Keith Richards hits out at rap music: ‘I don’t like to hear people yelling at me’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Keith Richards has criticised rap music, explaining he doesn’t enjoy “people yelling at me”. They make it as cheap and as easy as possible and therefore it always sounds the same; there’s very little feel in it.” Richards continued: “I like to hear music by people playing instruments. That is, I don’t like to hear plastic synthesised muzak, as it used to be known, what you hear in ­elevators, which is now the par for the course.” He then turned his ire to rap music, adding: “I don’t really like to hear people yelling at me and telling me it’s music, aka rap. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Keith Richards onstage in March 2022 “But thanks to Charlie Watts we have Steve Jordan – his recommendation, that if anything should happen to him, he’s your man.