Nipsey Hussle and Roddy Ricch on the set of “Racks in the Middle” video shoot.ĭown Below by Roddy Ricch hits home for a lot of people. Nipsey Hussle’s death actually proved the whole point of the song, it is very unfortunate that he had to be another example. The way he describes death in this song, is the same exact way that Nipsey Hussle died and a lot of people like to make their own theories about this, but it is just a coincidence. The most ironic thing about the music video is, he facetimes the one his friends, the late Nipsey Hussle while the lyrics “Tell me why the legends always gotta die quick” plays in the background. They be like “Is this my last day?”, like it’s a weird kind of feeling, but when you’re in the streets, and when you grew up like that, it’s just a certain type of mindset that you got, it’s kind of survival, it’s not just living” Ricch said in a Genius interview. “Every young n***a in the hood, or in the streets period, thats their feeling every day. Growing up in the tough streets of Compton, there’s a certain type of mindset that you have to have in order to survive. It’s like a trend or something, I don’t know,” Ricch said So, I wanted to make something in remembrance of them, but at the same time just making people well aware of you know, what’s been going on. “Speaker Knockerz, Lil Snoop, you know its a lot of people that was great that died at a young age. In a Genius interview, Roddy Ricch explains his inspiration behind this song, he informs us that the day he wrote the song, was the day a rapper by the name of XXXtentacion died. I’d rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Gotta keep it on me, I don’t wanna die young. Cold-hearted n***a, wet the blocka, blocka. He ran down on a “n***a, that’s a shotta, shotta. “I ain’t tryna die young, so I gotta ride with one. Rather than be a part of the tragedies, he decided to tell the story of the streets Despite all of that, Roddy Ricch decided to beat the odds. Gang violence, robberies, shootings, drugs, you name it. Growing up in the projects, dying young is very common. Whether thats carry things on him for protection, a bodyguard, or moving away from areas where he could be harmed. In one of his most popular hits “Die Young”, Roddy Ricch talks about how a lot of young people are dying day by day, and he doesn’t want to be in the grave with them any time soon, so he does things to prevent it. This is how they express themselves, and they want the message to be received well. That is not to say, that those other things aren’t important or don’t matter, but the listeners really need to pay attention to what the artists are talking about. If you take out the popular style of beats he uses, the autotune, and his incredible flow, you have lyrics, the thing that matters. However, it is not only because his songs are catchy with a great beat behind it, it’s because he is a true storyteller. With hit’s like “Every Season”, “Die Young” and “Down Below”, Roddy Ricch has been climbing the charts nonstop.
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