It appears Uncle Luke feels responsible for paving the way for the success off artists like Ice Spice, Megan Thee Stallion, and Sexyy Red, and feels he’s owed compensation for it.
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The Miami bass veteran and former 2 Live Crew frontman took to social over the weekend to share his stance on the matter, posting a selfie video of himself requesting credit for the aforementioned female rappers.
Feeling as though he paved the way for Ice, Meg and Sexyy, whom are known for their sexually provocative lyrics, personas, and stage presence, Uncle Luke wants his cut, despite the latter two being children, and Ice not even born when he was in his prime. And on the same thought, we're just gonna drop some names of female rappers he might have forgotten about when mansplaining — Lil' Kim, Trina, and Remy Ma, just to name a few.
His personal feelings aside, Luke made one very valid point, saying, “Male rap is on some bulls*** right now, I’m sorry. The females are winning.” Going on to add, “They’re doing everything that I did. I’m still waiting for these girls to send me a f***ing check.”
“I need a check from Ice Spice who turns her ass around, dropping it like it’s hot and doo-doo browning. I need a check from Sexyy Red — nah, Red’s my friend. My man Stan. Shouts out to Stan, Stan the man. I don’t need a check from him. That’s my dog, that’s his record company."
He continued, "All the f***ing girls, Megan Thee Stallion. Anybody that’s running around shaking their a**es, talking about p**** and d*** on the record — y’all need to send me a check."
“Just stop by with the check and say, 'Thank you, Uncle Luke, for fighting, going to the Supreme Court, allowing us to be able to say what we saying on the records, and we’re whooping these men’s a**es right now ’cause we doing our thing.' That’s going to go viral.”
While we're not sure it's right to say that these ladies actually owe him dividends, Luke does have a point about opening certain doors. As 2 Live Crew's 1989 album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, was immensely protested and nearly banned for its suggestive album cover and obscene content, the Florida rap group even went on to fight obscenity charges in federal appeals court, ultimately being found not guilty. The group also went on to defend their freedom of speech in the U.S. Supreme Court during a copyright infringement trial, involving a parody of Roy Orbison's 1964 song, "Oh, Pretty Woman."
While speaking to ABC News about the court battle last year, Luke said, “I knew that if we don't take on this fight of Hip-Hop, that people of today wouldn't be able to do it.”