Songfacts®:

• "Hip Hop" is a braggadocios track where Lil Wayne flexes about his massive influence in the halls of rap history and how he's made a living spewing for nearly three decades. It's swagger, it's spitfire, and there's also a dash of long-simmering beef.
• The track opens with BigXthaPlug's streetwise hook. He declares he's "feelin' like 2Pac," which, in hip-hop terms, is basically saying you just walked on water wearing Air Force 1s.
• Jay Jones, who closes the track, has a history with Wayne dating back to when he signed with Young Money in 2017. This is their seventh collaboration.
• Wayne seems to lob a few lyrical grenades in the direction of Drake, his former Young Money protégé. The two have a famously complicated history that's swung between family-love and icy distance. On "Hip Hop," Wayne doesn't name names, but there are several subliminals, including interpolating Pusha T's Drake diss track "The Story of Adidon." There's also:
  
  These ni---s Teddy Grahams, ni---s teddy bears
  
  This line plays on Drake's surname ("Graham") and uses "Teddy Graham" - a sweet, bear-shaped snack - as a metaphor to call the target "sweet," a term often used in hip-hop to imply softness or lack of toughness. The reference to teddy bears doubles down on the implication that the target is soft and harmless.
• The beat, built by Infamous and Ben Billions, is classic head-nod material: booming bass, sharp snares, and just enough melodic texture to keep things interesting without stealing the spotlight.
  
  Infamous (aka Marco Rodriguez-Diaz) has been working with Wayne since 2007, co-producing "Mr. Carter" with Jay-Z on Tha Carter III and contributing to nearly every major project since.
  
  Ben Billions, whose résumé includes work with Beyoncé ("6 Inch") and Yo Gotti ("Down in The DM"), also contributed to Tha Carter V and Funeral.
• "Hip-Hop" is the fourth track on Tha Carter VI, the 14th solo album released by Lil Wayne and the sixth installment of Tha Carter album series. It fits into Tha Carter VI as both a celebration of Lil Wayne's roots while simultaneously reminding everyone that he's still here, still sharp, and still capable of out-rapping a generation he helped inspire.
• The song debuted at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the highest-charting track from the album's 19-song lineup.