Promoting Pimps & Bitches Makes No Sense To Tricky

Despite breaking barriers within urban music, genre crossing genius Tricky has a major gripe with a particular ideal that has become etched in the hip hop game.

When asked about the "chauvinistic" culture that is a huge part of the genre, the musician, real name Adrian Thaws, had this to say.

"For me, it's really simple. There weren't really any male role models in my life. I was brought up, fed, cleaned, clothed and protected by women... If you've got a sister or a mother or a daughter, and you're proud to be a pimp or you're promoting that you're a pimp and women are bitches, it just doesn't make no sense. My grandmother brought me up. I've got a sister. I've got daughters. So, to me, it's disrespecting your family. To think like that, you're disrespecting yourself - and your family."

The disrespect of some artists isn't the only concern Thaws voiced in the interview. He has his doubts about the professional and, more alarmingly, the personal longevity of some of today's biggest music idols.

"Sometimes I look at Rihanna or Justin Bieber, right, and I think, I wonder if they're gonna live that long - because it just seems like they're so manufactured and controlled that it's a disaster maybe waiting to happen."

Thaws continued, stating he's glad the lifestyle his career has given him has and won't ever reach those kind of levels.

"It's a bit of a strange life. I kind of feel sorry for people like that, in a way. But maybe they're happy. I would hate that. I'd hate to be that famous. I'd hate that life. But maybe some people like that. Maybe they want that."

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