Unfortunately that's just his voice these days imo.
Cam'ron the same.
Old men now, age, drugs and alcohol have affected them.
Okay.
But not in all cases. Rappers like Kool Keith, Method Man and Raekwon kept their signature voices.
10 years ago a fellow emcee heard some of my 2012 tracks and said my voice deepened - to instead rap at the tone of my 2003 work. So I listened and applied that.
Because as a rap fan I didn't want to be that nightmare. Of pretending to like my favorite artists new work by 50%.
I can name 2 others of the top who's voices went 1. Deeper 2. Slower 3. Lower energy 4. Growl and not the dope kind.
Then there's rappers who lose their values and what they stood for in life - in their rhymes.
Scary biz.