⁠Who is Statik Selektah? Hip-hop producer responds to DDG claiming he was the first person to live-stream the making of an album

Statik Selektah is pushing back on DDG's claims that he was the first person ever to live-stream the making of music.

The veteran hip-hop producer is not too thrilled with DDG's claims that his last project, Blame the Chat, was the first of its kind to be fully crafted live on Twitch. The New England musician took to Instagram to upload a clip of DDG informing TMZ of his feat, and coupled it with a scathing caption refuting the claims.

For the unversed, Statik Selektah, real name Patrick Baril, is a record producer, DJ, and radio personality originally from Boston, Massachusetts. He is the founder of ShowOff Records and is known for his joint projects with Freeway, Freddie Gibbs, and Bun B.

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In his scathing caption on Instagram, the DJ penned:

“This is some bull--. We got receipts. 2010 me & @termanologyst made an ep live on livestream. Action Bronson first feature to hit the blogs. 2010 me & @phillyfreeway did the same. Young Mac Miller in the building. 2011 me & @freddiegibbs did the same. Rip Fred the Godson was there amongst many others. 2019 me & @bunb do the first Trillstatik w/ @fatjoe @methodmanofficial @westsidegunn @millyz @nems_fyl @getbenny @boldyjames etc etc. We’ve done 3 more since. Stop it with the 🧢. The fans know. The industry does too. @ddg “no ideas original”.”

A few days ago, DDG, in an interview with TMZ, spoke about his new project. He recorded the entire thing on Twitch, live for fans to see, and even let them pick the beats and features.

“We changing the music industry forever,” he said. “First to ever make an album live on Twitch. Revolutionary. The music industry getting boring, I had to spice it up. I don’t really like how mysterious the music industry is, for real. I feel like it’s better when artists connect closer with the fans so they can feel like they’re more of a part of the process rather than just being surprised.”

Notably, however, dozens of the tracks made on livestream may never officially make it to the streaming platform, nor did they make it to the official blame the chat album. This may be due to clearance issues or low engagement.

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Nonetheless, the rapper's 15-track project features contributions from Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla Sign, Skilla Baby, Rob49, Queen Naija and several other artists who made guest appearances on his livestream.

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