Doechii hits back at the critics who say her music is too deep

Doechii isn't your average rapper since her lyrical content, overall songs, and visual presentation could be called left of center. But the thing is, not everyone likes rappers to take an out-of-the-box approach with their music.

In fact, some don't like rap music that makes them think, and they rather listen to songs with typical rap topics like money, clothes and cars. Either that, or they want music that puts them in party mode.

It seems those kinds of rap fans are the ones who've complained about Doechii's music being too deep. She responded to those critics yesterday on X and broke down a bit of hip-hop history in the process.

In her post, the Florida native said rap music has always been thought-provoking, and she's right, because even the first rappers who rhymed at New York City block parties in the '70s didn't totally shun socially-conscious lyrics.

"Our music has always been deep," tweeted Doechii. "It’s always been complex and it’s always been soulful/spiritual. We use hip hop to evolve. To protest. To celebrate. Etc. Art/music plays a role in why a lot of us are proud to be black today. Our culture is all through these genres. Don’t let these people brainwash you into disconnecting from the soul of hip hop by convincing you it isn’t cool or it’s 'too deep'. It’s always been that deep for us and it should stay that way. We created it! Once we lose the soul we’ve lost the genre."

"Nobody should be redefining our art form but us," she continued. "Anybody talking s--t about hip hop that makes you think or makes you feel something— should immediately be recognized as a opp. Ask yourself what they gain from us watering down our music, taking the soul out, only discussing surface level topics and becoming less conscious."

Doechii received a lot of praise for her post. Some said her artistic approach and reasoning is whey they became huge fans in the first place. The rapper's post was shared just yesterday on December 11, and as of this writing it already has over 36,000 likes.