL journal. He’s interviewed a number of high-profile artists that almost all journalists may solely dream of talking to together with Jay-Z, Drake, and Nipsey Hussle.
In different phrases, it’s not new for him to expertise backlash from a selected artist and their fanbase.
In June, throughout an look on “The Joe Budden Podcast,” the veteran hip-hop journalist revealed that his relationship with Drake modified after his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar and shared that the 6 God was paranoid about his relationship with the Compton MC.
Wilson defined throughout the interview, “So when he dropped ‘Household Issues,’ I used to be like, ‘Yo you dropping this tonight?’ He hit me again like, ‘Yeah, yeah, no matter lol,’ after which he despatched me a rat emoji.”
He later shared that Drake blocked him on social media and was warned to not go to Toronto anytime quickly.