Questlove Defends Rich Homie Quan Flubbing Notorious B.I.G. Lyrics

Earlier this week, Rich Homie Quan received criticism for flubbing the lyrics to the Notorious B.I.G.’s “Get Money” during a performance at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors with Lil’ Kim. He later apologized to “to New York, my fans, Biggie Small, Lil Kim, and all the Hip Hop community” for the blunder. In a new Instagram post, Questlove has written about the fiasco, as HotNewHipHop points out. “I don’t blame RHQ,” he wrote. “I blame us. I don’t mean shame on radio & media programmers either for these diminished returns. I literally mean you and I.” He went on to talk about how “America is a disposable art society” and how “the way we mass consume entertainment, it’s a wonder we can separate quality from trash.” Read the whole post below. 

Earlier today, Quan blamed a malfunctioning teleprompter for the brief amnesia in an interview with V-103, as TMZ reports. He said: “I told them I didn’t know all the words. The words were supposed to be on the teleprompter. They weren’t there.” He further defended himself, saying that because he was from Atlanta he was only familiar with Biggie’s “Juicy.” 

See a lot of y’all catchin feelings over the “Get Money” ball drop from #HipHopHonors. But check it….A lot of you “real hip hop heads” seem to magically think that the music of our prime is gonna just translate on dopeness alone. I mean EVERYbody should know this song right? It’s the Hood National Anthem. Even Big’s rival had to reference “Get Money” to clap back at him. So how it all fall apart? I don’t blame RHQ. I blame us. I don’t mean shame on radio & media programmers either for these diminished returns. I literally mean you and I. We are to blame. We watch what we eat (well “some of us

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