Drink Champs - Episode 24 w/ Cormega and Cory Gunz

Episode Date: August 1, 2016

N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN are the Drink Champs. In this bonus episode the guys sit with Cormega and Cory Gunz after a recent show in Miami. The guys talk about Cormega's career, Queensbridge history, the Firm, lyricism in hip hop and a lot more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drinkchamps/support Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah, what's up, y'all? What's going on, brother? Drink Champs Radio. He's a legendary Queens rapper. Hey, Hank Segre, this your boy N.O.R.E. He's a Miami hip-hop pioneer. What up, it's DJ EFN. Together, they drink it up with some of the biggest players in music and sports.

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Make some noise! Make some noise! And right now, when people ask me what type of music I like, you know, I like to turn up music. I like club music. I like bounce music. But I come from, and what I originate from, is pure lyricism.

Pure lyrics. And right now, I couldn't be blessed with any other. These guys are pure lyricists. They don't dance. They don't have dancers. They don't have guys with dreads standing behind them just wiggling. These guys are on stage by themselves, and they do what they got to do,

and they've been around for years, and they're certified legends. Right now, I got to do and they've been around for years and they certified legends. Right now, I got to the right of me. One of the, he's about to become one of the newest legends because he's been around and he's had deals with Shaquille O'Neal.

Shit is real. Right now, I'm introducing Corey Guns is in the building. Make some noise! And then I'm going to a legend from my era,

not only from my era, from my borough, not only from my borough, from this guy has been maintaining. He's been touring overseas in Melbourne and Australia. I see him everywhere. And he's always been the same exact guy. He's never folded. Consistency. Consistency. He's always stayed around.

He's always been here. And he's always been making money. My core mega make some noise right now this is for the hip hop or the hip hop is on a hippity hoppity hoppity hoppity hoppity hoppity hoppity and both of them are on my album oh that's makes some noise for you making those shameless bops and that album is out right now yeah another time another time and let's also Thank you so much for your time. Demi said right Yeah yeah Speak to the mic please We need you Your fans Yo so Mega Let me just ask you You have What I like to call

A cult following Which means No matter where you go There's always fans There's always people Who come out Die hard fans Like how did you build that?

I don't even have the answer for you It's a blessing That's not something That I had a plan for Like I said I'm just going to have A cult following Like, how did you build that? I don't even have the answer for you. It's a blessing. Wow. Like, that's not something that I had a plan for. Like I said, I'm just going to have a cult following and people just fucking with my music. That shit is a blessing. Like, I could have had no fans. Like, you already know.

Like, me and you know each other a very long time. There's been times when the world was against, like, the industry was against me. Right. And doors was closed on me and people was whispering, don't fuck with Manga. So it was like, I didn't know I had fans

and then I just made music. I just tested myself. Like remember, I put out the first rap mixtape. Remember before dudes was doing mixtapes? I did that when I was on Violet on the shelf because I wanted to see how people felt about me. It was like a test.

So I put out the Montana way. And then it sold mad units. And then when I went on tour with DMX, we used to go places like... Hold on, he just flossed on us. Make some noise for him going on tour with DMX. I need you to finish. I need you to finish.

But I also need to ask you, how many dates did DMX show up to? He showed up to every date. Every date? Let's make some noise for when DMX wasn't crazy. I did a tour with DMX. We did 32 dates. He showed up for 14, but let's finish here.

Let's finish the story you were saying. So you went on tour with DMX? Yeah, I went on tour with DMX. And we went to places like Chicago, Detroit, et cetera, et cetera. And when I was there, I didn't know people was going to know my music. So I didn't even want to perform it. But when I did perform, I got as loud an ovation as anybody. So it was like, wow.

So that's when I knew that the mixtape traveled. So I just, what I do is I cater to my audience. So I guess that's why I have a loyal following. Because I don't change up on them. Like, you know what you're going to get when you get a mega album, right? And you never really tried to like make a radio record. Is that true or no? I never well when I um, I did make a German Carl Thomas before okay I remember that and that was like that was a Chris Lottie move

recipes of Chris Lottie Benefited both of us. That's a fact. So um, I made a joint I wasn't comfortable with it, but I didn't hate it. But it's like, if I'd have been on Def Jam, there's a certain kind of music that I would have been having to make that I wasn't comfortable with. Right. And when I started doing my own music,

just with answering to nobody, I was able to do what I want. So I like that. You know what I'm saying? I don't want to have excuses for my music. Right. So let's say so you are a mom I'm just the core so Let's say if you had a choice independent or major and you had a chance to do it all over

What would that choice and already had a choice? I had majors. I mean after the ruinous Well, I was like now and you and you so you like the independent. I like the independent Let's make some noise for him being the hustler So Corby Guns, right? Yes, sir. One of the first times I heard of you was Shaquille O'Neal was talking about you. Yeah. Was that your first deal?

Yeah, actually. You had like 17 deals. Let's make some noise for this nigga getting mad money, god damn it. You still cash money? You still cash money? Yeah. Young money. Young money.

Was that your first money? Yeah. Young money. Young money. Gay, was that your first deal? Yeah. Actually, my pops was signed with Shaquille. Why? Oh, your pops was signed to Shaquille. Yeah. I didn't know that. My pops was signed with Shaquille Twism.

Okay. And that's my god pops, too. Oh, shit. Shaquille's my godfather. Like, real deal. Yeah. He baptized you and shit. My godfather's a nigga named Juan.

My godfather's a nigga named Juan, man. From old San Juan, man. This nigga don't leave there, man. God damn it, man. Your godfather's fucking Shaquille O'Neal, man. That's some shit. God damn it. You gotta make some noise for that.

Make some noise, man. Yeah, if Shaquille was my godfather, I couldn't have his number, because I'd be asking him for dumb shit. Like, yo, listen, I heard you're in France. Send me some Perrier. You figure it out. So, yeah, he's your godfather. And then he hears you rhyme. Yeah.

I'll be around him in the studio, around my pops, and around Shaquille in the studio a lot. And I'll be wanting to do my freestyles. I'll be writing while they working on music, I'll be writing my own stuff, and after a while, they started like, let's see what he do. After a while, shit just started rolling. He started letting me do my own shit. And Shaq is a serious hip hop head.

Yeah, he is. Serious hip hop head. Shaq asked me to do a record, I asked him to write the rhyme, he was like, no, I was like, oh shit. Because I heard niggas was writing his rhymes, I was like, oh shit, he is. He's a serious hip-hop head. He is. When Shaq asked me to do a record, I asked him to write the rhyme. He was like, no. I was like, oh, shit. Because I heard niggas was writing his rhymes.

I was like, oh, shit. He had his own shit. He was really hip-hop. That's what's up. Let's make some noise for Shaq B. Yeah, bye. Goddamn.

So now, I want to ask both of y'all this question because I watched Mecca on stage and you said something that was very ill to me. You said, I'm not a rapper.

I'm a lyricist. Now, is there two different versions of hip-hop? Or is it three? Is it hip-hop, lyricism, and then rap? Or is it just lyricism falls under the zone of hip-hop? Come on, camera guy. Come on, guy.

And you got the surfboard song, too? You ain't even got no hip hop going on. Does lyricism fall under the version of hip hop? So it's two different, hip hop and rap? Rap is something you do. Hip hop is something you live. And lyricism falls under what you do. That's interesting.

There's no beat right now. It's our words that carry us. It's our words that will differentiate us or separate us from rappers. You know what I'm saying? And it's like,

a rapper, you will never rewind. Remember when there used to be cassettes and we'd hear something that just blew our mind? We used to rewind the shit? You won't rewind a rapper. You only rewind lyricists.

You want to catch what he's saying. You know what I'm saying? You rewind Big Daddy Kane, who's he rap? You know what I'm saying? You rewind I-Era Queens. You rewind dope MCs, but a rapper,

you're just enjoying it. Most rappers get carried by their beat or by their marketing. A lyricist gets carried by his words. That's why every time you notice I do a show, I can drop the music. I don't need the music, and I never use hype men. Right. But the crowd is still into it. Right. That's the difference. That notice I do a show, I can drop the music. I don't need the music. And I never use hype men.

But the crowd is still into it. That's the difference. I agree 100%. I definitely do. With all this going on, you've been on Def Jam, you've been on multiple different labels. Have anybody

ever approached you and said, you know what, Mega or Corey, you know, what you guys are doing is cool, but why not? I know you said Chris Lighty earlier, but was that the only time or there was other times

where people tried to get you to change your style? I remember when I made the song Testament. When I made the song Testament, it made crazy noise in the industry. You probably remember. Yes, yes sir. I remember Clark Kent used to come up to Defton like, yo, this is the one.

Like, streets, everybody loved it. And I'll never forget Julie Greenwald. I'll never forget that. Julie Greenwald, she's at Atlantic Records right now. She said, this is cool, but you need something hot. And when she said that, it made my stomach sick. Because I knew that that was a record. I went hard on that record lyrically.

The production was crazy, and I got respect. You know, as an MC or as a rapper, you know, we give silent praise to each other sometimes. We'll be like, no, you're doing this thing. They might not say it to you. So when I did that, that was one of the first songs where rappers was coming up to me like, yo, that joint is. So I knew it was strong, and I knew that from me not having a song

but being on tour with DMX. That's the song I closed with. Right. So I knew it was a strong street record but she's telling me something else and that's where I knew

there was a conflict. Right. You know what I'm saying? And is that when the beef started with Def Jam? No. You know, the beef goes deeper.

Okay. Let's get into it. Let's pop a bottle, God damn it. I feel like he about to get into it. He didn't have a drink. He wanted a drink. I don't have a drink. He wanted a drink.

I don't got a drink. Nori knows me. I don't need, you know, the purpose of drink, Chief Chaps, you know, y'all get people nice so they can open up. But I've always been an open book. Nah, I know that. I know that. He knows that.

But we're going to tell that to the fans. We're going to act like, let us take our props, mega, god damn it. Let's do it. Yeah, for sure. But yeah, because here we go, right? Here's this guy, right? And I want to get into

the one love shout out, but we're going to take it from there. You was like the next thing, the next biggest thing to come from Def Jam. You had the Foxy Brown, you had the Nas,

and then we're hearing there was turmoil a little bit with Steve Stout name was in there. And then, I kind of know the story a little bit. But the fans don't. And we're going to do it.

It's past seven years. God damn it. Let's make some noise. God damn it. What's the timeline on the reel, that song on the reel? What's the timeline from what you're talking about? That was as soon as I came home. On the reel, as soon as you came home.

Okay. But now this Def Jam problems. We heard, like, what was the initial first thing? I mean, basically, you already said the person's name, you know. Steve's out? Basically. I don't like talking about, I'm past that

stage, but he got a lot of power. Right. You know what I'm saying? We shit on him last week, and we think he's coming for us. But don't worry, we don't care. Go there, make some noise, go there. Go ahead, man. It's okay, Steve Stiles, it's squash. So basically, once certain people,

basically it was like this. When I first came home, you already know a lot of stuff that was going on behind the scenes right I was offered a production deal and I didn't I didn't jump right on it I always been a businessman right like I'm not saying I'm Steve Jobs or some shit but I was on point with certain things like one of the first books I bought was all you need to know about the industry like that I always had all my publishing even when I was on Def Jam. Get the fuck out. I own all my masters right now.

Wow. I never said the realness is a classic or a true meaning. The fans said it. Right. So there's independent artists that own their stuff, but is your music,

does it matter? Right. Like, I own certified classics. I own the realness masters. I own the testament masters. I own born and raised masters. So my kids, I could die right now.

My kid is great. Right. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, I was on top of my business so I wasn't going to rush into signing a production deal. Right.

But Steve has like, he had like a, you know how he is. Yeah. He has a certain way about himself. All of them got it. Chris got it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got it. Mark got it. As a man, see, I was considering doing it, but it's just certain. That's a drink right there too. That's a little bit of rosé.. As a man, see, I was considering doing it. That's a drink right there, too. That's a little bit of rosé, just in case.

You know what I mean? Keep it close to you. Just think about it. Just think about it. Go ahead. Finish your story. So as a man, there's certain things you don't say to a man. You know what I'm saying?

Like, I'm a man at the end of the day. I'm not a sucker that's trying to get on. Because to be honest with you, there were days I had more money when I wasn't rapping, when I was doing other things. So it was like, he, Steve is the type of person, like he once said to me,

like, you think you would even have a deal if it wasn't for us? Or like, like he says things like that, that'll make you question yourself. So if I'd have signed it, I wouldn't have respected myself. So it was like certain things.

And then you already know what happened with the song La Familia. Yeah. Wait, no, no. Yeah, but we don't know. Y'all talking to each other like we don't know. We want to know. He told my man Benz, if Mega doesn't sign the production deal, that remix, that other song will be the last that you hear of him with the firm.

So I was like, in my mind, I was like, he's bugging because I'm on La Familia. So what is he talking about? I'm thinking like that then with La Familia came out. I wasn't on it Wow, they took me up and put nature on it. So I thought it was affirmative action. No, I'm on affirmative action. Affirmative action is the first firm song Yeah, but at the end of the day it is what it at the end of the day is like this Steve is a marketing genius, right? You saying? Straight up. It's just that money ain't everything. Some people are morally bankrupt.

But financially rich. Like a few years ago, he did an interview. Let's make some noise. That was L. Put that in a t-shirt. That was L. That was L, Meggo. Please continue. My thing is this.

If I got money like him, I'm not thinking about a cool Mega. I'm not going to be sending like in the last, I don't know how many years ago. It was recent years. He did an interview and then he was and he said something about me that wasn't too that it wasn't disrespect, but I wasn't feeling it. He was trying to name people in the firm.

He was like they was talented. And then he said he said Mega wasn't even in the firm It's like you trying to erase the history Like come on dogs I was on the front of action So what was that moment That the firm was over When you stepped away

You know Nuri Nah but I mean We don't know god damn it You know what it is Your history, but I mean... We don't know, goddammit. I mean, you know what it is? Your history is so rich, and you don't really... You know, you don't do a bunch of interviews. You go, you do what you gotta do, but this is something that the fans gotta know,

and for those who do know, be refreshed about. You know what I'm saying? Because this is a hip-hop form right here. This ain't no corny shit. This is a hip-hop form. Let's speak to the fans for real. You know what I'm saying, Cormie? You want a drink, too? You sure? Come on, let's do it.

15 years. Hold on, hold on. Let's stop it right now. 15 years, goddammit, the horn is. Congratulations. Well deserved. Yo, where's your fucking horn at? You fired from the horn business. Goddammit, 15 years. Come on, take a drink right there, a little bit of rosé. You can cheers with us. Oh, you got the burnin' joint. All right, cool. Cool. Let me know. If you don't drink that cup, don on man, take a drink right there, a little bit of rose there. You can cheers with us. Oh, you got the burner joint, alright, cool.

Cool, let me know if you want to drink that cup, don't worry, I'll knock it down. So, what was the exact moment where it was like the firm is no longer? Nah, the firm is still longer. I mean, but like... The original. The original, yeah. I don't know, when I did sign the production deal and after I got erased off the song, I knew that was a rap. You know what I'm saying?

But it was for him telling you to sign the production deal? I mean, he wanted me to sign it. It was a lot of bull crap going on. Put it like that. And it was a lot of, you know, it was a lot of funny business going on. And it was a lot of, you know, the situation with Nature. Right. Me and Nature didn't have no major beef like people thought you know how did that start because yeah yeah let's let's break that down for me well that was just that was just um because nature's this kid from vernon what side

you know nature's from 10th street nation for's from 10th Street. But Nature's... And you from Vernon. Yeah. You and Nas from Vernon. Yeah. Okay, continue. So, basically, when Nature... Basically, this is what happened. Uh-huh. This is what I got from Nature. Okay. One day, they was in the studio,

and they was in an anti-Core Mega environment, and niggas gassed Nature up to say something about me on the song. Right. On that freestyle. Actually, you was on it, too. I was on it. I do remember.

Was it the Gucci rap shit? I don't know. I got to do my research. That might be another one. But cool. Go ahead. So Mary J was on the joint too. That's the Gucci rap.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I never thought he went at you. No, I know he went at me. Oh, okay. All right. Go ahead. Go ahead. So when I heard the... So I heard... At the time when he went at me. Oh, okay. All right, go ahead, go ahead. So, so... And then... When I heard the...

So, I heard... At the time when he went at me, like, you know me. Were you and Nature cool before that? We was all right. We didn't have no drama or nothing. But you know me. Like, forget rap.

And look at my circle. Mega bust his gun. That's a fact. Yo, make some noise to his buzzer and gun. It's a fact. It's a fact. We might have a drunk fact here real quick

that Drain brought up. Remember when we did the show when Pong came home and we did it here in Miami? Uh-huh. I think that they squashed the beef on stage, Mega and Nature on stage at that show. No, me and Nature been cool for years.

Nah, they did. But I'm saying y'all showed face for the first time like that. Me and Nature? I think so. Me and Nature been cool. Yeah, because they definitely squashed it. We did a lot of shows.

What year was that? When Pong came home. When Pong came home, that's 2001. Yeah, because they definitely squashed it. What year was that? When Pone came home. When Pone came home, that's 2001. Yeah, so you might be a little off with that. They might have been on stage together, but they've been squashing it. Yeah, Nature did a lot of... But you got to remember, the internet wasn't popping back then. That's what I'm saying.

So they probably... That's what I'm saying. The people squashed it. We knew in Queens. They ain't know in Miami, so that's probably the first time. That's why you never hear about... You never hear the media or the fans speculate about me and Nature anymore, because I made sure people know we're cool.

Even on my last album, I put Nature on my album. Right, right, right. But how did it actually start? So there was no turmoil before he said something before that freestyle? No, no. It was like regular project. I mean, regular, it was just regular. So where was you at when you heard that?

I was at the crib and I got a call like, yo, nature went at you. And you was, was it the crib when you lived in Brooklyn or you lived on Union Turnpike? That's when I had to, yeah, you remember when I had the little condo joint? Yeah, let's make some noise for me. Yo, you motherfuckers who never been here better clap. God damn it. All right, so go ahead. So when that happened, I got the call.

It was like, yo, nature went at you. And I was like, you joking. Now, did you blame nature or you blame knives? When nature went at me? Yeah. I blamed both. Because it's like this. If somebody put a hit on you, if a boss put a hit on you, I'm not going for the soldier.

I'm going for the soldier and the boss. That's how you looked at it? That's exactly how you looked at it? That's exactly how I looked at it. But I didn't believe that he dissed me. I guess because there was a point. Like, I'm a different person than what I used to be. Right.

Like, back then, I was fresh out, and I was, like, I was just wilder. Right. And, like, my circle was. So for him to diss me, I like Diss I'm like you joking Alright Like seriously Like you joking Like Like

Somebody fouled me hard In a basketball game In the center before And dudes knocked him out Like you know how protective My people is So And he lives in that circle

It's like you being It's like you a fish In a water With a bunch of sharks And you violate One of the sharks It's like serious So when that happened

I thought I thought it was a joke And then somebody else Like yo So then I seen him in a ward with a bunch of sharks and you violate one of the sharks. It's like, serious? So when that happened, I thought it was a joke. And then somebody else was like, yo, so then I seen him and... And then you snuffed him and went to hell. Let's make some noise for that. I don't want to talk about that. I don't want to talk about that.

It's okay, it's okay. Nature was on here. He already said it. He already said it. He was on here. He already said it. All right, well, Nature's cool.

Yeah, he's a cool nigga. That's my brother, Jermaine Baxter. That's my nigga. Damn. That's my nigga. That's what we call him, Jermaine Baxter. Let's what we call him your man Jackson let's fast forward that so that incident happened and then um right after that I

was so mad you know I'm saying that I went to the studio and then I and that's when I that's how and that's how to that's how the distance started right so man me and that's the thing I don't like. When you, when you're a likable artist, like, they'll flip it like you're the good guy or like, it's a lot of,

it's a lot of politics. So then it started becoming, oh, mega diss nature and et cetera. Right. And it takes away the fact that he went at you first.

Exactly. Right. So y'all not saying, oh, he dissed Mega and then Mega responded. Y'all just making it like, oh,

Mega just woke up angry one day and wanted to diss somebody and that wasn't the truth or like, you know whatall not saying, oh, he dissed Mega, and then Mega responded. Y'all just making it like, oh, Mega just woke up angry one day and wanted to diss somebody. And that wasn't the truth. Or like, you know what I'm saying? Like you said, nor he been in my crib. When I had a crib with a doorman and cameras and a ceiling high like this. First nigga I seen with a doorman.

I was like, I need this. Yo, yo, who had the sickest, think about this for a second. Who had the sickest house party you ever been to? Oh, that's a fact. I forgot about that. God damn it. Yo, at a house party with no album out, no record, at DJ Absolute, DJing in the house. Right.

Nori Cave. Right. Other rappers was there. We had champagne. Yes. Toilet air. Yeah, hit that champagne, man. Let's bring it with this. Let's bring it with this, man. Come on, take a sip. Take a sip. Come on, man. Come on. rappers was there we had champagne yes toilet it come on you can't be the only

guest of the injury you got you got to do it you got to do it just a sip just a sip I think about this is for 15 years So how do you and Nature work out the beef now? Now it's all... Because I felt like... And I don't mean no disrespect, but in a certain way, it was almost like... It was like a pawn. And it was a bigger scheme to this.

Definitely was. Nature told me that. Okay. You know... I was about to ask you... Let me tell you something. Let me tell you some street knowledge. Go ahead.

You want to find out... You want to find out who your real friends are Ask your enemy Whoever your enemy Is not uncomfortable around Ain't your friend So After the situation with me and nature happens

First of all He's dropping KRS-One jewels right now Go ahead Megan Stop drinking So First of all, he's dropping KRS-One jewels right now. Go ahead, Megan. You can't be hiding, man. Stop drinking. Go ahead. So after the situation happened with me and Nature, we spoke. And I was like, yo, what made you do that?

Because think about this. Every day, who am I with? I'm with Sherm. Right. Like, you know, like, my crew is crazy. Tiki, Fraze. Like, Karate. You got a crazy crew.

That's a fact. So, and you know, like, these are dudes you got to see every day because I'm not out there all the time. You got to see them every day. So, why would you do that? So, then he said, yo, I ain't going to front. He said, he was in the studio. It was an anti-meg environment, so I guess they were talking behind my back. Okay.

You know. Okay. Yada,meg environment. So I guess they were talking behind my back, you know Yada yada Then somebody inspired him he went in the booth. He said the track masters recorded him, but he thought it was just like You know, they just joking and fucking around so he went home When he went home they mixed it and put his verse on on the joint and put it out All right, they get down like that. That's true. Go ahead. So then it came out, and then that's how everything started.

But at the end of the day, I hate talking about that. No, it's okay. We understand because Nature's a great guy. Yeah, yeah. And it's just history. You know what I'm saying? So did we say how did y'all fix it? Y'all said you sat down and spoke?

Yeah, we we been spoke. Right. Right. And then, Corey, everybody want to know. You've been on high haters. You're one of the favorites. Everybody's next up to pick, to be the next guy. And it's like, you know, we got the case.

We understand that. But what's happening? Is the baby and Wayne situation kind of pulling you away? Not necessarily. That's something that I wish would be fixed really, really, really, really soon. Right. Does it look like it's going to get fixed? I'm going to be honest.

I'm still on the outside looking in on the situation. So I don't really know the details of it. But I'm hoping that it gets fixed Resolved really really soon I've been working though I do a lot of music and I just hold it I got a habit of holding my music I've been working on a project called Criminal Minded I'm about to release that in like October

It's going to be free New York it feels like we're coming back You know who I like right now Young M.A. You know who I'm talking about in Young M.A. You know who I'm talking about in Young M.A.? The girl. The chick. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

She's hot. She's like Bobby Smurda. Dank. Make some noise for that. That's going to be the first gay rapper. That is the first gay rapper I am cosigning. I like Young M.A. And it's crazy because Capone will never come outside.

I was seeing Capone at her show the other day. I had to call that nigga and say, I'm proud of you, boy. You coming outside without me. That's my nigga. I'm sorry. You're going to laugh, though. It's okay. But New York is coming back.

We got Young M.A. We got Desiigner. You think your flow fits in with the Youngins, or are you more of an OG now? I think I grew up in, to answer that question, I came up in a, I'ma be honest, I came up listening to y'all. Right. I came up listening to you, Mega. Like I feel like I grew up in between generations.

So it's like I got the kind of like the, certain respect for the history and a certain respect for the craft that a lot of people don't know that I have knowledge of. A lot of people would probably think, oh, he too young, or he too this or too that. He don't know about this. So it's like, I was really, I think having that knowledge and having being grown up listening

to lyricists and just listening to people with different flows, styles, shout out the pun, just different people, styles. Shout out to Pun. Right. Just different people. You know what I'm saying? I think, I don't ever think my flow will be, I don't ever think my flow will be, I think it's timeless. And I don't think lyricism should be, like, typecasted to generations. I want to get into a whole lyricist thing, but what I'm trying to say to you is, being on Young Money,

let's say this shit works out tomorrow. As much as a lyricist you are, you got to play with that. Would you be willing to play with that other world? Because that's Young Money. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? The main word is Young. Yeah. You got to have fun with it. You got to have fun at the same time. That's what it's about at the end of the day, loving what you do. And when you love what you do, it ain't a job.

It ain't work. So that's what's mainly been keeping me motivated at the end of the day, just balancing it, knowing the balance. Like having the knowledge and still knowing the balance. My Christmas gifts when I was little were albums. I wanted albums and radios and stuff like that. Wayne album, Black is Hot, was on my Christmas gifts when I was little were albums I wanted albums and radios and stuff like that Wayne album block is hot was on my Christmas list Wow like to be honest before I even met him so I grew up just just in an environment and just wanted to do one to be an artist first but at the same time

knowing that you gotta have fun my pops to be to be real with you my pops didn't want me to rap. Right. Like, he was like, people, different people on the block would tell him about me when I first started writing my own stuff. I heard him say one time that he didn't want you to rap, but he, since you spent bars and realized you were better than him, and that's when he, I seen the interview. You know what I mean? Word. That's ill, but I mean, that's's your pop So it's no disrespect to him

Yeah my pops He definitely My biggest inspiration How do you feel about Him on Love & Hip Hop You agree or It's like fuck it Let's pop

I'ma be honest Let's pop do his thing When I first heard about it I was more worried About what other people Would think But it's like As long as my pops is good

And at the end of the day That's my father I'm riding with him Whether he wrong or right Oh and he shining too He glowing man Yeah that's right I seen that's my father. I'm riding with him whether you were on the right Oh, and he's shining too. He glowing man You know what's so dope man for people to be in this music because there's so many bitter people You know I'm saying that been in this music business They don't because if you don't get what you get in this music business a lot of the times 90% of the blame is on you

Mmm, you understand I'm saying because there's so many different ways to be independent Especially nowadays especially nowadays being independent the Spotify shit the streams I'm gonna be honest a lot of people don't know and Jay-z is not paying me So I'm gonna just throw this out there. Put that other bottle of rose in there. Tidal has one of the illest formats ever for artists. Like, Micah, you ever did something, threw it out and said, damn, I wish I could actually go back in there and re-record that. Tidal with the streams, you can go back in there and Kanye is doing It's the most brilliantest thing

So I sit back and say If an artist is not going out there And getting it He just really don't want it sometimes But so I'm just saying There's so many opportunities But lyricism Question to

You Mega You listen to all this thing Can lyricism live in 2016 on a mainstream scale? Yeah. Yeah? It could. Kendrick,

we got Kendrick. Yeah, Kendrick just proved it. Kendrick brought that, Kendrick brought it back, J. Cole. Yep. I think Corey, every time I see Corey,

I tell him, I heard you say that on stage. Every time I see him, I'll be like, yo, what's the music at? You know, I always, ever since I've been seeing him, I always try to push him and encourage him because I like the direction I always be like, yo, what's the music at? Or, you know, I always, ever since I've been seeing him, I always

try to push him and encourage him because I like the direction he's going in, but lyricism can always live, because especially now, in these times, because there's so much, see the difference between rapping and hip-hop also, and lyricism, is because

lyricism, you paint pictures. There's so much happening in the world right now with us as people. You got Black Lives Matter, you got the politics, so much to talk about that it's captivating when people hold on to your words,

now you're invoking emotions or you're having a connection with people. And that's why, you know, that's important. And that's why when the more newer artists do it, it helps because everybody wants to do what those newer artists do. I think one rapper that's out of the newer generation that I really have learned to appreciate is Drake.

I think he's going to say Young Thug. I don't know, bro. I haven't heard much of Young Thug, but I've heard he's alright Yeah, yeah I'm not judgmental Like the problem with a lot of rappers that have been out Old school or veterans or legends

Some of them They're too close minded Like you can't just say Well they don't do like how we did it Of course they don't because that's a different time Just like we don't travel like George Washington and them used to. Right. You know what I'm saying?

So it's like, if anything, um. Yeah, like some fans are like, um, they don't want to leave the 90s. Like, I respect that, but I know that when I pay my bills, it's like 2016. No doubt. Like, I love the 90s. I understand. Yeah. I understand where they're coming from.

Yeah. The 90s, like, skill was your badge of honor. People put their heart more in it. Let me tell you something. I was watching something on TV the other day. It was like, it was Jamie Foxx, I think. It was like a comedy, and the dude was rapping, joking, right? Like, you remember when dudes that couldn't rap used to rap,

and it was funny or crackhead rap or something? But that's how they rap now. But now, I i was like yo he could do that right now and it's sad right right because it's like look the phones that we have now is better than the phones 10 years ago the tvs we have now is better than the cars we have now is better but the rhymes we have now aren't better than 10 years ago even r b is regressing right like you listen to a real r b song&B songs was a song people made babies, or the songs that made women and men fall in love.

With no auto-tune. Nowadays. They have to sing. Nowadays, you heard me talk. You can make an R&B song if you want. With the auto-tune, yeah. Right, with the auto-tune. But, but,

every, every song don't have to be about straight fucking. Right. Like, you turn on the radio, like, Rihanna got a song talking about... Bitch better have her money? No, not that one. Work, work, work, work. Sex with me, sex with me, something.

She got a song talking about... I love Rihanna. I think she got the best album out right now. But I don't want to hear that song at 3 o'clock in the afternoon when I got my daughter in the car. It's like, whoa. Because kids are smart. They catch on. So I want to hear Rihanna in my

space, not in kids' space. You know what I'm saying? So it's like certain... It's radio's fault. Because radio needs to have guidelines and safeguards to protect kids. Because kids are smart and they they observe it. So our kids don't need to be learning about sex or all this.

This was 3 o'clock in the afternoon this was on. Don't get it twisted. I love Rihanna's album. It's dope. But I don't want my daughter to listen to that right now. She can listen to it in a few more years. I think the hip-hop's at its best when there's balance. Yeah, exactly.

Because you need both sides, all sides of the spectrum, you know? Exactly. That's when I think it's at its best. Can you roll up with me here? Lyricism definitely came back, though. It's just that

there's a lot of other stuff that's competing with it. And then, who do you approve of lyricism? Who do I like? Yeah. You know who I really like

right now, who I think doesn't get enough credit, but he's incredible? Wow. Pusha T. Oh, yeah. Yeah, but he ain't, like, new. Out of the new guys?

He damn near was in the class after us. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. New guys, let me see. I got two questions for you. A new guy and then somebody that nobody would never think Mega would like. So give me both. That's an MC? Give me the new guy and then somebody that nobody would never think mega would like so give me give me both give me a new guy yeah the new guy like the most is um that's a deep question i don't know i respect i respect kendrick what kendrick does a lot right like he brought the passion back into it

and the whole tde too that whole movement yeah yeah yeah so i respect that I respect the ASAP movement too like they're a bunch of hungry younger artists so I don't know I guess them but there's a lot of artists I thought you were going to say Joey Badass

I don't know why Joey Badass is dope Joey Badass is nice Joey Badass I told him you remind me of like Black Moon when they first came out

his show looks like a 90's show you think yeah you think you me of like Black Moon when they first came out his show looks like a 90's show you think yeah you think you're watching like Black Moon and the whole duck down crew come on stage

now what's something Cormac will like that nobody that niggas right now everybody will be like get the fuck out of here like the music like I'll fuck with

Pink Floyd I ain't scared of it I'll tell niggas straight up you gotta say Pink Floyd you said it wrong all together. Because I'm drunk, that's okay. People let me get away with it.

I like jazz, I've been listening to a lot of jazz lately. I like jazz, I fucks with Guns N' Roses. Yeah, hands down. They had a concert recently. Yeah, they back together. I think the Beatles song Imagine is incredible. I love reggae. My favorite reggae is like Roots and Culture.

Forget 90s. Go 80s. 80s. Roots and Culture. That's the original 90s reggae. I love that. Sister Nancy is my favorite female reggae artist. I got a new song with Sizzla. That's crazy.

I got Sizzla on my album, too, by the way. Crazy. And Sprogga Benz. You ain't got the Sizzla I got. I got Sizzla on my album too Crazy And Spraga Benz You ain't got the Sizzla guy I got Sizzla And Nori's on the record With Sizzla actually Oh that's what's up Yeah definitely

I be forgetting shit man I do too much shit in my life So what's something You fuck with Corey That nobody Niggas will be like Yo get the fuck out of here Corey guns don't do that

Bro fuck with that I listen to I listen to a lot of classic stuff. When I say classic, like James Brown. I listen to Prince. I grew up listening to Michael. Prince and Michael Jackson. Nirvana.

Guns N' Roses. Nirvana's one of my favorite bands of all time. But I grew up listening to a lot of Prince and Michael. My household. How about you, EFN? Let's turn it on you. Everything they just said. I actually liked a lot of rock shit.

Back in the days, Iron Maiden, Mega Death. I was on some crazy shit. But then I transferred into, from that point. I had a mixtape when I was a junior. It would have Mega Death, Beastie Boys, LL, Iron Maiden, and the Beatles. That's a mad show. That's a mad show. The Beasties is dope.

That nigga's the one that asked me. You just told us it was Pinky Floyd. That was one. That was one. You know, another one that I really, really liked it. She had a question I answered, Megha, the new, and it's something, it's actually both.

I couldn't because I'm such a big Wayne fan, just a big Wayne supporter. He's my brother. But I listened to the, what was it, the Barter Six, the Young Thug shit, and I really enjoyed that. I did, I did. I can't even front on Young Thug. I can't even front on it.

That was kind of hard. You know what I'm saying? But Wayne's my brother. They squash it. They're doing shows now and everything. But that was mine. I want to be the guy to embrace the new generation. You know what I'm saying? I don't want to be the person that comes around and be like,

yo, in my days. But you don't have to abandon your old principles. No, I don't want to abandon my old principles. That's what some people do I hate when older dudes try to act young And they abandon their principles Because to me that's what OGs are for To lead the youth

Like similar to what Fat Joe was doing I think Fat Joe was keeping the hip hop integrity At the same time All the way up does cater to the new generation All the way up is hard It's hard Let's make some noise for All the way up does cater to the new generation. All the way up is hard. I love it. Let's make some noise for all the way up right there. I hope that motherfucker go platinum, man.

I mean, I got something to do with that. But go ahead, continue. I'm sorry. Would you say that? Like, do you understand what I'm saying? But it's not a departure from Fat Joe. It's not too much of a departure from who he is and what he's been doing. Right.

Like, it's not too crazy. Like, you can see the progression in what Fat Joe's doing. Right. He's not regressing and trying to act young. He's not going in the club and wilding out. No, but it caters to the young audience. What I'm saying is, you know, old dudes will say, yo, I'm all the way up after they see the youngins and the chicks on there.

But that's not the first thing a person in his 30s and his 40s is going to think of. But that's a young person thing. But what I'm saying is, it's kind of balanced because it is catering to a young audience without disproving hip-hop. I can see KRS-One, I can see Kool Herc saying they fuck we're all the way up. You know what I'm saying?

I can't see them saying that about other music that exists. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand. I understand exactly what you mean. You know what I'm saying? I can't see them saying that about other music that exists. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You think that's... I understand exactly what you mean. You know what I mean? For us being from New York, my man being from Miami, and this was a discussion I just wanted to have,

like a straight-up hip-hop discussion. Like, you know what I'm saying? And I want to get back into you guys, but what do you think the forefathers think of this generation now? You think they disapprove or does it matter? I think that's a conversation that you should have. I think you should have some of them on your show. Yeah, you're right.

We're trying. We're trying. We need to hear it. But how do you feel? Because, Mega, you're a legend, right? I hate to be called a legend, to be honest. But why? Why is that?

Tell us. Because when I see When I think of people who are legends I don't think that I match up I haven't done what they've done Like if If Eric B and Rock came as legends Then how am I a legend?

Or if like Like certain people are icons I consider myself a vet Maybe in a few years If I keep putting out Then I consider that I'll be comfortable with legend But

If Eric B's a legend If Eric B and and Rock Kim is Legends and Public Enemy is Legends, like, how the fuck am I a Legend? I haven't done what they've done. They've transcended the whole genre. I'm just trying to make them proud. I got to agree with you and disagree with you

because you know why? Us as quote-unquote Legends, like, yo, B, i just seen you pack a house in the middle of mid midtown miami motherfuckers don't come over here right around the corner they get killed they get robbed right around here you probably don't know if you know i'm sure you know but what i'm saying is i just seen people come i watched man only time i left i had to piss i'm sorry i never leave a person's show but i had to pp i got a p I never leave a person's show, but I had to pee-pee. I got to pee-pee right now, but I'm holding it.

But I was out there, and I don't only watch you because you're a nigga from my hood, and I'd be so proud to see another nigga from my hood maintaining and surviving and doing it, but I at one point moved. I was looking directly at you, and I at one point moved because I wanted to see the crowd.

And these motherfuckers knew every fucking word. That's a fact. They knew every word. And you know what it is? You ain't had a record on the radio in the past I don't know how many years. Me neither. You know what I'm saying? And when you could do that, that is the definition of legendary, my brother.

Let's make some more noise. That is the definition. And art is subjective. So if a fan thinks you're a legend, it's in his own right. No, you're definitely a legend. You see, I know what he means.

But see, legendary status doesn't mean comparing yourself to another legend because in that case, I could never be KRS-One. KRS-One is, and I'm from Queens and I told him that.

I could never match up to KRS-One. But I know kids who look at up to KRS-One. But I know kids who look at me like KRS-One. I know kids who look at me like a Nas. There's people who look at me like a J. I don't.

And if they say, oh man, you're the next Nas. I wouldn't say it. I'm like, what the fuck? But at the end of the day, I don't know what I did for these kids. I got people who tell me, yo, I used to have your posters. And I look at them and I'm like, all right, cool, well, you my nigga now. And they could never really be my nigga because that's how they look at me. They look at me as this person who raised them in high school.

And trust me, I knew that already. But me seeing that again, it just reinsured me. You know what I'm saying? These people that came out, let's pick up to 89 Clothing, where we're at. They packed the motherfucking, what is this shit called? The parking lot, man. This is real hip-hop what you did today. These niggas performed in the parking lot, and they made a stage.

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I got it. I got it. Awful. You had the biggest buzz in the industry from jail. Is this correct? That was crazy. I remember before you went to jail, I seen you one time. Lake hung out with Shami.

Shami and Lake brought me to a place called the Terror Dawn. You remember that? Of course. Damn, I'm going back. I'm going to meet some old niggas. That was like last year, all right? But we went to a place called the Terror Dawn. And then I met you like I was a little nigga.

I must have been 11 years old. You went away. You came back. Before you came back, it was like you had million dollar deals. This was the rumor. I don't know if this is true, but everybody wanted this person named Cole Mega.

Yeah, yeah. How was that? That was crazy. Yeah. So you came home. Did you know? Because it was when I said uh uh what I will call mega and then it was and then at that time he was in jail but I believe hot day started

releasing like some of your music yeah I had it I before I went to if I didn't go to jail my I would have an album out like around that time I was I was working on an album with marley ma before now yeah yeah wow i was working on an album with marley ma marley ma still got those tracks wow and um you need to release that and um so i was working on that and then i blew trial so i went to jail so if you listen to um every rapper from queensbridge that was coming out they was they was giving me shout outs like like poet was like rappers are lucky that my man called megan's up north on his single so it's like and i was humbled by that up north i was like wow but i was proud of everybody at the same time then mob d blew up it's like wow so that's what made me like but when i came before

i came home i had the buzz from from my old music service floating around like sex drug bitches and money and all that other stuff. And then other songs I had was circulating and then with the shout outs that just took it to another level. So, then when I came home

and then I started jumping on I started jumping on a lot of mixtapes. Like, remember Puffy used to do mixtapes Bad Boy mixtapes. So, I was on the one with Stretch Armstrong.

That was a big deal. Yeah, me too. LA, LA, nigga, come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was getting who's doing all the promos for? Because I'm a mixtape, Bad Boy mixtape. So I was on the one with Stretch Armstrong. That was a big deal. Yeah, me too. LA, LA, nigga, come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was getting, who was doing all the promos for it? Because I'm a mixtape DJ for a month, so I was getting all the dats.

They were sending me all the leaks on dat. Who was doing that? That was probably Violator. That's when I was on Violator, because I didn't know about dats prior to that. So I had the crazy buzz, and I had like, nah, nah, nah, you being humble.

Listen, you had the illest buzz in the whole and like you know I I compare it to like shine's buzz like shine's buzz was like that but a lot of people don't know that that was like you was like the first like bidding war I ever heard of in the industry like people was like you know I mean me me personally like I'm looking like damn this nigga this nigga came home. He came home. I heard they offered you a million dollars and you didn't even hear a record yet.

Is that true? No, they never offered me no million. But they offered you a deal without hearing a record. Keep it real. A lot of people offered me a deal. Your man's offering me a deal, a penalty. Let's make some noise for penalty. Let's make some noise for penalty, goddamn.

They were supposed to. They didn't have enough for me. I was picky. Oh, goddamn it, goddamn it. Let's make some noise for him beauty, God damn it. They were supposed to. You was, you was, you was. They didn't have enough for me. I was picky. Oh, God damn it, God damn it. Make some noise or they're flossing. God damn it. God damn it, God damn it.

Yeah. But I was stupid because at the end of the day, and I hope there's young artists listening, it's always, it's not about the most money that they're going to give you.

It's about the most effort that they're going to give you. So if a label's going to give you a whole bunch of money but not put effort into you, that's a bad investment. But you owe that money anyways. Yeah. It's a loan. But if there's a label that's going to make you a priority, you know what I'm saying, then that's going to significantly boost your career. Now, with me, there's a lot of when keeping it real goes wrong situations, you know what I'm saying, with saying with my career because puff wanted to sign me

But somebody that me and you both know said no don't do that because it might affect the firm So I didn't do that. So I kept it real then it was another situation when loud wanted to sign me It was like yo, I'm gonna mess with you out you. I would have been perfect on that. I would have been perfect. I was like, man, I'm picturing that right now. I'm sorry. Loud wanted to sign me. Pun and everybody. Steve Rifkin's brother, I was talking to him at How Can I Be Down. They said, we want to sign Mega, but we don't like his man.

That was the guy that was managing me. Because they said, because he screwed us on the Noé deal. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, loyalty will backfire on you if you do it to the wrong if you give it to the wrong people so it's like you know what i'm saying and it's you know did i could have had a few situations but i didn't do it on the strength of other people so def jams violator the reason i signed a violator because they offered me Not just Not only the most money

But All of my publishing Right You know what I'm saying Like Chris Like that was a Violator Yo I had so many people Wanted to sign me

I had different parts Of Def Jam Wanted to sign me Because it was like There was like No Doubt Def Jam Violator Def Jam It was different

So I had Different labels Like mad different labels So I ended up Doing the thing with Chris Because for one I respect how he moved. But, two, he gave me all of my publishing.

Which is unheard of in those times. So people can never. Oh, so hold on. Because a lot of people thought you was on Violator Management. Nah, I was on Violator. You said you was on Violator Records slash Def Jam. Exactly. Oh.

Exactly. Okay, okay. And that's why, you know, I think Violator management was better than Violator Records. Violator Records was dope when they let Dave Lottie. You were the first artist. No, I wasn't. Warren G was there. Warren G.

When he dropped Sing-A-Late? Foxy might have been Violator for a little while, too, but then Def Jam just took over because she was a superstar. Right. But when Dave Lottie was running Violator, they should have just let Dave Lottie keep running it because Dave, you know, Dave was...

Dave texted me the other day. Go ahead. Dave put a lot of effort into me. Wow. Dave Lottie would love to hear that. So, yeah, yeah.

I keep it real, man. You know what I'm saying? Just like, even people, I'm the type of dude even if I have a difference with people, I give credit where it's due.

Right. And there's a lot of people in the industry that have done, I always tell Havoc that I'm grateful for what he has done in my career. Right.

And even with you, I'll be like, yo, I say Nori, like you might not even remember this. Right. I'll tell you two things that you did

that was crazy real. One, All Star Weekend one year, you was doing a show, I was just chilling, you pulled me on the stage and let me perform. Right. Right, that was one thing that was real because you know pulled me on the stage And let me perform Right

Right That was one thing that was real Because you know a lot of artists Don't do that Right And another thing you did One time we was chilling Right

And the first time The first and only time I ever been on DJ Clues Radio show Was when you took me up there Let's make some noise For me keeping it real Right there

Now I can vouch for Mega Man I never had like a Phony moment around you at all. Like, there's so many people that I could, if I ever had to count on my toes and fingernails, I've never had a phony moment with you. Like, we've always been a stand-up dude. You always had the illest reputation in the hood. You know, Queensbridge is like my second home.

You know what I'm saying? And so I just, i know this is this is past but um like how did how did the we spoke about the nature incident but what was the like the first time you spoke to naz and you felt like the energy isn't right so you wanted to do your own thing um the time The time... You might remember this. There was a magazine called YSB. YSB, okay. So there was a photo shoot one day, and Steve Stout called my man Biz.

He's like, yo, we having a firm photo shoot. Tell Mega to come through. I went all the way uptown, got a haircut. And then after that, I went to Uptown Records. I went to Uptown Records. I went to Uptown Records because I had to pick up a check from doing a song with an R&B group, right? While I'm at Uptown, I see Dio, who happens to be AZ's manager. Oh, okay, okay.

So the reason I went up to Uptown Records instead of going to the firm photo shoot, because Steve Stout called and said, oh, the photo shoot is canceled. Don't come. Right? So I was like, cool. So I went uptown, Uptown Rex, to get the check. All right. So when I see Dio, he's like, he's AZ's manager.

All right. He's like, why aren't you at the photo shoot? All right. You're doing a photo shoot right now. And I was like, you sure? Yeah, wasn't I at that photo shoot? No, you wasn't at that one. Okay, all right, cool.

He was like, I sure? Yeah, wasn't I at that photo shoot? No, you wasn't at that one. Okay, all right, cool. He was like, I'm positive. All right. So right then and there, my pride wouldn't let me go. I could have went, but I would have felt like the elephant in the room. Like, if I wanted to be here, I would have been there. So I didn't go. And then when I seen something, I said, listen, if we're going to let music Come between us Then

It's like Savage I was like yo I said You might as well just I see what's happening I said why don't you just Let nature take my place

Cause that's what You know what I'm saying Cause that's obviously What happened Cause I underestimated The power of Steve Back then

Cause I'm thinking This is my man So this stuff Steve's saying Is not gonna So you're saying my man Ain't talking about then. Because I'm thinking, this is my man. So this stuff Steve's saying is not going to... Are you saying my man ain't talking about Steve? Nah. Okay. Nah. Yeah.

So I'm like, Steve, the stuff Steve's saying ain't going to... It's not going to fly. Exactly. It's not going to happen because now it's my man. He's not going to let that happen. But I underestimated him. I was wrong.

So I basically told him like, yo, man, you might as well let nature replace me because that's what's going to happen. He's like, nah, that'll never happen. Nah, nah, nah, nah. But it did happen So right then and there I was like yo

If we gonna let money Come between us Then we It's like savages You know what I'm saying So that's when I knew Shit was Was weird

You know what I'm saying And um It just changed after that You know what I'm saying So um And now Like Cause he

He shouted you out On One Love, correct? That was like the biggest record of the year. And... I wasn't home, so I wouldn't know. But I know I was proud of it. Yeah. So, um... What was your relationship like before?

We was mad cool. I got mad letters from him. Right. I got One Love letters at my house now. They wrote me when I was in jail. Wow. Like, yo, one time. Because the rumor was, and I don't want to cut you off because you've got to finish this story because these people are going to kill me.

But the rumor was that's who, in the beginning, that's who Nas got his style from, Cole Mega. You have to talk to him about that. No, I'm just saying the rumor. I'm not talking about him. I'm saying that was the rumor. It wasn't like he said that. It was like the rumor was. I mean, that was what it was

Like you know Queens is a whole section I'll say this Go ahead I can't take any credit For that man's success Right Like at the end of the day

Right That man Has Become One of the greatest lyricists Ever Of all time You know what I'm saying so it's like I can't take credit for that right like you know I'm saying I can't take any credit for that that he

did is he did he did him and he's where he's at you know saying right but um before all that I did stuff for him back in the day that he did stuff for me like the first time he ever performed at Brooklyn Queens day you know Brooklyn Creed Day was a big deal for us. Yep. I remember Brooklyn Queens Day, Akineli. That was the first time I seen him live at the barbecue. But when you ask now the first time he performed at Brooklyn Queens Day, he will tell you it was me. We went there mad deep, and Traz was performing.

And then that's when my man Yami, God bless his name, was like, yo, let Mega perform. Yami's my nigga. You know what I'm saying? He was like, let Mega rhyme. Right. So Yami jumped on the stage. Like, they basically made him make me rhyme. Right.

Like, you know what I'm saying? Because I was the voice of the street. Right. So I got on the stage, and I rhymed, and when I got on stage, I was like, Nas, come on. Right. I brought Nas up. Like, he'll tell you that so it's like

nah nah that was in Queens you were supposed to be the next guy and then you got locked up and then Nas emerged you know what I'm saying like that's a fact but at the end of the day I always say this about Nas and Marv Deep when people try to not give them their credit I'll say this

Nas and Marv Deep deserve their success because I'll tell this. All right. Nas and Mark Deep deserve their success. Motherfucking right. Because I'll tell you this, when I was on the block hustling and getting into trouble and doing all that,

they was in the studio. They worked harder for it. They earned it. You know what I'm saying? So that's, their success wasn't given to them. And there's a lot of artists,

Queensbridge has a story and history, but there came a point where some people just used Queensbridge as like a credit card, like thinking they could just say Queensbridge and get a deal or just. Queensbridge has a storied history, but there came a point where some people just used Queensbridge as like a credit card, like thinking they could just say Queensbridge

and get a deal or just say Queensbridge and you're supposed to get respect. You have to work for that. Like Compton. You know what I'm saying? Like Charlene

at one point. It is what it is with that. So Mega, there's been a rumor floating around that CNN, Mobb Deep, Nas, it's supposed to be a Queens talk, called Mega.

I didn't hear my name. That's why you're here, baby. This is what we do. So you're trying to tell me there's a check under this table? Yeah, I mean, yo, listen, man. Is this something that you think could happen? Because listen, you know what people, me and some dude

was talking and he was like, you know, Queens is like Compton. Y'all don't get along with nobody. I always tell people that. I be like,

Queens is the most, I be like, Queens just don't get along. Right. Like, you know, back in the day, people used to try to tease Queens.

Queens. But yeah, quiet Queens. But Queens is wild as fuck. Right. And when you think about the most rappers that got killed, the most rappers got killed tease Queens. Queens? Yeah, Quiet Queens. But Queens is wild as fuck. And when you think about the most rappers that got killed, the most rappers got killed in Queens.

And the most rap differences is from Queens. Right. So it's like... You think it's because our barrel big or just because we foul names? I think it's... I don't know.

I think it's ego sometimes. I don't know what it is. But with Queens Bridge, with our small circle, you know what it is too? Queens Bridge is so fucking big. Right. It's like six blocks.

Let's break it down for people. There's 40th side of 12th Street, then there's 41st side of 12th Street, then there's 40th side of 10th Street, then 41st side of 10th Street. Yeah, there's two of each. There's two of each. There's north side and south side. So it's six blocks. You come down. And each block is big enough to be its own project.

Each block is big enough to be a own project. Each block is big enough to be a left frack. That's a fact. One block. There's a lot of rappers that differences ain't even really from the rapper. It be from the people that hang with the rapper. Nature and me,

Ben would have been working, but there's people in this circle that was like, nah, don't do it because it's going to look like You're kissing his ass When that's stupid Because the quicker That you nullify it The quicker the beef is gone So it's like

Some people don't think strategic I like that word you used Nigga said mellified Nullified Mellified Nullified Nullified What did I say the N

Nullified I'll text it to you We are now nullified Let's go Let's go We done Replaceable funnels Nullified We don't know What that shit mean another five I'll text it to you we are now another five let's go let's go we done replaceable funnels another five

we don't know what that shit mean we're gonna make it mean something totally I always so go ahead no no go ahead

no no please brother this is your format brother you know what I'm saying we so proud of you man for hitting 15 years so get hit

yo but I'm proud of you for hitting I'm about to hit 20 okay when is 2017 next year next year I'm proud of you for him. I'm about to hit 20. Um, okay, um When is 2017?

I heard about the tour but I didn't hear nothing about core mega. No, that's what we doing I'd be reading after decent name to he came here. Boom added his name Me and you really know That's why you're here, baby. We're trying to do it. It's going to be a Queen's tour, Queen's Reign Supreme. Me and you really know. Is it even possible, or am I, you know... A Queen's tour? A Queen's tour. Because it was a rumor, not just spreading the rumor.

I'm helping spread the rumor. Do you think it's even possible? I think anything is possible if people want it to happen. You know what I'm saying? So, my thing is this. On one of my albums, I said I'm no longer seeking acceptance of people who ain't feeling me. Or squeezing my weapon for people who ain't real as me.

So forget the weapon part. I'm trying to make peace with people. I'm not extending my hand to a clenched fist so I squashed all my differences with every rapper I don't got people no rapper right now you know Sam don't the only the difference that that I had in recent years it was a small thing that hurt me cuz I got history with with Freddie Fox because that's my big bro

wait what happened now it was nothing I said it was a little misunderstanding pretty much like that but we fixed that and I love him that's my big bro

that's my nigga too so and I'm about to do I had a difference with him too and y'all and y'all and y'all nullified it

so me and him about to do some nullified nullified so me and him about to so me and him about to do some music too right right Freddie Fox man. Not a five. Me and him about to do some music, too. Right, right.

Freddie Foxx, we need you on Gene Chaps. Go ahead. Yeah, so. Bumpy Knuckles. As far as a Queens tour, I think that would be great. Right. And I think it is possible, but some people would rather hold grudges than summits. So, because I think I'm hearing what you're saying

That was a little statement by the way But you and Nas are on great terms right I don't know what I don't know I don't know what's going on And I don't care I did my part When you were talking about

The squashing on beef on stage You might have been talking about When me and Nas came out together No no no this was at a show that we did You both definitely came out I squashed my beef with him in 2006 So if he has a problem I don't know I don't got no beef with him There hasn't been no mega diss records

No mega side talk no nothing So if he still got an issue with me That's something he gotta take up with himself Cause I don't got no beef with him I don't got no beef with no. I don't got no beef with no rapper from Queensbridge. You know what I'm saying? None. The only rapper that

I'm wondering if I should even that I have question marks about from an integrity standpoint is P. Because For one I didn't read his book

I don't care about the book But the way that he disrespected Lake and Sherm Right Like even though I haven't spoken to Lake and Sherm in a minute Right They have been so Loyal to me in life

And they have did so much for me in life Right That I just feel uncomfortable Rocking with him At this You know what I'm saying Because it's not beneficial to me You know what I'm saying

And it's not like It's not like He extends himself So it's like I feel It's not worth it Like if he still has differences with them I'd rather play the back

And not I don't got no beef with him But I feel uncomfortable dealing with you If If you At odds with them, I'd rather play the back and not, I don't got no beef with him, but I feel uncomfortable dealing with you if you at odds with them because Sherm, like these dudes, I haven't spoken to him

in a long time, but they are mad loyal dudes. Right. So. Pick up Sherm the one. You know what I'm saying? And Lake. I haven't spoken to Lake.

And Lake. And you and Lake did an album. But hey, I want you to finish, please. Yeah, so. I can't cut you off. And Lake. And you and Lake did an album. But hey, I want you to finish, please. Yeah, so. I can't cut you off. It's like, if he still got differences with them, I don't think it's worth it. I'd rather just kick back.

Because it's not like me and him speak all the time. Right. Or, you know what I'm saying? So it's like, I don't got no beef with him, but that needs to be fixed. You know what I'm saying? Because at the end of the day, Sherm put in work for me. And Lake was like, me and Lake was like inseparable. Like, you know what i'm saying because at the end of the day sherm put in work for me and lake was like me and lake was like inseparable right like you know what i'm saying you could like lake is the type of dude if you said something bad about me he would have did something to you right now

like my nigga too so it's like you know what i'm saying i can't front on that you know what i'm saying i can't front on that like so even though i haven't spoken to him in a minute we both we everybody's doing their own thing but i can't front on them sherm sherm told sherm is the reason why i chilled out like sherm was like yo mega chill you don't have to do nothing like i'm here like like they they had me you know what i'm saying so how can i how can i not respect that yeah so it's like, I try to be, sometimes neutral doesn't work. I try to be neutral with certain things. You know what I'm saying? Even with other people that me and you

was cool with, that, you know, I try to be neutral, but sometimes it doesn't work. So as far as the Queens Bridge tour, or Queens tour, that would be dope, but people have to figure out what their issue is. You know what I'm saying? Like, your man have to figure out what his issue is You know what I'm saying Like your man have to figure out

What his issue is with me Cause I don't got no issue with him Right But what if it is just Simply Like you know Sometime Like for me for instance

I can't speak for anybody else Not But I'm the type of dude That If I don't stay in contact With anybody It's not on purpose

It's not on purpose It's just I'm doing me, y'all doing you. We meant, but my love doesn't change. Like, no matter where I see you, like, you don't got to tell me you in Miami. You look in the crowd. I'm like, this nigga's really in the crowd. Like, keep it real.

Last time you performed out here, like, because that's just who I am. Let me tell you something. I always respect, let me tell you something. And I'll say this. Nobody ever even knows this. Right. Only reason that me and you wasn't even even more cooler than we was was because

Certain people would have been mad. Let's keep it right. What you saying? Yeah, so like she said so, you know It's like that in the game is funny. I remember being in your yo, let me tell you how much love you showed me You had that song what what what that's one of the biggest songs out. Let's talk about it. And you gave me a big part in the video. That's a... You took my N-O-R-E. No, you took...

No, no, whoa, whoa, whoa. You took my N-O-R-E. N-O-R-E stands for Niggas On The Run. You was in the video. That's right. Damn. Yeah.

Damn. I forgot you don't smoke weed. This nigga remember me as well. Yo, yo, god damn it. Check this out. Yes, yes. Oh, he's here. DC Twin. Check this out. Yes, yes. Oh, he's here. DC Twin.

Check this out. Do you remember this? Okay. This is the craziest thing. Damn, man, I'm in music. I was in that video, and this is why I fell back from you. It wasn't beef, but I was like, wow, niggas just don't want me to have anything. I can't have friends, no nothing.

After I was in your video, somebody you and said Why was Mega in your video Deep right Is that crazy We can't know who somebody is Who somebody Who somebody You gotta say I've never been

I don't even know what word this is But he got me there That's deep. That was deep. That was true. That's when me and you stopped. We didn't have no beef. That's when I was like, you know what?

I don't want to mess up Nori's. I don't want to get people getting mad at Nori. It's like little kids. Oh, if you play with Billy, you can't be my friend no more. Motherfucker got the cooties. Me and Nori's show. Me and Nori was always cool. Then we started getting cooler.

And then somebody said, yo, why was Mega in your video? And then I was like, wow. So I stopped. I just, that's what made me- He's absolutely right. So you're not going to tell us who this somebody is? Nah, I mean, it's, you know. So, it's nothing.

It's a legal situation. It's a long story. It's, you know. So, it's nothing. It's a long situation. It's a long story. It's a long story. It's complicated. Yeah, but it's not that serious. But at the end of the day. It's been seven years. At the end of the day, let me tell you this.

I don't hold grudges. And if you look at Queensbridge, I'm not even the biggest artist. But I probably work with More artists from Queensbridge Than any artist Right Now You want me to break it down to you

Look at this You got Ph.D. I was on their album I was on Screwball album I was on Poet's album I was on the Craig G album I was on the Nas album

I was on the Mobb Deep album I was on the P album I was on the Lake album I'm not even thinking hard So you can't So you can't say I don't get along with people Right Rondo Art I was on a Lake album, I'm not even thinking hard. So you can't say I don't get along with people. Ron Autes was on a DVD, he said

Meg is the heart of the bridge. I didn't pay him to say that. I didn't even know he was going to say that. I get along with everybody. So I don't hold grudges. If we squash something, once we have peace, we have peace. And I'm thinking it's peace. So as far as a Queens tour, I don't mind touring.

I don't mind making money. I don't mind working with my people. You know what I'm saying? But I don't want to be, like, I don't got time. We're grown men. I don't got time to be figuring out, damn, why this dude don't like me. I don't got time to be thinking about, what did I do this time? You know what I'm saying?

I don't got time for that. In the meantime, I'm independent, and I'm kind of sort of a somebody in that indie world. So I'm good. You know what I'm saying? And I forget. Yo, dude did a lot. Yo, the industry tried to paint a picture of me that wasn't even accurate. Like, I never said I had a crib.

Like, Norrie brought up the fact I had a crib on Q Gardens and all of that. A lot of people in the industry thought I was living at queen's bridge oh mega still the queen's been niggas yo dogs I had I had a crib with a door man when you thought I was a queen niggas thought yeah that balcony nigga I was out there like that where I got smoke I did the cars I had I had crazy cars I cars. I been had jewelry before rap. First off, let's just tell you what Q Gardens is. That's where the courthouse is.

That's where the lawyers and the judges live. Niggas don't live there. Let's make some noise for Mecca. Let me bring a freeze, too, man. You know what I mean? Definitely. But go ahead, Mecca. So I heard you on stage say You was blackballed

Or what is the word you use? Blacklisted Blacklisted What does that exactly mean? Because I hear artists say that When I hear other artists say that I don't want to hear it When I see that

You know I was blacklisted That shit with me is real I never had the power to actually listen if it if that was ever the case with your situation but when i hear other artists up and coming and they they cast beef with somebody and they say i'm blacklisted i'll be like that nigga ain't really that powerful that you're talking about it's blacklisting you you know what i'm saying yo i'm gonna tell us the elliot wilson trains coming oh yes elliot i don't know if don't never listen rap radar i don't know if y'all heard of them blacklisting you. You know what I'm saying? Yo, I'm going to tell us. Hold on, the Elliot Wilson train's coming through. Oh yeah, it's Elliot Wilson. I don't know.

Listen, Brad Radar, I don't know if y'all heard of them niggas. They're some foul ass niggas. You about to ask a real ass question.

We about to get real ass questions. Every time we ask some real good shit, Elliot Wilson changes. Elliot Wilson and Brad Radar, look at

these niggas with their asses down. Listen, man, we're going to let y'all know. So what was I saying? Come on.

What was I saying? What was I saying? I was into that. About the blacklist shit. I was really Come on. It was a small train. What was I saying? I don't know. What was I saying? I was into that. About the blacklist shit. I was really blacklisted. I was definitely really, yo, you know how does an artist know that they're on the blacklist? I didn't even know I was on the shelf.

I found out I was on the shelf from rappers, from people in the industry that like me. Like, yo, man, I feel bad for you, man. You're on the shelf. And I'm like, what? Like, I found out stuff about me from other people. You know what I'm saying? It's like blacklisted is when they're trying to stop every move you got. Like a door opens and all of a sudden the door closes.

Like I've had situations where even my publicist, people call me like, yo, he's dangerous, don't mess with him. There was a dude that wanted to manage me before. People call him like, yo, his crew is crazy, they kill people. Because they beat up Steve Stout think i don't know if that had anything to do with that all right but because i remember that as well yeah that was hard that was hard for the culture it was for the culture it's for the culture at that time it's for the culture for the culture the culture needs it let me tell you how gangsta i kept it with steve stout

just to just so he could feel just so let me tell you how gangsta I kept it with Steve Stout. Just so he could feel. Let me tell you how gangsta I kept it. He called Chris Lottie's office one day. And I said, yo, I'll let you punch me in my face. Just so you could leave. Wait, after the incident happened? I told him he could punch me in my face. Get out of his system. Because if he says jump him, it's like one-on-one.

I heard Slam beat him up. Freeze, right? That's a fact. That's my nigga. He wants a shout-out on the show. I've got to bring him up. He called me. He knows we're doing him. It's like one-on-one. I heard Slam beat him up. Freeze, right? That's a fact. That's my nigga. He wants to shout out on the show. Gotta bring him up. He called me. He knows we're doing this.

It's okay. Nor he's petty. Yeah, it's okay. But go ahead. Let's move on. Yo, Steve's gonna try to buy drink champs. Yeah, that's okay. And kick you off the show.

This is Steve. This is Steve. Buy us, man. And put Elliot and B-Dot in place of us. We for sale. We for sale, man. Nah, I'm just playing. Steve Scott, we know it's all jokes.

You rich as a motherfucker We need him on the show Rich people gotta laugh But um Nah nah I'm talking about Blacklist just came from everywhere It wasn't just

Yeah Blacklist because You know what I swear to God When people paint a picture of you That's inaccurate And they try And when people paint A certain picture of you

Which would Deter other people From doing business with you It's like That's Blacklisting Like people have done that Blackballed Is that the same thing Yeah it business with you It's like That's blacklisting Like people have done that Blackballed Is that the same thing?

Yeah it's cock blocking It's the same But you know what So you're telling me You went like And met with somebody I've had numerous people My public

People even call my publicist My publicist is Jackie O They was like Don't mess with him And then she still Yeah so People have taken People have taken

Their own chances with me And then You know how I killed all of that, though? Performance exceeds reputation. So for everything you said bad about me, I just, I'm never late to meetings. I've never missed a deadline. And like I told, I told Kevin Liles this when I, You know how I got off Jeff Jam I went up to Jeff Jam

With Lake and Spank Big up to Lake and Spank And I told Kev I said yo listen I said Cause he know They know how I was I said yo

My street influence And reputation Has never Interfered with my professionalism As an artist You sit here in your office Every day You drive home With your big Lexus To your house I never interfere with my professionalism as an artist. You sit here in your office every day, you drive home in your big Lexus to your house in Long Island, but I'm sitting on the shelf,

which is not enabling me to do what I have to do for myself. You here are able to do what you have to do for yourself, but you're not enabling me to do what I have to do for myself, so I say I'm not asking you you I'm telling you yet. I'm asking you I Want to continue to not let my influence Affect my professionalism as an artist. I want to be able to live and take care of my family At least you I got that's how I got off. Did you put on a gun? There's no body no guns None of that. Let's make some noise for no guns

Now do you feel like you're in limbo is there a move like if you have a choice right now you was like y'all Let me just bust a move and be independent because you and you know your big brother They you know I'm saying that they be friendsing. Would that something you'd be interested in? You going independent? Right now? Because right now, New York, your fans,

a lot of people just need to hear you, man. I'm not going to lie. Right. And I don't want to sound funny saying this because Mega said it earlier, like, with your loyalty

it gets you sometimes being loyal to the wrong people. Right. Or holding your loyalty to put you Sometimes being loyal To the wrong people Right Or holding your loyalty Can put you in a In a In a difficult space You know what I'm saying

It can mess you up Late in the long run But I don't ever see myself Departing from Wayne Right Ever since I Ever since I met him

He kept it 100 with me From day one So what happens If you drop 10 mixtapes Right now And like Out of these 10 Like you get Four records that go on fire?

It would technically be still tied to Baby as well? To my knowledge, yeah. But by then I think at the end of the day, business is business. So if some product is out and it's on fire and it's undeniable, I think things work themselves out that way. Like if it's buzzing and it's undeniable and people, I think some business is going, some business will be taken care of on that end. So that's what I'm really banking on that.

I'm hoping for that. That's why I ain't letting nothing stop me from working. I got hundreds of songs, literally. I got so much music right now. It's like where I'm putting projects together and just about to just throw them out. Now, would you yourself ever do love and hip-hop? I don't think, nah.

Shout out to Nick Cannon, man. I did the reality show, Son of a Gun. Yeah, that was hard. It was kind of, I know how it goes. I know the ropes of these reality shows, and sometimes they put you in situations that you don't want to be in. But I also know that it's entertainment, and at the end of the day, it's ratings.

And besides that, I'm not saying it's fake or not, but it's just something that I'm not comfortable with doing. Instigate the shit. Yeah, I'm really, I'm kind of introverted. Like, I still like my privacy. It's certain things that I don't want the public, you know what I'm saying? I don't want a public eye on.

I like to be private about certain things in my life still. So I don't think that's a lane that I would ever go back into on my own. But as far as that, like, I don't... Everybody else doing it, like, shout out to them. You know what I'm saying? Me too. I jerk off too much. Yo, um... Are you gonna do it?

Did you decide yet? If you ever wanna... I did. How about you, would we ever see you on Love & Hip Hop? I don't think so. I don't got the patience for it. How about Reality, period? If the you on Love & Hip Hop? I don't think so. I don't got the patience for it. How about reality, period? If the check is right and it's something that's not going to

sacrifice my integrity. It could be your reality. Real reality. In your opinion, when you face your reality. I got offered to do one of the joints, but I had to give it

some thought. Somebody wanted me to do, what's that thing? I forgot the name of it. What's that thing? The relationship one? Couples therapy. They offered me that too.

But the girl wasn't my girl. It wouldn't have been real. It wouldn't have been real. Put it like that. Oh, the girl wasn't really your girl? No, no, no. That's completely fake. But you know why I'm not completely against reality or

It's better than writing. Don't even call it reality. It actually replenishes people. Sometimes you know, it can take you from zero to a hundred. You know what I'm saying? No doubt. You know what I'm saying? And it's like to me, if you ask people who I've seen who just did it, did an excellent job.

It's Pat Poose. Right. Shout out to the yo. Excellent job. It's so black love. That's not usually the way it goes down, though. That's a fact. You know what I'm saying?

What's the trade-off for that fame? I don't know if it's worth it. I mean, I'm not just saying just love and hip-hop. I'm saying TV, period. You know what I'm saying? Look at Ice-T, man. This guy had a cop killer. Now he's a cop on a TV show.

Yeah. Every fucking day. Like, he plays a cop. He had a song called Cop Killer. So all I'm saying is you can still keep who you are and Adventure into this other world I'm saying yeah Like is it like mega so long as they don't compromise the integrity and I'm like that I'm I'm not turned out who we roll like I'm not morally bankrupt man Thank you, sir.

Can you say that again? Some niggas bankrolled us strong. I don't even remember what I said. We gonna sample it. Trust you, me, the Dream Chants Army is gonna quote that. Wow, that is crazy. I got you for days. So what's next for Corey Guns, man?

Come on. Criminal-minded. Is it you paying homage to Karis with that? Yeah. Patrick for days off. So what's next for Corey Guns, man? Come on. Criminal Minded. Criminal Minded. Is it you paying homage to KRS with that? Yeah. Yeah, I am. Got to have him on there. It's a Bronx thing?

Inshallah. And then that's family. Shout out to KRS. It's paying homage, but at the same time, I don't want people to confuse it and think that I'm trying to redo what he did. Because that's not possible. You know what I'm saying? To me, he held the torch and he put the Bronx on. So that's not really what I'm trying to do.

What I'm really trying to do is just revamp it and just give a new direction like to what it did at the time it came out but for now is there a reference back to the Caris? some of it I think sometimes what's dope is when younger cats do something paying homage

and then the youth they go back it's heavenly inspired that shit is dope it's heavenly inspired by him I'm not That shit is dope. It's heavily inspired by him. I'm not going to lie. I'm not doing none of, like, I'm not going to be, it's not going to be cliche

where I'm, like, rhyming over a lot of his music or a lot of his stuff like that. Like, it's all original music, but you're going to hear elements from him and different things like that, especially from that album.

You're going to see the visuals and hear different elements of how it from that album. You're going to see the visuals and hear different elements of how it inspired the project. Yeah. Word. That's crazy. Nah, nah. I'm sitting here back,

and I'm not trying to cut nobody off. You see me? I'm sitting back waiting. You know what I mean? You know, drink tea. You motherfuckers. Nori is listening to you right now. You motherfuckers.

Like, I'm trying to be quiet and shit. He's so much not trying to cut you off. There's that space. And now I realize that's why sometimes I be zoned in the stories. They start linking. You know what I mean? This shit is crazy. So, Mega.

Yo. In the early days, one of the first DJs, the first DJ to ever record my demo, my first demo I ever made was a DJ named DJ Hot Day. DJ Hot Day was one of the hottest DJs in Queensbridge, hands down, and in the world. How important was DJ Hot Day during the beginning of your career? Like, prior to you getting locked up. Prior to me getting locked up? Prior to me getting locked up, he gave me my start.

But as far as importance, after that, he didn't do nothing. Like, he worked on everybody else's album. Like, he was working on Poet and other artists. So, during that time, that's how Marley came into picture. Because during that time, that's how Marley came into picture. Because during that time, I'm running around with good fellas. I was like.

That's a gang for people who don't know. No, it wasn't a gang. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My bad. All right. It was fellas hanging together? Some friends. All right.

It was some friends. So we running around the streets. It was the good fellas and the 40 Busters, right? Yeah, it was a few crews. Okay, all right. Vernon Posse. Vernon Posse. It was a few. It was a lot of,as and the 40 Busters, right? Yeah, it was a few crews. Okay, all right. Vernon Posse. Vernon Posse. It was a few.

It was a lot of, you know what I mean? So basically, he gave me, he did give me my start, but he didn't put any effort into me. Right. So that's how, you know, I waited, I waited, and I was patient, but it didn't happen. So at that, it got to a point where I was so nice. Drug dealers was like, yo, we're going to pay for you to go to the studio. Like the biggest drug dealer in the hood was like, I'm paying for your studio. Like both of the strongest crews with money wanted it. My man Lloyd was like, yo, I'm going to pay for you to go to the studio.

Lloyd just locked up right now, my nigga Lloyd. And then World, there's a dude named World from Quaid Bridge. He was the man. He was like, I'm going to pay for you to go to the studio. Lloyd that's locked up right now, my nigga Lloyd. And then World, there's a dude named World from Quaid Bridge. He was the man. He was like, I'm going to put you in the studio. Like, everybody wanted to put me in the studio

because I wasn't in the studio. So, I got my real break was from Hank Carter. I know that name. Who's Hank Carter? He had the Goldwater Foundation He had the

On Roosevelt Island He had a whole Hospital named after him I keep thinking And he had a son I'm thinking of A basketball coach I'm bugging right

He's affiliated with The Wheelchair The Wheelchair Okay alright That's why Cool cool Something happened With his son

And And some people On my crew And I wasn't there. So I didn't know what happened. So when Hank came, the father, he was all, he was turned up.

He was like, he was ready to fight me. And I was like, what are you talking about? I don't even know what the hell is going on. So then he's a good person. He felt bad that he came at me like that because people, his son was like, yeah, Corey wasn't there.

So he felt bad about like that because people his son was like yeah cory wasn't there like no so he felt bad about that so people another late another person i have to give credit to is mary stevens so she worked in the community center and then she and somebody else told hank carter like this guy could rap very good and then hank called molly ma and hank said And then Hank Called Molly Ma And Hank said And cause Molly Molly's like This is after Juice Crew Molly Ma This is when Molly

Was the king of the world Okay cool This is like Molly This is right after Mama said knock you out And all of that When Molly

When Molly wasn't even Rocking with too many people So he was like Yo I want you to hear this guy So Molly heard some of my joints Next thing you know Me and LES Is going to Marley's house knocking out songs. Right.

Like, L.E.S. used to be, was going to be my DJ. Right. And he was making some of my music. He was helping me with my album. Unfortunately, I blew trial. So, when I blew trial. Now, do you want to say what you was on trial for So the listeners know not to do this I didn't even do what I wanted

I didn't do nothing Let me not paint the picture like I'm a saint I went to jail because that was God's plan for me Because if I got caught for stuff that I really did I would have did more times But the thing that I went to jail for I didn't even do They said I robbed somebody in a G train

For a gun A police officer at that, like an off-duty correction officer. So it's like, that was it. Basically, a cop set me up because there's this cop that hated me and he set me up. His name was Connolly. And he just set me up. Let's do the opposite of make noise for him Let's boo him Boo

So basically So basically I had a case that I was going to court for And I beat it So as I'm walking out the courtroom They said You fit the identification of somebody So I was like this is a joke right So I went with the cops

They put me in a lineup and they see, you know, I'm in jail. Wow. How long did you have to do? I was, no,

I would have been in jail obviously for like up to two years until trial, but my crew bailed me out. So, and then I hired David Cohen who was Fat Cat's lawyer

as my lawyer. So basically, You're going into some real Queens shit right now. Let's keep going. Yeah, this is Queens. Keep it going, man. So basically, you tell, first right now. Let's keep going. Keep it going. So basically,

you tell it. First of all, I probably had had the had the crazy like we had the craziest guns in the hood. So it's insult.

It's an insult. Why would you need to rob his gun? It's an insult. You tell me for robbing another nigga for a gun. Yeah.

A 38 at that. That's what I got. You know, like that. I give those automatic is popping now. So it's like that's the one at 38. That's before cop, you know. Like, I give those away. Or the Maddox is popping now. Yeah, so it's like. Niggas don't want that.38.

At that time, it was an insult. So I went to jail. All of a sudden, I didn't even do. Wow. So that's how I came home. I came home on a pill. And you know, getting a pill is like winning a lotto. So basically.

So Suge Knight wasn't the first nigga who came home on a pill. I didn't even know. I mean, Tupac. It was. It was Cormac. Goddamn. Make some noise. Goddamn. Because, you know, that's when Tupac came home on a pill. I didn't even know. I mean, Tupac. It was, it was Cormac. Goddamn, make some noise. Goddamn.

Because, you know, that's when Tupac came home on a pill. I didn't even know that. Yeah, yeah. So, basically, yeah, that's what I went to jail for, for that.

So, basically, the reason I came home, because when I went to jail, I refused, I was too, I can't even call it stubborn. I was driven to not accept that

because I didn't do that. I wasn't going out like that. Because, as soon as you go to jail they got all the exercise facilities and all that recreation facilities for you so that's a distraction i didn't do that i went to the law library every day because there was mad inconsistencies in my case so i started doing my own motions send it to a lawyer We started working back and forth Next thing you know my pill I got my pill Like so

I think it was a blessing Me going to jail was a blessing in disguise Because I went to jail Everybody used to be with Got more time than me And I had a decent amount of time So it was like All the good fellas pretty much went to jail

Except a couple So if I would have been home I would have got caught up with that Definitely But while I went to jail I got my. So if I'd have been home, I'd have got caught up with that, definitely. But while I went to jail, I got my GED. And you did two years off of that? No, I did more than two years.

I'm talking about just over that because you say you came home on a pill, correct? Yeah, I came home after like three and change. I almost did four years. I had a lot of time, bro. Damn. So I went to jail. I went to the box. While I was in the box, there's a small little room.

It's just a bed and a sink. You know the runners. There's a little slit in the door. That's where they give you your food. And one day, they came by with a book tray. They were walking by the book cart. I got a book. The autobiography of Malcolm X. That walking by the book cart. I got a book.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X. That's the first book I had in jail as well. Changed My Life. By Alex Helley, correct? I think every street kid in the world should read that. Yeah, that's a fact. I read that book and it's like, wow, because we're conditioned to believe that

we're fuck-ups and there is no promised land for us. And, like, once you go to jail, it's like your life is over. You're a convict. You can't do anything. So we're misled to believe that. So now I'm reading this book, and I can relate to him. This dude is in jail, and he said he couldn't really read and all that good.

Then he started studying more. He became very articulate. He became one of the most articulated speakers of his generation. So I said to myself, if he can do it, why I can't do it? I might not can do it like he did it, but I'm going to improve myself while I'm here.

In this circumstance, why should I just beat another number, a statistic? The first two books I read was that. I read Malcolm X and Horse Son by Donald Garnes. I didn't even read that yet. You didn't read Horse Son? The first books I read was that I read Malcolm X and Horse Son By Donald Garnes I didn't even read that yet The first books I read in there was the Bible

And Malcolm X What is Malcolm X What religion, culture is Is called Malcolm I'm Muslim That's why you didn't see me drink alcohol Because First of all you got the number one podcast That's right let's't see me drink alcohol because, first of all, you got the number one podcast.

That's right. Let's make some noise for that. We're making the number one podcast. So, in this day and age, Islam gets such a bad stigma attached to it. Falsely. You're going to be the nigga that will come here and represent. So, for me, exactly. That's what I'm talking about.

It's called showing a dab. So, the person that represents. Wait, It's called showing a dab. So the person that represents, showing a dab. Like a Muslim would know. Like that? Similar but not that. Put it like this. Our most

prominent, positive, and beautiful voice has been silenced. And that was a brother by the name of Muhammad Ali who just recently passed. So't need more positive role models for for Muslims like so when they say what is your religion I really don't I don't think God said about to have a religion is to be Muslim is is it's pretty much the same thing as Christianity we all believe in in one God you know saying it's just uh I think a lot of more a lot more people would

would would return to Islam but Islam is to discipline it's too much discipline for certain people like you don't you can't eat pork you can't do certain things you gotta pray five times a day you suggest there's a lot of you pray five times a day not all the time no of... And you pray five times a day? Not all the time, no. So I'm not going to sit here and lie. All right, that's cool. There's things I need to work on.

But I seen you in the hood. It was like 3 o'clock in the morning. It's mad wild goons out, and you had the crown on. Yeah, I chilled with you the whole night. Yeah? You chilled. I'm like, the God got the crown on. You know, the hood is better, though, now.

Do you think so? I don't... I'm going to keep it under. I don't even be in the hood is better though now. Do you think so? I don't, I'm going to keep it under. I don't even be in the hood all the time. Not me neither. But I'm saying like, it changed from

the era we grew up in. There was times when I used to come in the crib like, I dig in this pocket so I get the key to open the door

but I got my hand on my gun in case somebody trying to get at me. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, there's still that, but it's not that element of, it's not that element of aggressive, like, goon aggression like it was when we was coming up. Right. You know what I'm saying? Now, you was originally from Brooklyn, is that correct? I was born in Bed-Stuy, bro.

In Bed-Stuy, damn. Bed-Stuy. And then what Bed-Stuy, damn. Bed-Stuy. And then what year did you move to the bridge? I don't know. I have to look in my book of life. I don't remember what year I moved to the bridge. I moved to the bridge when I was young. Right.

And I lived a few places because... But the bridge is your home. No, my home is... My house is my home now Right The bridge You know what I mean The bridge is where I came up at

Right But there's certain There's different places in my There's different places that That play the Essential part of me You know what I think You know what a lot of people say about me

They say you're different from A lot of rappers From the bridge I got different cultures in me from different places like i was talking to somebody the other day i was like you know i used to live i told my men over here matter of fact figs and we was talking about co-op city in the bronx right co-op city yeah i used to live in co-op city oh a lot of people don't know that i always identify with co-op city because they got terraces and left right exactly so so i have

bronx culture in me i got brook Bronx culture in me I got Brooklyn coach in me I got Queens culture in me and I adapted all that and I used to be in Harlem a lot The reason I used to be so many places who got a beeper fuck is that? That's the camera In here that sound like a beeper nigga, I was like, yeah That's crazy. Wait, hold on. That's the battery.

What's the problem? See the red light. The roll's right there. Huh? Get live on the camera. There's no remote control. No, I wanna make sure it's still filming though. It's supposed to be.

It's supposed to be. We got a camera right there. We got a camera. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I just switched this angle. Yeah, well I'll just make sure we got both angles. But go ahead, fuck it, keep going. Is it working? It's still recording.

Alright, cool, cool, cool. Yeah, it's just a little battery. Cool, cool, cool. Rich, what you doing? Rich abandoned me. You sniffing coke right there? You look like a coke break to me, man. I know how y'all get down in Miami, man.

Fuckin' with you, bitch. We good? We good? All right, cool. I'm looking at your nose, though. Come on. Fuckin' with you. Fuckin' with you.

Yo, open up a bottle. Go ahead, man. Yo, listen. Go ahead Come on. Fuck you. Fuck you. Yo, open up a bar. I got you. Go ahead, man. Yo, listen. Go ahead, man. I'm sorry. All right. So like I said, I absorbed a lot of, I absorbed, I'm like, I'm the epitome of a New Yorker.

I lived in mad different places, or I frequent in a lot of different places, but the bridge was my base. The bridge was my hub. The bridge is responsible For my For my Passion With hip hop When people's careers took off I'm talking about

Back in the days I was there I was there when Biz Markie first performed In the park Right You know I was there I heard about that

I was there for Smitty The number man When Smitty was the Number one Number one I was there when Mr. Everything was there I was there when

Craig G had Shout Out. You know, stuff like that. So I absorbed all that. But I think it's different places that I've been in my life that I cultivated all that together. That made me, like Far Rockaway was like my gladiator school. Far Rockaway. Edgeman. Edgeman is like the king of

Edgeman is the king of hoods. The king of grimy hoods. Far Rockaway people don't understand a lot of people got beat up in Far Rockaway because they thought Queens was soft.

So a lot of people used to just think they could come to Queens and then left Rack 2. People think they could You know what the funniest shit about Far Rockaway I'm going to keep it 100

is I went there one night And they got the chicken spot in the lobby Oh my god That was hard It was the first projects I ever seen that at They got a chicken spot in the lobby You gotta walk through terror To get a piece of chicken

If you got respect If you got respect of Far Far Rock If you got respect Of Far Rock You a real one You a gun You a gun bucka That's a fact That's a fact

Shout out everybody In Far Rock Shout out to everybody In Far Rock Shout out my man Dead Eye Shout out my man Knowledge from

Hamels My man Dead Eye Rest in peace Chink's Drugs Stacks Rest in peace L and JB I know a lot of

Far Rock away But anyway The bridge I owe so much to the bridge I love the bridge A lot of memories there A lot of history there I put in a lot of work

A lot of friends there Family So the bridge is the quintessential The bridge might be the most important place in hip-hop history, if you think about it. And I'm not saying this from a biased perspective. Like, when you think of rap, Shante ushered in a whole new era.

Right. For street rap and for women. She's for queens. Molly Ma changed the whole production game. Like, you talk to the top ten producers, they'll all attribute some of their success to what Molly's done. MC Shan does not get the credit he deserves. He's one of the best MCs. If you listen to his other, MC Shan had the first concept record ever.

He had that song talking about hip-hop. Like, he had a song talking about cocaine like it's a girl. Like, Hot Common Sense had that song about hip-hop like he had a song talking about cocaine like it's a girl like like how common sense had that song about hip-hop had a song called cocaine listen to that like so queen and then you think about like so every major beef in hip-hop like 80 percent of the major beef in hip-hop queen bitch somehow or another got attached to it Even the Tupac Like any beef you can think of Like Queen's Beach is so powerful

With hip hop Like being there was like If you're a rapper And you're really into rap Growing up around Queen's Beach is like being in a dream About to spit in there Put it back It's like being in a dream It's like being in a dream. About to spit in it. Put it back. Okay, I'm sorry.

No. It's like being in a dream. It's like being in a dream. Any block. You can just, imagine you just walk into the store and then you bump into one of the dopest rappers in the world.

And then you go to the laundromat and you see one of the dopest rappers in the world. Or producers. Or producers. Right. Molly Marr, L.E.S.,

Screwball, Black Poet, Cold Mega, Mobb Deep, MC Sham. Tragedy. Tragedy. Intelligent Bulldog. Let's not forget that. You and Tragedy, you have a show. What happened? You and Tragedy, you have a show and some shit.

I don't know. I don't even want to talk about Tragedy. Oh, okay. You don't fuck with each other like that? For real? I mean. Put me on. We don't even want to talk about trash Oh okay Damn Y'all don't fuck with each other like that For real I mean Put me on We don't know

Trash Trash would be glad I called Maino We don't know what you're talking about Maino talked about it Maino talked about it on our show Yeah Oh yeah That's my man

Shout out to my man Maino But what happened with you and Trash I don't got no beef with Trash Trash Trash need to get his life together On some real Right You know what I'm saying I don't got no beef with Traj. Traj just need to get his life together on some real. Right. You know what I'm saying?

I don't got no beef with him. But he been doing it since March 6th for Cole Mecca. I don't know what's wrong with Traj. Traj is grumpy. You know what I'm saying? And like Traj, like Traj is the type of person like don't play games. In other words, like because you see me on some peaceful, humble shit, like, don't do something that you wouldn't have did when I was that other mega. Because at the same time, I'm at war with myself every day.

Because there's times, like, at the same time, I can be the most humble person, but it's nothing for me to pick up that phone. You know what I'm saying? Right. And if I do that, then what? Right. But at the same time, I don't got no beef with nobody. It's just that, you know. What happened that night?

Because I got mixed stories. Like, it was promotional people telling me, yo, Cole Mega got on stage, said something, and Traz got on stage. What was exactly that? It was, I don't even want to talk about it. It's not important. All right. No problem it It's not important Alright It's not important

All I know is Right All I know is this Right He shouldn't have He was on He was on somebody's show A podcast

Oh Okay And They said what up with Mega They were doing name association So they named certain people They named Havoc and he said something That was disrespectful

Yeah They mentioned Havoc name Then he dissed Havoc I thought that was whack So they mentioned Mega And he's like I don't know So my whole thing was part of me was like i just fought it i fought myself because i was like ain't even that serious he ain't even worth

it and the reason i really didn't say nothing because somebody said he just trying to get it he got an album out that's why he's trying to do that so i said you know what i'll wait till his album comes out and does what it does and And then maybe I'll speak to him about it. But he wanted attention. And I wasn't going to help him get no extra sales. You know what I'm saying? Right. You know what I'm saying?

I was just going to pray for him and hope he gets his life together. You know what I'm saying? I always thought y'all was cool. So when I heard that, I thought it was cool too. But you know, some people, some people be having that inner, some people got resentment in them. Resentment issues. Because they feel like they should be, that inner, some people got resentment in them, resentment issues, because they feel like they should be, you know, like,

he's not consistent, put it like this. Like one time, I'll give you a perfect example. Somebody was talking about Prodigy's book, and then Travis was like, but he wasn't lying though. But why would you say that? You should have said nothing. You dig what I'm saying? He had a documentary out before, and he wasn't lying, though. But why would you say that? You should have said nothing. You dig what I'm saying?

He had a documentary out before, and he was sending it for Nas. You know what I'm saying? You know. You've probably seen it. It's like, so why do you have an issue with everybody? Because at one time, I did think we was cool. But at the same time, it's like, I don't want to be cool with you anymore. I don't got no beef with you, but I don't want to be cool with you

because you got some kind no beef with you, but I don't want to be cool with you because you got some kind of issues with me and I don't need to try to figure out what those issues are. Now, we can handle this. I'm trying to be a different person, but he promotes himself as a thug.

I don't got to promote myself as a thug. If I wake up with an attitude and just be like yo, it's a problem. Don't play. Don't play with it, as a thug. Like, if I wake up with an attitude and just be like, yo, da-da-da-da-da, it's a problem. Like, don't play. Don't play with it, son. So, it's like, I'm on some other. I'm trying to be a peaceful man. But at the same time, like, just because I'm calm or because I'm religious or I believe, you know, I never said I'm soft.

Right. And I never said I'm a pacifist. You're space respected. Don't get it. You know what I'm saying? So, like, don't step on my toes. You know what I'm soft Right And I never said I'm a pacifist On your space perspective Don't get You know what I'm saying So like Don't step on my toes You know what I'm saying

Just stay in your lane And just leave me alone I don't know you Right So that's that I'm not gonna diss him I'm not gonna say nothing to him I'm not gonna do nothing

But y'all wasn't in Mar 6 It don't matter Even when we was there If it wasn't for me He would've got handled Oh man What's that though I don't know what the fuck

He said I've been doing this Since month six McCall Mega On T-O-M-Y man You the hip hop guy I'm very disappointed With you right now Can I borrow your beer?

Give me back your beer Give me back your beer You know what I mean? I always thought Y'all was cool I don't got no beef with him It's just Sundance be doing

Some weird stuff And you know that Cause you did business with him. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you know what I'm saying? And, yo, let me tell you something, man. He just got, he got too many, yo, let me tell you something.

When he first came home from jail, you know what he, one of the first things, first of all, when he came home from jail, I bought him clothes and everything. Gave him clothes, then I sent him to my man's store, because I deal with a lot of boutiques and stuff like that, you know, doing my little collaboration stuff. I sent him to my man's store, they plugged with a lot of boutiques and stuff like that You know, doing my little collaboration stuff

I sent them to my man's store They plugged them with clothes and stuff, right? Showed them love He was like, yo Why you went to see He told me he was mad Because I went to see Prodigy And I ain't going to see him

See, that's a problem in itself Why you worry about what two other men do? That's for one And for two, dogs I went upstate I went upstate, I went upstate before too. He didn't come see me at all. So,

you know what I'm saying? So, but I didn't have no beef with him. Then, I just looked at him like, like, I want him to know if he didn't come see me.

You know what I'm saying? So it's like, I'm not on that. You know what I'm saying? Like, yo, I'm cool with everybody. You know what I'm saying?

He, that was a test for me. Cause you know what the old mega would have did. And at the same time, I don't know what the old mega would have did and at the same time i don't know what the hell is wrong with him and i'm not trying to figure it out he's on a destructive path so i don't even have to think about what month is this july i don't even got to think about him like like let him just last a year like you know saying god bless i believe he's locked up you know what i mean see what i mean yeah i believe he's locked up, you know what I mean? See what I mean? Yeah, I believe he's locked up. See what I mean?

You know, Traz, we love you out there. It is what it is, man. So, Mega. Yes, sir. You came out here, you and Corey both. You have the 8 and 9. Let's pick up 8 and 9 one more time. 8 and 9. 8 and 9.

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I got some books coming out. Not prodigy books? Not throw nobody into the bus or disrespect nobody books. Totally different. It's going to surprise everybody. I got that coming out. I'm trying to do as much close collaborations as possible. I'm going to try to sneak into some movie stuff. And I'm going to start really.

Now, when you say movie stuff, you're saying your own movies or? Both. Yeah, yeah. Now when you say movie stuff You saying your own movies Or Like Both Yeah yeah And um Most Most Most importantly I'ma start putting some Of my effort and energy

Into other artists Because there's a lot of Young artists that come to me For advice There's a lot of older artists That come to me for advice But I'ma start really like Making a business

Cause there's things That I give people for free That other people charge for Yeah As far as advice Consulting and shit I do a lot of consulting I do I put people in free that other people charge for as far as advice. Consulting and shit. I do a lot of consulting. I put people in situations

where they get deals like I've done it. But I do it because I like to see my people eat too. But at the same time there's people that I could do that. There's a lot of value in that. Exactly. If you're looking for artists this is an excellent question. If you're looking for artists.

No. I'm not looking for artists. Are you looking for the. No. No, I'm just saying. Are you looking for the sound that you came from? Or, like, again, like, today, all the new artists that performed. I forgot the girl's name. I think. Oh, she's right there. Dutch Masters.

That was Dutch Masters. I think, like, all the new artists. Like, you know, the people, you know, y'all legends. But when she came on, that was the sound that I was looking for. Like, I just sat back. I was like, that's hard.

You know what I'm saying? Like, but it's not the sound that I came up to. When you look for artists, are you looking for the new sound? You looking for the old sound? Or you looking for just what's hot? First of all, people that look for hot always fail. For every label that signed a hot artist,

show me 10 labels that signed a hot artist, and I will show you 10 labels that probably fucked up those artists' careers or failed with those artists. Because in life, anything that is hot cools off. You need the consistency, the longevity. When I see an artist or somebody that catches my attention, it's not even just

skill. Because I'm looking for skill if it's for my personal appreciation. If I want to listen to something. But as an artist, it has to be a total package. Because skill can be boring at times. You can say some of the dopest shit ever, but it'd be boring. So as an artist, you have to have a package.

You have to have appeal as a person. You have to have character. You have to have skill. And then you have to have marketability. How marketable is this person That's Because at the end of the day We don't sign people for glory

We sign them for business So I'm gonna invest in you So I have to Get my investment back So The first artist I ever signed Was Donya

I had a I had a Puerto Rican rapper Named Donya She was on my Legal Hustle album Oh okay I don't remember that I had her buzzing crazy

She's about to come back I'm about to start working on her Had her buzzing so crazy Like Big labels Was calling me about her Alright But

Um Then um She had a couple of babies And she You know She started doing her own thing So I let her do her own thing Right

But when you know I'm the type of person When you're ready We'll work But I know I know how to market artists. And when you work with an artist, when you're a rapper, you can't wear both hats.

Sometimes you have to take off, you take off your rapper hat when you're dealing with your artist. Like, you want your artist to be bigger than you. That's a fact. Unless you want to stagnate yourself. Like, I told her, you're going to be bigger than me, yada, yada, yada. So when I see an artist, if the artist is dope, I don't care how dope they are, but I want the whole package. Like, how much of an impact can this artist have or how marketable is this artist?

Like, if you marketable and you dope, then that's an investment. But if you just dope, that might just be a little. That's just good just for the neighborhood. I'm trying to do the world. It feels like the atmosphere. And, Corey, I want you in on this. Because it feels like the atmosphere has changed. Right now, all the latest artists, they have different color hair.

Shit's changed a lot. They have, like, you know, it's tight. Purses. And dudes With purses Purses yeah Is that something you Either of y'all

Can ever get Landon Alcori Like you know You've been in the game so long You could have an artist You know what I'm saying So Is that something like

Because At the end of the day I don't care how you look I don't care what your Whatever your preference is If you make dope music I'm in dope music. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And that's what this generation is leaning towards. Music, yeah, yeah. Is that anything you would ever get with, like, you know, just a person with different color hair and, you know, just different people. Like, it's not about lyricists. A girl you're talking about? Yeah. A girl. If it's a girl with different color hair, yeah.

Right. I think you're talking about these dudes. I'm talking about these dudes. No, no, right now, the hot people that's dudes have like this shit. Yeah. Yeah. This is like a couple of them. Let me tell you why hot doesn't mean nothing.

All right. Look at me. I'm a perfect example. Right. If you look at all the artists that was hot while I was on the shelf. Right. And you know what I'm saying? They was doing their numbers

And I was feeling like Oh my life I might as well just go pump again You know hustle again Where they at right now Where I'm at right now Right They can't even get a show

Right I know artists that was hot That can't even get an indie deal Right So it's like hot Hot doesn't pay the rent Right Yo consistency

And you have to You have to know what your market is It's like yo Like back in the day The dude that sell weed Ain't gonna go to a crack house Right So it's like

You gotta know Who you selling your Your material to You have to know your market It's the difference between a career And a moment Exactly A lot of dudes have moments

Right I don't A moment But a moment Is only a moment A moment's not gonna carry you So you know what I'm saying Certain artists We talking about career

Exactly Career That's what makes you a legend When you over 10 years You getting money Like I tell rappers a lot No no no K Slade tell rappers a lot of times

I listen to K Slade's show And he be like If you ain't paying your bills To your shit Then it's not a fucking job or a career. That's real. That's real. K. Slade is an unsung hero because

K. Slade is one of the dudes that give the voiceless a voice. Because there's a lot of people that can't get on the radio at all. You know what I'm saying? Big up K. Slade. Big up K. Slade. I didn't even speak to K Slay In two months

And he still plays my record Without me even calling him And saying You'll play it man Thank you K Slay I meant to call you Exactly And say yo

I've been so busy These last two months But Whatever record we blast out He immediately plays it K Slay Thank you so much man Fucking Slay was in

Wild Style man Come on He was in Wild Style Yo K Slade He still got the same glasses He wear them right now He in wild style man Same glasses

Let me say something About K Slade I ain't go front My ass hurts Let me say something About K Slade Why niggas need to fall back And give him props

Especially if you love the culture Cause I've seen It's a competitive game You might have DJs Wanting to be better Or da da da Listen to this K Slade Is a legend It's a competitive game. You might have DJs wanting to be better. Listen to this.

K Slate is a legend. I'm going to just try. He's about to pass you a syringe. K Slate is a legend. I had K.R.S. want to smoke with me. That's why you got to drink, Mega. K.R.S. want to smoke with you? Yeah, he did. Yeah, he smoked with him.

And he drank seven matas. You got to have one drink for the realness. One drink. Look, we can put some ice in to have one drink for the realness. One drink. Look, we can put some ice in it for you. For the realness. The Dalai Lama drank with us. Yeah, but that's that.

The Dalai Lama. If you show me footage of the Dalai Lama drinking with you, I'll drink. Listen. Who else drank with us? We drank with some foul niggas. Let's not cut him off. Can I say something? Can I say something, brother?

Can I say something, brother? Y'all guys caught Talib drinking? Right. Yeah, we got Talib. Talib is gangsta on the low. Oh, yeah. Yeah, he's human. Listen, I want you to tell me a story.

I just want to say this. It's not even a story. This is a snapple fact. We're going to Slate. We're going to Talib right now. I'm going to Slate. K-Slate. Yeah, let's stay on Slate.

Big up K-Slate, my nigga. K-Slate is a legend in two different genres of our culture. Yeah. He's a graffiti legend. Uh-huh. Desi Des is a, his graffiti art

is legendary. Legendary. So he could have just been a legend off of that. Yep. And he's a legend in this. So he's the only person

I know that's a legend in two fields in our whole culture. Yeah, I know that. So people need to just give that man way more respect. Hands down. Let's make some noise for K-Slay, goddamn it.

K-Slay, you my nigga. I'm calling you. You keep playing my record. Because usually I call a DJ and be like, yo, this is what I'm fucking with. I don't even got to call him. He just gets a blast. I love you for that, K-Slay, for real. Yeah.

But, Omega, listen. Yes. I read somewhere for that, Case Label, for real. Yeah. But, Mega, listen. Yes. I read somewhere. Oh, boy. They called you a conscious rapper, right? Really? And then I read somewhere they called you a gangster rapper. Mm-hmm.

Do you consider yourself a conscious gangster? That's a dope... That might be an album title. I like that. Yeah. That's a great question. You're getting better at this shit, my brother. Let me say something about Nori.

No, no, no. That's good. Stay with me. Okay, forgive me. If I cut you off, they're going to tell me. That's all I was going to say. All you people that's criticizing Nori about cutting artists off, I want you to do this for a second.

Understand this. This man built a platform off of ideology. A year ago, there was no drink champs. And you should be glad there is a fucking drink champs. As he progresses, he will improve. He's learning on the job, but at the same time, he's giving you the number one fucking podcast in the world. God damn it. I ain't gonna

in my mind I'm gonna stole his money because that was like I paid him back like oh no he don't need money because that speech was so crazy man thank you so much my brother. I'm proud of you man. I'm proud of you my brother because you know a lot of people don't know your history,

and I would never get into it. Like, one of the first gangsters I was introduced to was Lake and Cormagda and Queensbridge. And they said he rapped, but he was a gangster. And I was like 11 years old. You know what I'm saying? So I was like, you know what I mean? So just to see you. Because the thing about this life

is life, I'm not going to say rap or music, but life is a marathon. No doubt. So it doesn't matter how hard you catch on. See, the one thing I love about DJ Envy is when he kept saying, yo, you charged me, Nori.

But you got to realize what he said after that. As I said, I don't know how long I'm going to be hot. And every hustle I ever had, I was hot for a second and I move on. So I'm always scared. So I do something and then I move on.

And I move on. So that's why I got like seven lives in this shit. People don't realize it. I was Spanish on these niggas as well. Give me a hug. I turned on these niggas as well. Give me a hug. I turned Spanish on niggas as well. Like, I'll do what I got to do to do what I got to do. Because I've never borrowed money.

I don't know what that feels like. But I got to say something as half of the drink champs as well. Yes. Because I feel like, and listen, I always knew Nori was great for this. That's why we pushed for this to happen. But I represent the DJ that's always been in the background, that's always worked hard. The rapper and the DJ. We are the new Airbnb and Rockette.

Yeah, yeah, no, I've always said that. The rapper and the DJ. Like, you know, there's a lot of celebrity DJs out there. But there's thousands of DJs across the country and across the world that have helped build careers for artists. No doubt. You know, I'm a mixtape DJ. There's mix show DJs and we didn't have voices. We weren't celebrity DJs. Unheralded. Yeah, we did our work and that's what I

feel my role in this is. We built this together, but I always knew that he had the talent for this. This is natural for me. I said that to somebody about Noriozo. I said recently, I said, because, you know, when something happens in our genre, everybody copies. I was like, this is one thing people better not try to copy because they're going to fail. And you know why he's even beating out some of the other podcasters?

They got to understand one, two things. For one, he's a rapper. So he got a different kind of relationships in history with people right look he's very small to one of the thing that nobody has always had about him that carried him even more than this skill he got personality So as we said earlier, skill isn't always it. He has personality. There's not no blogger that has his personality. So some of them is doing this. Some people want to be stars.

They doing this to be stars. He's already a star. So he has a personality and he's likable. You can't match that. Absolutely. I'm going to just try. He never take it, but I'm going to try. I'll just pass him the blood.

Just tell me you did heroin earlier. It makes me feel better. Bad heroin. It makes me feel better. It makes me feel better. But, you know, the thing about what I want to explain to people

when people break down a journalist, like, although I did take journalist classes, but I never want to be a journalist. You know why a journalist? That know why a journalist I did take it it was in jail I'm sorry I didn't want to go there

I didn't want to go there but this is what I tell you like when you deal with a journalist a journalist will never fuck with you because what I mean is when they do the interview with you they'll get you they'll promote you that week.

They'll be retweeting everything you're doing. They're doing that. But then guess what? After that week is over, your number and their number is a wrap. Because a journalist can never be friends with an artist. Right. Because when it comes time to shit on you they can't be close to you you understand what i'm saying so that's the reason why i mean and i'm i'm this is science

i'm breaking down i believe in science and in science no journalist like there's very few journalists that you can be close to like a rob Marksman. That's a guy we need to step back and salute. Because that guy is about real hip-hop. And if people report something that is he's going to stand by. Daytuan, Jake Payne.

Shout out to Jake Payne. There's a lot of real journalists out there. Journalistic integrity. But we don't have to have that. That's not what we do. Doggy Diamonds. There's a lot of real journalists out there. Journalistic integrity. Right. But we don't have to have fun. That's not what we do. My man Doggy Diamonds. Doggy Diamonds.

Doggy Diamonds. Doggy Diamonds don't even count. Doggy Diamonds is a street dude. Yeah, but these two, listen. And a real dude. And he got a great podcast out there called No Filter. Let's big that up. But besides that, some people don't know. So I'm going to say, like Doggy Diamonds, I sit on this phone with this nigga,

I speak hip-hop for two hours and I realize, yo, I got to get off, I got to eat. You know what I'm saying? I mean, it's pure hip-hop. These people don't care about that journalist, oh, let me get hot and get some clicks. Those are the people I

respect right there. Those people, the Rob Marksman, the Doggy Diamonds, is because it's about their integrity as opposed, and just think about it. I've been in this game, I'll be 20 years at 2017.

Okay, right? A journalist ain't never really trying to be your friend. And they make it clear. They'll give you their email. They don't give you their phone number. Right. Because phone number's personal.

So if you got a dude's phone number, still watch out because it's $20,016. It's very different. They're just trying to get you to come because they're trying to get ratings. But after that week is over, after that day is over, they go right back because you know why? They might have to shit on you if your baby mother files a lawsuit against you.

They might have to, you know, this is what it is. We're here. We're not journalists, motherfucker. We're motherfucking your friends. This is why when people say

I'm cutting some guests off, some guests don't, I mean, some people don't understand that I know these fuckers. And is why when people say I'm cutting some guests off, some guests don't, I mean, some people don't understand that I know these fuckers and when they about to say, they about to shit on one of my other friends

so I say, hey, who the fuck is that? Because that's not what this is for. I don't want no nigga to come on here

and shit on nobody. Like, when I ask you questions about Nas or The Firm or even Steve Stout, I didn't want to diss them. I didn't want to put them out there because Nas is my nigga. I got love for Steve Stiles.

I haven't seen him in a long time. But what I'm saying is people don't need to understand these stories because these stories are history. This is not something that we're making up. This is something that should be enforced, not because we're trying to put people out there because other people can avoid these steps in their career. A guy came out to me earlier. We're sitting out there. I'm about to watch you perform. I told him immediately.

He said to me, I said, my man, I got to watch my nigga perform. That was Elliot Wilson training again. Listen to this. But he said to me, I said, I got to watch my man perform. Damn, Elliot going in. And he said to me, are you accepting new artists on your platform? And I said, no.

Not because I was trying to be disrespectful, but you got these other places. You got the Hot 97s. You got the Power 105s. You got the fucking, you know what I'm saying? I don't know these other people. You got these, but I

want to cater to the fucking legends. I want to cater to niggas I know about. I want to cater to questions I know. I don't Google shit. I want to respect people that I respect. There's a difference between a

Q&A, you know, you're on a press run and you go and you do your Q&A to promote your shit. What we're trying to build here

is conversations amongst colleagues. No doubt. And that's... And, you know, authenticity amongst that. Like, colleagues are just talking

with each other. And the fan and the listener is a fly on the wall and they're hearing something that they wouldn't have heard otherwise. And that's what we're trying to build here. Y'all definitely doing something different for the game,

and y'all definitely changing it and turning it up. Like I said, I've been a fan first. Right. Like before even we got our own personal relationships. I grew up listening to Nori. You know what I'm saying? We got our own personal relationships. I grew up listening to Nori. You know what I'm saying? We got our own personal relationships outside of that. But I watch all of y'all interviews, man.

Like that's why I'm like, what? It's an honor for me to sit down and chop it up with y'all. Thank you for being here as well. I appreciate it, man. Y'all definitely. Both of y'all, thank you very much. Y'all definitely doing y'all thing. And you know how the Drink Champs Army is so crazy because they've been hitting us for a week

because you've been promoting that you've been out here? Oh, they telling us. Yeah, they've been telling us. They've been telling y'all. Like, yo, you know they lined y'all up. Like, I'm just letting y'all know the Drink Champs Army not lined y'all up in a foul way, but as soon as y'all start promoting this show, like, these people requested that y'all guys come on here. I seen it on Insta.

Nah, nah, listen, Mega, yo, listen. Shout out to the Army, man. Like these people requested That y'all guys come on here I seen it on Insta Nah nah listen Mega Yo listen Shout out to the Army man Nah yeah The Army is serious man But Mega like I can't leave here Without you acknowledging

That you're a legend man Because if you wanna be humble And you don't wanna say You're a legend Let me say it It for you I'll say this Go ahead I'm way more thankful And appreciative To my fans Let me say it for you. I'll say this.

Go ahead. I'm way more thankful and appreciative to my fans than I've ever been. It seemed like you grew up. Before we get up out of here, that night I met you in Queensbridge. I seen you in Queensbridge. We were out there wild nights in the morning. I never seen you more at peace at that time. Oh, yeah, we broke dance. and it would it seem like nothing like I remember something said like it was like a little drama like not drama you know what I mean but

like something that came up and you was just so at peace I've never seen you that much at peace oh that because of the religion cuz you did have your crown on so in my mind I was like this thing is a Muslim for it it might be because of that it might be because of that But it's also because It's like I think the older you get You're supposed to get wiser And if you don't get wiser as you get older

Then you're just aging So also With power comes responsibility So it's like Let's just say I have beef right now Let's just say we in the hood and I got beef with power comes responsibility. So it's like, there's no, like, let's just say I have beef right now. The old, like,

if, let's say we in the hood and I got beef. The old me would be like, yo, go get that. No, no, no.

The new me, if I really got beef with somebody, first of all, the average person that's in the street that's not a thinker is predictable. So, I know,

all I gotta do is know your habits and I'll get you. I can get you a year later because you're going to stand in the same place. You're going to go drink at the same place. You're going to hang in the same circles. So I could wait a year or two and get you as opposed to just, oh, I'm getting them right now. So I'm wiser. So the wiser you get, the more mature you get, but the more dangerous you get too at the same time right but the reason i'm at peace is also like i said before i started weighing my life and my situations like a lot of the beefs i got to in the street wasn't even my beef i was like damn i had beef with this dude because i popped off for my for this dude

that's my man and i had beef with this dude because this dude had beef with him. It's never really me. So now I started minding my business. Like, if somebody that's cool with me, is all right, like, cool with me, I separated cool from my man. Just because you're cool don't mean you're my man. That's right. You know what I'm saying?

So it's like, if you're cool, I'm not jumping in everybody's beef because at the end of the day, when I was up north, like, some of my rhymes ain't even rhymes. It's just testimony. I said, on a realness intro, I said, when I was up north gaining weight but lacking friends.

You know what I'm saying? I said, niggas act like they was sending me packages. When I was up north gaining weight and lacking friends. Yo, don't take my word on it. Ask Capone Everybody will tell you this J-Rock said it in my documentary Mega brought the flyness to the hood

Like I used to dress Like an uptown nigga Slash Brooklyn nigga Slash like I had Gucci sneakers When I was 17, 16 Sneakers Plural

Not a pair Like you know what I'm saying So it was like Like um So it was like I'm a fly dude. Everybody knows it. People that hate me will be like, Mega's fly. You know this.

But I'm up north wearing Core Craft State boots. And the dude that I know from Queenbridge that's a crackhead is flyer than me in jail. Not Bad G-Mo, right? No, no, no, no, no. No, I would never call Bad G-Mo. No, Bad G-Mo's, I love Bad G-Mo. I've seen call Bazimo. No, Bazimo, I love Bazimo. I've seen Bazimo knock niggas out flat on their toes. Bazimo's my big brother.

I love, when Bazimo died, it took me years. There's people in Bazimo's family that I haven't seen in years because I couldn't look at them after he died because it would hurt me so much. Oh, God bless. So, like, his sister Loretta is my heart. I love her. So, I couldn't even Loretta is my heart. I love her. Right.

So, I couldn't even go see, I didn't see her in years. I'm going to go see her soon. But I couldn't go there because I love her so much and I love her so much that when she, if I see her,

it's going to crush me. Right. So, I'm just now able to, so not, definitely not battle, but what I'm saying is there's been times when I've done things

for people and they haven't done it for me. And you got to weigh that in your life. You're risking your free. Like sometimes a dude might say, yo, I'll die for you, you my nigga. They really full of shit. But they really will die for you because they could just be standing next to you and catch you straight. So it's like, why should I put myself on the line for dude?

Listen. Don't jump in the river for somebody that won't step in the puddle for you. Dropping jewels right now. So it's like, that's why I'm at peace. Yo, is Megan a new KMS1? I didn't think so, man. It sounded that way. Yeah, now, conscious gangster.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, let's go back to that. So I mind my business more. That's why I'm at peace so oh yo Such-and-such got beef I don't I don't I don't be there's mad rumors and stuff going on that I don't even know about I don't care about it. I don't care about your quadras carry got rated You know saying all right. I don't care about it. I stay out of stuff, and that's how I stay out of beef That's how I stay out of sweeps and indictments cuz there was points in

Like recent years when I used to be out there the time beef that's how i stay out of sweeps and indictments because there was points in like recent years when i used to be out there at the time when niggas used to be like oh i know what mega's doing there's been times when people got caught for big crimes and the cops was asking about me like yo is mega using his rap money to fund you guys to supply like so i was like i can't do that because niggas ain't putting their life on the line Like that for me I met one person that looked me in my eyes And said I'll die for you And it was a girl I believe her more than I believe some dudes

But at the same time You know what I'm saying I'm loyal But I'm not going to be loyal to the point Where it backfires on me So that's why I'm at peace Did you ever think that like You were like, too real?

Yeah. Yeah? A lot of times. Okay. Like, and there's things that you could have did that probably would have brung to a different light, you think that? Example? Like, certain things like doing records and meeting with people because it was always

kind of came off like mega was kind of like anti-social especially within the industry i am kind of anti-social though i'm not gonna one thing about me if you say something about me that i feel is true i'm gonna say yeah the thing that a lot of people don't understand about me is this first of all a lot of people don't understand about me Is this First of all a lot of people in the industry Were scared of me because of my reputation And Like the lions don't hang with the deers

So it's like If they go to Brownsville They go to Fort Greene Or they go to Far Rock Or they go somewhere where I used to be at And they see me with the goons They're not going to come over there And try to stand with me

So if I If I see you in the industry And I feel like you're not The same We're not similar I don't want to be your friend Because first of all A lot of people

In the industry are phony And And they don't share The same vision as I share So I'm not outgoing You know what I'm saying But when I seen Corey Ever since I knew him I showed him love You know what I'm saying? But when I seen Corey, ever since I knew him,

I showed him love. Right. You know what I'm saying? Or ever since I, when I first met you, I remember, niggas try to jump you. Uh-huh.

And I came, and I came and I jumped and I helped you. Me and Ice. Yeah. We was the first niggas over there. And I was the first nigga over there. And then what happened after that?

No, forget what happened after that. No, no, no. That's not, but the point is, I know what you're saying. I know what happened after that. That's not, but the point is, I know what you're saying. That's what I said. Niggas didn't, niggas didn't,

niggas didn't do you dirty, so all that's irrelevant. Right, right, exactly. But I'm just saying, like, I was there. Right, exactly. And you wasn't even from my hood.

Right, right, exactly. So that just shows you how real, you know what I'm saying? Right, right. So. No, no, that's real shit right there.

That's real shit right there. But just in case people didn't know, no, that's real shit right there. That's real shit right there. But just in case people didn't know, the niggas got shot right after that. That's what we should know. Get that. That was mega, my nigga. You listen, man. You gave us all a mega, man.

You listen. Oh, man, this is so great, man. You know why? Because this is for real hip-hop shit. And what I mean by that, we've been getting and what i mean by that we've been getting a lot of big guests we've been getting a lot of big guest requests and i always want to keep well me and your friend now i don't know he this is what you said to me you said i always want to keep the essence of hip-hop alive and this is And this is the essence of it right here.

It's real MCs, real hood niggas, real, like, you know what I'm saying? It doesn't matter where you're from because I think hip-hop is universal. So it doesn't matter that. And this is the real, like, I used to say that to Fat Joe. I used to be like, yo, this is the real QB, Queens and the Bronx. You know what I'm saying? Because a lot of people don't know Queens niggas get along with Bronx niggas. You know what I'm saying? And Brooklyn niggas too as well.

But um... BQE. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? So uh I asked y'all what's next. I asked them what's next. But uh I don't know. I don't want y'all to leave. I got something. Come on E, you got something. I'm gonna go take a piss.

You gonna take a piss? Yeah it's my turn Alright cool No no no You gotta ask one question Before we go I wanna know the backstory On The Real Cause to me

That was a real record Fuck the backstory No no no I'm talking about the backstory Just the making of that record Like that was such a big record In the mixtape world I don't know

I can't even give you The backstory for that Cause um I think there's more history To that record than Than I even know about Cause that was originally Kam think there's more history to that record than than i even know about because that was originally kamikaze's record i believe yeah yeah that was kamikaze's record and um when i came home i was just but marley's like i'm putting mega on there somehow

another i ended up on there and then he put it out you know what i'm saying but um i don't know the full history behind i know it was a I know it was a great look And I know I wasn't used to being in the studio Like Just rapping And rapping on a mic Is two different things Like I was used to rapping in the yard

Cause I was up north Rapping in the yard Like battling and all that So I I wasn't comfortable in the studio When we did that At that time So I remember that

But But did you feel that record changed Like maybe Your trajectory your career the the way because i feel like i mean should it reach miami like i'm here getting these white labels from uh beat street records and shit i don't know i don't everything that's how i was introduced everything i did was getting white labeled back then so i don't know like dead man walken was you know everything i did everything i did

got boo you know the testament album was out on bootleg before it was even yeah for sure released so that's how that's how else i knew that i had a market because i went to england before to do a show and they knew the words to song from testament and that shit wasn't even out and i'm like this is weird and i'm like how do y'all get that shit? So it was like bootlegs. What label you was on? E1? Nah, I was on Def Jam at the time. Oh, at the time?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's another thing. He's had a lot of success overseas. And independent. Like you've done, like what are the countries that you feel you have the strongest audience? Just came from Australia. They love me in London. London is so dope. The culture out there.

Shout out to Drain. You're from London, right? Yes, sir. And they've been begging for Drink Champs to come first place live in London. Do it. If you do it, I want to go. No, I worry. You were supposed to give me the eye wink.

Let's say London. Let's do it. Now we just blew it up. Yeah, we're going to go there. Because, yeah, big up to London. That me the eye wink. Let's say London. Let's do it. Now we just blew it up. Yeah, we're going to go there. Because, yeah, big up to London. That's the most requests. And then Philadelphia. I can't even front it.

It's not even New York. We got one from Thailand, by the way. You're probably the only nigga that's seen that request on time. Because he just wanted to go to Thailand. You see type of niggas. Japan is big on hip hop. Yeah, no, definitely. Shout out to DJ Honda Japan Honda yeah Japan I'm

big up to I 97 they just let me fill in and how they said for me and she was rock you might get a job up there oh yeah this man I listen because you know why Corey and both of your name is Corey and my name is Victor you if you want to call me just now I'm not trying to come out nobody but you know what's the crazy shit is um they got Charles Barkley Charles walk there's a guy who used to play the NBA they got Kenny Smith Kenny Smith's from left-track cities a guy used to play in the NBA and now corresponds they got a chat to kill O'Neal to kill O'Neal is a guy who used to play in the NBA that now

corresponds there's never been like a rap guy on the radio that you know you don't say that that on the radio or and but if it is been it's been like a person who probably didn't have a great life i had great success it's okay everything's over right can mc like wasn't she on the radio for a little while yeah but mc like that's a girl you know that's a different century talking about the 90s like the 90s like if like if if you're not there's no in between kind of, like it's either you're up or you're down, like you don't have no, you don't have no medium niggas in condos, you know what I'm saying, you don't have shit like that, you know what I mean, like, and what we're doing is, we're trying to tell a game from inside

the game, this is a DJ, this is a rapper, we have that new Eric B and Rakim, niggas told us that, niggas told us that we're the new Sauce Magazine, niggas told us that, niggas told us that we're the new Sauce Magazine. Niggas told us that. I love that comparison. This is what we do at Live. Niggas told us that. And you know what the fuck we talking about? Niggas told you that. God damn it, make some noise!

I ain't gonna lie, I got to get pissed too, but I'm gonna drink this rosé. I'm gonna drink your rosé. You're not gonna drink your rosé, right? It's for you, man. It's my gift. It's my gift to you. It's a symbolic cup. And you just did Ramadan?

Did you do Ramadan? No, I didn't do all of it. You didn't do Ramadan? I didn't do the whole Ramadan. I was overseas. Oh, okay. So when you're traveling, you got the pass. Yeah, when you're traveling, I got the pass.

But you should make it up. Okay, so. Or do a lot of charity. How about you, Corey Guns? What religion are you? The son of a gun. I believe in God. I'm a Christian.

That was hard. I believe in God. I respect all religions, though. Respect all religions? What do you believe in? I don't believe in... I don't like organized religion, to be quite honest. Is this turning into a Bill Moore show?

I respect all religions. No, I respect all religions, but I believe religion also facilitates a lot of evil. I respect all religions. No, I respect all religions, but I believe religion also facilitates a lot of evil. I'm not going to lie, I got a lot of people that go to church

more than I do. I got a lot of friends and family. I haven't been to church. You know what I'm saying? I'm not heavy in that, you know? Like that,

but I believe in God. Why can't motherfuckers just be good? Just get awkward and I like where it's going. Keep it going. What's your religion? Pettiness?

You want to know my religion? I have every religion. Because you know what I believe? I believe every religion saw the same God. But I believe, I believe, and it might sound, it's drunk facts. It's a fact. Drunk facts. If you listen, if you read every religion, it's drunk facts. It's a fact. Drunk facts. Hashtag drunk facts.

If you listen, if you read every religion, it's like, you know, their thing, they always describe the same person, but they describe them on a different day. It's like if you see Pac on Monday, Pac might tell you, Brenda's got a baby. Then you see Pac on the next day, he said, you wonder why they call you bitch. And I believe every religion is talking about the same person, but they've seen them on a different day. That's what I believe. I'm sorry. So I believe in every religion.

Like me, I'm every religion. I can relate to everybody. Whatever they say, I say, mm-hmm, I remember that. But that's me. I'm a culture. Like, if I was a tattoo guy, I would have a tattoo of everything.

But I'm not. God is God. God is God. God is God. God is God. Sometimes men corrupt things, you know what I'm saying? And at the end of the day, there's a high power, and we all acknowledge that, you know what I'm saying?

Most of us. Of course. That's right. So we're going to say amen, or we're going to make some noise? I don't know. I don't know. Say both. The hip-hop flag.

All right. Make some noise for amen. Hip-hop flag. Let's get up out of here. Welcome to Play It, a new podcast network featuring radio and TV personalities talking business, sports, tech, entertainment and more. Play it at play.it. We're back to Drink Champs Radio with rapper N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN. Alright, Mega, Kord, Kord Guns.

What I've been saying is, I've never ever compared hip-hop, plight, or struggle compared to gay people at all, right? But I respect gay people. Like, I got mad at gay people. It's all right, right? Whatever. I don't know where this is going, but... But look, what I'm saying is, my favorite hotel in the whole wide world is the W Hotel.

No matter what W Hotel I go to, there's a gay flag out there. It's cool. No problem. It has no... It doesn't offend me. Like I said, I'll be down there taking shots with them, whatever.

Like, it's all good. My family, it doesn't matter.. Like I said, I'll be down there taking shots with them, whatever. It's all good. They're in my family. It doesn't matter. But in my mind, and I'm not comparing hip-hop's plight towards... But in my mind, I thought that was a dope idea. But when I think it's a dope idea, I think it's a dope idea when I go to a restaurant or I go to a hotel or playing soccer playing soccer or you know i said soccer what i meant bowling bowling like when i go bowling let's what happens if it's a hip-hop flag there

so they know because i've been to a restaurant before where i jumped out the car i didn't smoke weed at the restaurant and they told me you smell too bad and they told me to go one time i was in the airport i swear to god you can ask sig this this message i mean this this this shit we walked to the airport we was we was about to board a plane and nigga said you can't smoke here i said what the fuck like yo i didn't like do i look like i smoke like like maybe i do but that's not the point that was prejudice so what i'm saying is if there was a stereotype a stereotype something that says you're welcome here it's a hip-hop flag like like and i'm not comparing all because you know i'm not comparing hip-hop to the gay struggle because, you know, respect to both sides.

But what I'm saying is that was a great way to me. Like, when I seen that, it was like, you know, like, you're welcome here. So let's suppose I go to, I want to go bowling. I've never bowled in my life. So why do you want to go bowling now? I want to go bowling. I want to put the funny shoes on. Okay.

Right? Now to go bowling now? I want to go bowling. I want to put the funny shoes on. Okay. Right? Now I go bowling. I'll walk in there smelling like a houndstooth cush. They tell me you must exit. I have to respect their establishment like when Twin went in the taco spot. Twin went in the taco spot, got us kicked out immediately. My nigga's a hater though, son. Why? Because you fucked his girl? No, I fucked that because I went to high school with him. 21 and the taco spot got us kicked out immediately I don't know how this guy blamed on me I'm going to change the subject again

I'm going to bring it right back over here But you don't think you'll agree with that, man? I'm talking about wherever you're at in the world Let's suppose you're in Düsseldorf, Germany Suppose you're in Moscow And you look like this is the main street, right? This is the main street of whatever market or

whatever place you go to. And you look and the promoter's like, you know, this is the best restaurant. And you'd be like, alright, that's the best restaurant. But the hip-hop flag is right here. I can go there and do some live. I don't think we'll ever get that flag. Alright. Because my dreams have been crushed.

I hope. No, no, please hurt my feelings. Please, guys. No, I don't want to hurt your feelings. No, no, no. You know what? Why don't you make one? No, no, I got one.

I forgot where I saved it. Dude sent me it. I was like, I love it. We posted. We posted two times. No, I didn't. The one I love, I saved it. And you lost it.

I don't know where I put it. It's somewhere. It's in my phone somewhere. I mean, it's got to be more than just a flag. It's just an H and an H. There's got to be an organization behind a flag. You know what? It's deeper than hip-hop, though.

Because at the end of the day, let me tell you something that I've learned from the world. Right. Everywhere in the world. Right. People are biased towards people of color. And hip hop is just one of the identifiers of our culture. That's something that they identify

or relate us with. They always assume we smoke weed. They always assume that we're up to something. And they always look at us suspicious. You have to learn, especially certain European places There's been places where Like you might even experience this

Like they'll bump into you And won't even say excuse me So it's like I'm trying to figure out I don't mean wearing deodorant or none of that So I'm like that's a part of it Niggas that don't wear deodorant in Europe They foul niggas It's a respect though

You know that Mega You be out there all the time So listen Mega Thank you so much man I can't thank you enough man It's your 15 year anniversary Corey Guns You know you a motherfucking

Soon to be legend And you a legend right now Anyway Your family is worried To your father You know what I'm saying We can't thank y'all enough man We got so many more questions

That could flow But you know We gonna I'm still gonna get mega to drink that last sip you know you're not a drinker you off parole you beat the case i i'll do that no problem good looking man i got you i got you i got you so that's how i do it a little bit this is how you do this alcohol let's do it all right yeah do it this way so the drink champ shaker still shine you know what i'm saying so yo mega man thank you so much man congratulations on

your 15 years corey guns man uh thank you for participating in the drink champs we're gonna drop this bright and early on Monday morning this is a 100% surprise episode for our people you know some of these people are snapchatted whatever but you know we can't we can't beat it but this is what we're doing man we thank y'all because we interview legends. We interview lyricists. We interview because we want to keep bringing our culture to the culture. Now that we want people to know that we ain't changed not a bit. Now that we got number one and, you know, got all this, we are still a part of the fucking culture and pushing the culture forward. We are hip-hop regardless of what.

This is our This is a MC And a fucking DJ I don't know if y'all motherfuckers Ever realized that I don't know if you new generation That tuned into the drink champs Realized that hip-hop started With an artist and a DJ

And we doing it And now But we just doing it bigger Cause we got hazardous sounds That making our sound right We got Rich Blanco Making our visions right We got Drainanco making our visions right. We got Drain making sure our still stills is

right. We got Diego bringing that good good. We got Mike Uptown bringing that good good. We got Sonny DBT. You know, where the fuck he's at? We don't even know. We got Rich motherfucking the Bell Bondsman. We ain't telling y'all to get in trouble, but if

you want a motherfucking get in trouble Exit Bonds Come get you out We got Best Buy Motherfucking liquors Holding us fucking down We got niggas with beards Working the camera

Got your name? So that's what you're Gonna have to take for right now We got motherfucking Mr. Lee from Star Rock Clothing You know what I'm saying? And you got DMX out here

We should've brought him DMX man Goddamn Oh DMX is out here? Yeah yeah We got motherfucking Boris From Peru Let's go brought him DMX, man. Goddamn it. Oh, DMX is out here? Yeah, yeah. We got motherfucking Boris from Peru. Let's go find him. Yeah, yeah. He's a wrestler.

He's the wrestler people in Peru with Baby Oil Y'all. Goddamn it. You know what I'm saying? We got everybody. And yo, look, yo, little homegirl. You was my favorite performance. But besides the established artist, you was my favorite performance tonight. Dutch Masters, I think you should change that name because it's very generic.

But other than that, I got nothing but love for you. And I'm telling you, you can be a star. Come over here and shout out your people. Come over here, girl. I'm in the new artist. You was hard. Yeah, man. It's Dutch Masters, Dutch Smoke Entertainment.

I'm here with Prophet.ctions, Corey Guns. And we in here, man. I'm all the way from Maryland, man. I appreciate you, man. You heard of Young M.A.? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's hard. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Right now, it's your turn. It's your turn. Listen, the gay girls are taking over. Make some noise for that guy. Well, come holler at me, man. God damn it. God damn it. Come here and eat your wings.

God damn it. I'm trying to sign you. They got young M.A. popping. I'm on you, girl. Bye. Listen, man. That shit is hard. You got to hear her shit.

Young M.A. shit? Yeah. But did you hear her shit? Oh, my God. No, no. What's the name of that song? Come on. Come on.

Come on. You too shy. Don't be shy. You ain't shy. You from Maryland. Yeah, man. That song was lost, no. What's the name of that song? Come on, come on. You're too shy. Don't be shy. You ain't shy. You from Maryland. Yeah, man. That song was lost, man. You can find it on SoundCloud.

No, what's that? You just spoke. How the chorus go? I fucked the check up. That's a loss. I get it back. I fucked the check up. That's a loss.

I get it back. Amen. All right, Puff, leave her alone. This is me. All right. Puff, listen to the podcast Yo Kornmega Once again man

I can't thank you so much Yo Corey Guns man We must keep this hip hop going Whenever you guys Wanna come back You wanna bring your artist You wanna bring your girl

When you marry her You wanna bring When you remarry Your new girl I'm sorry I'm not saying anybody Like that What I'm saying is

Whatever you guys wanna do This is your motherfucking home This is your motherfucking guys want to do, this is your motherfucking home. This is your motherfucking audience that we're speaking to. This is your motherfucking house. You do what the fuck you want. We appreciate you being here. We love that you're being here. And you motherfucking come back whenever the fuck you want.

Because hip-hop is running with the fuck it is. What is that? 89? God damn it. Motherfucking right. We had 89. We had the fucking Illest Festival. I want to say Illest Festival

Barbecue You guys killed it Thank you guys For being a part Of the Drink Champs It's coming out ASAP Hazardous Sounds Rich Blanco

KNS in the building I forgot to shout you out I'm sorry Motherfucking Steve-O Motherfucking Paul You Before we get out of here

Your sports prediction Was fucked up You said You said Kevin Durant Was coming to the fucking heat. Yeah, they got the wrong number. What? When I got the info. Who?

Your voodoo lady fucked you up? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your sports prediction was fucked up. I was off on the prediction. You said Kevin Durant was going to the heat. Where that nigga at right now? I'll see you in about 36 months. Well, no, no, nigga.

36 months. Where Kevin Durant at right now? He ain't going to stay. He ain't going to stay. That's Paul. He's a new bad guy. He's a new bad guy. The sports guy.

He fucked you up last episode. I mean, a couple episodes back. So, look, I just thank them E. Drink champs. You know what I mean? Make some noise. Make some motherfucking noise, man. Wait, wait.

Before we get us out of here, we want y'all to give y'all the last words, man. Give you whatever you want to say to your fans, wait. Before we get up out of here, we want y'all to give y'all the last words, man. Give you whatever you want to say to your fans, man. I seen them come out tonight. You got a cult following, man. I'm telling you, watch out in your backyard. They be watching. And give your socials and your websites.

And your websites, yeah. For real. Use the platform, please. Go ahead, Corey. Set it up. Corey Guns 174. That's the Instagram. I ain't too savvy with Snapchat yet like that, but I'm on that gram.

C-O-R-Y-G-U-N-Z 174. And Criminal Minded is coming soon. Criminal Minded. Shout out to Prophet. Shout out to Thor. Shout out to Kormega. Shout out to Ray89. Shout out to y'all.

Shout out to Ray89, man. Shout out to Shout out to Ray89 Shout out to the drink champs Thank y'all Thank you man We need them shout outs baby We need them We hurting over here Bad Mega Alright

Shout out to 89 first of all Shout out to 89 I've been coming here before I knew these dudes for years God damn it Make some noise for 89 Excuse us Excuse 89 Excuse us Excuse us

Excuse us I've actually done like Three collaborations with them The bucket hat I did the bucket hat with them I did a mega Snapback And I did a

Mega Raw Forever shirt So I have years of Relationship with them So it's a coincidence that That we all fucking Real niggas fucking real niggas So that's that Shout out to 89

Shout out to 89 Instagram All my It's my Instagram And all that social shit is I am core mega Cause there's a fake core mega That calls himself real core mega

So if you follow It's tricky Cause he calls himself real core mega So if you follow real core mega Unfollow him, please. Oh my God. He caught me. He caught a lot of people.

I'm following you on Twitter. You know that for a fact. You follow me too now. It's I am core mega. I am core mega. Now I'm following you. You're right. I was following you. I am core mega. So shout out that. And I just want everybody to know,

I'm about to bust niggas ass with this new music. I'm working with Harry Ford right now. And I'm working with some... Oh, Harry Ford, that sounds crazy. And I got a song with Sizzler about to come out. And I got a song with Havoc about to come out. I got an unreleased joint with this dude named Noriega too. It's hard.

I sent you a vintage. So, you know, thanks y'all for coming out. Thank y'all for the love. Thank y'all for coming out tonight, man. Y'all make me feel loved. That's right. Peace and love. It's your crowd right here, Megan.

It's you and the Corey crowd, man. Make some noise for Corey and Morgan. We're going to take pictures and then drop. Hey, yo, Haz, hold up a second. Before we get out of here, I want to play two joints off my album another time. One featuring Cormega, the other one featuring Corey Guns.

Both joints we talked about today on the podcast. One's produced by Big Drain and the other one produced by Hazardous Sounds. Again, off my album another time that's out now. The album features the likes of Redman, Bum B, Denzel Curry, Gunplay, Nori, David Banner, John Connor, Inspector Deck, M.O.P., Mayday. I mean, it got 66 artists, so there's something for everybody on there. The album's available now on iTunes, Tidal, Google Play, Spotify,

or if you even want physicals, go to crazyhood.com. Also, make sure to follow us on our social medias. Mine is at DJEFN on Twitter, at Who's Crazy on Instagram. Nori's at Noriega on Twitter, and at TheRealNoriega on Instagram. Follow the team at Hazardous Sounds, at Rich underscore Blanco, at Big Drain, and also our homie that does all our graphics. Shout out to him at AkaZ916.

That's A-K-A-Z-I-E 916. And also make sure you follow all the Drink Champs socials. That's at Drink Champs across the board. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, all that. Pick up our merch at drinkchamps.com or go to 8and9.com. So we out of here, man. Good looking out. Drink Champs, motherfuckers.

Yeah, I had to pop in my Jeep crying down. Yeah. DJ E-L-C. Over here on La Brea looking at the trap. Let me begin. The DJ's EFN. If he's crazy hood, who's crazy then? Got family in Miami, hurricane wind.

This Los Angeles king is your local friend. West really dope. G, no hippie flow Run hard, hit the hole, no tippy toe Rock with me though Fuck with your bro bro Putting records out since the days of the record store Yeah, I'm good, good

I got many more I'm heavy in the hood I'm a Chevy 454 These niggas ain't good These niggas weak 365 all 52 weeks Who's your favorite now? Go on, debate it now That's the far right, that's brother love, winter cap

That's the far right, that's brother love, westbound Feeling some kind of way, you sticking out your chest now That's alright though, there's still love for you You inspire me to do what the fuck I do And if it wasn't you and you And him too Then my motivation basically would be through This for you

You and you and him too This for you This for you You and you and her too This for you This for you You and you and him too This for you This for you You and you and him too This for you

This for you You and you and her too You and you and him too My motivation is a better way to live for my family Loyalty is royalty, this is magistrate Blood, sweat, and tears through the years Actually, how to prepare me Triumph over tragedy

I graduated from Gladiator Academy At the top of my class so I convey reality Rap so emphatically, grammatically setting new standards actually Rappers who used to front are in back of me I'm moving forward, pursuing goals to win you losing focus Living a lie, dying inside as truth approaches You supposed to salute. Not dispute.

Devotion to tradition. Skill and realism. My music's growing. This for you. For you and you and him too. This for you. This for you. You and you and her too.

This for you. This for you. You and you and him too. This for you. We been riding coupes that don't require the roof These industry niggas always quick to forget they koof We men of respect, niggas better mind they manners My gorillas hungry, can't wait to pilate bananas Was no cable box, mama just had the antenna Now I'm at the lot trying to pay cash for the Panamera Hear my premonition, feel my intuition Fast forward to the future, I'm just reminiscing

What I'm about to do to the game Gonna be monumental All my niggas global We hustling intercontinental We your boss, nigga Fuck the monkey in the middle Dope so strong I'm sending all the junkies to the spittle

Got them comatose Got them overdosing She was looking good Now she's skinnier than both the O'sons My old school got pretty pink With no erosions Cold-blooded hustler With no emotion was looking good now she's skinnier than both the oceans my old school got pretty pink with no erosions cold-blooded hustler with no emotion you know i gotta keep my shit all the way buttered these niggas halfway thugging i'm all the way gutter

this for you you and you and him too yeah just for you, this for you, you and you and her too, this for you, this for you, you and you and him too, this for you, this for you, you and you and her too, you and you and him too. Crazy hood Just another sunny day in L.A. Another sunny day in Miami You know how we get it Oh It's a good day to be a B-boy You know? Yo, yo

I'm sharp as a Puerto Rican's liner The bitches come Say focus, get your grind up I refuse to dumb it down, get your mind up Fuck what you heard, like ears have vaginas Coochie dog tags all shined up I rhyme nastier than homeless people fucking EF in production Catch me on collars with a kibana Coochie dog tags all shined up. I rhyme nastier than homeless people fucking.

EFN production. Catch me on college with a cabana. Tan cassava's like it's nothing. Yeah, today was a good day. More niggas in the park than a hood day. Can I get these hoes moist like Goodyay? I'm music hot, bitch, just push play. Tell haters hashtag T-F-YY Go fuck yourself, eat shit and die

Calling LeBron for a reason I shit a steamer on a chest And I'm leaving for Cleveland Oh, oh Hashtag everything we got in this world, nigga, we earned it Never followed your rules, took a lighter and burned it Underground, nah, we right here on the surface Our rap sheet is perfect, we rap for a purpose

Everything we got in this world, nigga, we earned it Never followed your rules, took a lighter and burned it Underground, nah, we right here on the surface Our rap sheet is perfect, we rap for a purpose This is flow, flow, never so-so With the rhythms, one take, can't a break like In the missions, in the middle of the map Bottom of the mitten

Used to listen through a tape deck, banging out the system Wishing for them flashing, lights to be flashing My way like cars down the highway Had to be high just to be at ease But most of these niggas dreams turn to memory But my niggas was like hell nah Don't even know how to spell the word fail Not even in our vocab

We was on the grind from sundown to sunshine, the whole nine, that was old times At the time, old timers didn't understand what's planned after speakers Music rumbling, the tweeters make haters turn believers in ladies that couldn't leave us Out the back door, maybe fake the black pull a disappearing act Gone, didn't mean to stay long Just checking if my mic's on Yo, we on Everything we got in this world, nigga, we earned it

Never followed your rules, took a lot and earned it Underground, nah, we right here on the surface Our rap sheet is perfect, we rap for a purpose Everything we got in this world, nigga, we earned it Never follow your rules, took a lighter and burned it Underground, nah, we right here on the surface Our rap sheet is perfect, we rap for a purpose I'm ready for work, like Monday

Catch me in L.A. on sucker-free Sundays On the porch like Smokey and Cube on Friday It's the work week and these suckers just work week. They bust like the condom pop in the sperm link They can't touch me like I'm sick and they germ freaks. I should sanitize they mouth for the dirt they spittin out I remove them like a spot and my nickname was shout All I do is think of the dudes that got murdered From the setup, from the cypher, from bangers to freestylers See the palm trees or green weed

Growing in sunny Cali Catch me in that V8 with smoke around me I'm from Cali to the C's and I don't need no trigger Don't rock jewelry or long chains Cause that's for ugly niggas The wolves stay hungry so we're trying to hit a buffet We work for that meal like a sign from a bum Back at it again

Backhand battle for spins We ain't compatible, better watch who you callin' your friends Line you up for the fire and squad, keepin' the eyes In the city, your emeralds, only takin' what's ours Eyes on the prize, these bosses is Marc Jacobs Fillin' the bodies, bottles is all aces You ain't playin' your cards right, but we come from a crazy hood So your shot look crazy like Bill Cartwright

Everything we got in this world, nigga, we earned it Never followed your rules, took a lot and earned it Underground, nah, we right here on the surface Our rap sheet is perfect, we rap for a purpose Everything we got in this world, nigga, we earned it Never followed your rules, took a lot and earned it Underground, nah, we right here on the surface Our rap sheet is perfect, we rap for a purpose

I ain't with none of that I ain't never in back or where all the front net. Militia, the gang. CMB, Enterprise. Somebody pray for me cause it's dinner time. Hide your wife and your kids. Bitch, your home wrecker. Roger Chester. Get a vest full of chrome

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