Luke Campbell, better known as Uncle Luke, is best known for his fight with the Supreme Court over the freedom to create his signature raunchy music in the early 90s. Legendary hip-hop group 2 Live Crew’s frontman recently told fans that today’s female hip-hop stars owe him a check for the freedom to rap what they want. He specifically named Ice Spice, Sexxy Red, and Megan Thee Stallion.
“The females are winning,” says Uncle Luke about the genre as he takes a walk. “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 turn her a** around. Dropping it like it’s hot and doo-doo browning. I need a check from her, I need a check from Sexyy Red.”
He would excuse Sexxy Red from the payback because of the friendship he has with her label executive. He said, “…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.”
But for everyone else, he would like to be paid due. He continued:
“All the f***ing girls. Megan Thee Stallion, anybody that’s running around shaking their a**es, talking about p***y and d**k on the record, y’all need to send me a check. 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.”
Before giving his opinion on today’s female hip-hop artists, Luke would critique the music of their male counterparts, calling it “bullsh*t.” “Male rap is on some bulls**t right now,” said Campbell.
It is no secret that the majority of the explicit lyrics in today’s hip-hop can be accredited to the 90s Miami-base-driven sound, raps, and image created by Luke and the 2 Live Crew. Many of the female hip-hop stars who have influenced today’s crop openly attribute their music to Luke’s raunchy style.
After Luke won his obscenity case in 1992, 2 Live Crew’s explicit music created the parental advisory label required on music with explicit or suggestive lyrics. It has been 16 years since Luke released his last album, My Life & Freaky Times, in 2008. He now eyes running for Congress.