High-quality hip-hop journalism requires asking probing, uncomfortable questions that traditional, softball-style media outlets often avoid.

“I looked at the landscape of hip-hop and it just seemed so softball. like no one was asking the real questions.”

Artists should not label all of hip-hop media as trash because there is a wide variety of outlets and journalists for them to engage with.

“there are way too many options to choose from for you to lump all of those people under one umbrella of hey y'all talk bad about the artist and the artist feel away so they don't want to talk to you that is a Croc of [ __ ]”

Hip Hop journalism is in a difficult state and suffers from a lack of balance regarding who gets to tell the story.

“I think it's in a tough State that's why I'm out here trying to fight the good fight in whatever unorthodox way I'm fighting it uh sometimes I get it right sometimes I get it wrong”

Hasan Piker contends that rap music is fundamentally a reflection of the artist's personal experiences, making the impact of journalistic coverage marginal compared to material conditions.

“I think that the the impact that music has is marginal just like the impact that you have is marginal in your coverage which was my point overall”

The term hip-hop journalism is no longer accurate as the traditional path to becoming a journalist has been destroyed and the current landscape focuses more on personalities.

“I don't think there is really any hip-hop journalism anymore to be honest I mean no I don't think you know I don't think what Elliott does on Raper radar is journalism right Nei”

Content creators should focus on generating entertainment rather than adhering to traditional standards of journalistic integrity.

“He's not Barber Walters. He don't got to go and do this in-depth piece on why Hoveve is a good or a bad person.”