PlaqueBoyMax recently stopped by Justin Laboy’s Respectfully show, where the two covered everything from his vasectomy to his latest EP Crash Dummy and other moments from his growing career. One topic that especially caught fans’ attention was his past tension with NBA YoungBoy after PBM criticized YoungBoy’s Slime Cry track “Headtap.”
During the conversation, Justin Laboy asked him directly about the situation. “If I feel a certain way about some music or some st, I cannot help it. I’m going to share my opinion,” the rapper, producer, and streamer explained. “N*as got tight. I don’t know why, genuinely, to this day, why it was that reaction to that st. Because I fk with YoungBoy. I think he’s an amazing artist.” He went on to say that social media pages often amplify negativity because controversy drives engagement online.
“So they gon’ push that negativity... Y’all nas is stupid as fk, bro...” PlaqueBoyMax continued. “There’s a bunch of good opinions. But y’all don’t see that. ’Cause that’s not what gets people to engage with that post. So people have to have a little more social media literacy to understand y’all are being treated like sheep. You got to break out of that and understand what you’re looking at. You’re being programmed to see certain things or believe certain things because that’s what gets you mad or gets you to engage... I’ve been listening to YoungBoy since I was in high school... At the end of the day, you’re an artist. If you believe in the work you put out, stand on it, bro. You know how many nas call my st trash? I don’t give a f**k.”
When NBA YoungBoy originally called him out, PlaqueBoyMax responded with a similar attitude and made it clear there was no serious hate behind his comments. He even reached out to people like DJ Akademiks in hopes of calming the situation down before it escalated further.
At the end of the day, the entire situation seems bigger online than it probably is in real life. Still, artists can take criticism personally no matter how major or minor it may seem. For creators like PlaqueBoyMax, who understands the pressure and emotion behind making music, he believes sharing an opinion should not automatically be treated as disrespect or a final judgment on an artist’s talent.
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