Asher Roth: The Hangover [Interview - HipHopDX]
Published WorkPublished September 20, 2009 at 12:00 PM No Comments
April 2009 was a poignant month for 24-year-old Asher Roth. His debut offering, Asleep In The Bread Aisle (Universal Motown), peaked at #5 in the charts boasting features from the likes of Busta Rhymes, Chester French, Cee-Lo, Beanie Sigel and more recently Keri Hilson. The Eminem comparisons were easy [and lazy] but the Shady co-sign was official [“At the end of the day, I think he's dope.”]; all was going well for this up-and-coming rapper riding on the wave of glory from being hailed as one-to-watch on the cover of XXL magazine’s Hip Hop’s Class ’09 December issue.
However, April was almost a key month for all the wrong reasons – four months ago Roth found himself at the centre of blogosphere-consuming controversy as a result of a tongue-in-cheek tweet about “hanging out with nappy headed hoes.” He explained soon afterward that the statement had been “an immature attempt to poke fun at an infamously moronic joke.” The incident now mostly forgotten, he speaks to HipHopDX about the impact of blogs despite the fact that he doesn’t read them, the impact of celebrity despite “not being one” – and the subsequent need to watch what you say when friend networks are no longer limited to actual friends.
Click to read my full interview on HipHopDX.
