A beef that carried out on Instagram between Game and Young Thug made headlines this week as the two rappers went back and forth in a series of video clips sparked by Game calling out Thugger during a concert in California. On a less confrontational note, Redman caught up with the Thrillist and took fans back to the episode of MTV Cribs on which he featured and explained why he wasn’t living as lavishly as some other stars on the show and less so than his fans might have expected.
Finally, De La Soul chopped it up with VladTV about Eminem being considered the “King” of Hip Hop.
Game: “I Will Fuck Young Thug Up”
An unexpected rift between Game and Young Thug popped up this week when Game pledged his allegiance to Lil Wayne and threw some figurative shots at Thugger during a performance in California. “My nigga Tune ain’t never been Hollywood, he’s just been Hollygrove, nigga,” Game says in a video captured by a fan. “Westside in this muthafucka! Anybody fucking with Tune got a fucking problem with me. I will fuck Young Thug up. I’m a Piru, nigga.”
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Thugger caught wind of the slight and responded himself on Instagram, sparking a back-and-forth that carried through much of a day.
Check out the full story on HipHopDX here.
Redman Breaks Down His MTV Cribs Episode
More than 14 years after the episode aired, Redman caught up with the Thrillist recently an opened up about the notorious episode of MTV Cribs in which he and his relatively low-budget house featured.
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“While everybody was trying to show a lavish house, the lavish life of living, that’s not always the case,” Redman said. “Not every entertainer’s living lavish. They may have a more lavish set on the street, but it’s still real for a lot of cats out here in the entertainment game. We’re okay, but we’re not rich, and that’s what I wanted to display to my fans… I always try and think about what the ‘hood would say when I do things.
“It was supposed to be my first real-estate project,” Redman adds. “I bought the place for real cheap, and I was going to fix it up and rehab it and put it back on the market. But I ended up keeping it because I just loved the space, and I loved the seclusion of it.”
Read the full oral history of Redman’s MTV Cribs episode on Thrillist here.
De La Soul Responds To Star’s “Eminem Is King” Comments
Weeks after radio/internet personality, Star declared Eminem the king of Hip Hop, a number of artists in the Hip Hop community have offered their thoughts on the Detroit, Michigan rapper being dubbed the king of Hip Hop.
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Among those to share their opinion on Em being labeled the king of Hip Hop were those in the Hip Hop trio De La Soul. De La Soul’s Trugoy The Dove stated that in regards to the top artist in Hip Hop, “it’s a difficult question to ask.”
“If you’re looking at it as ‘Who has more riches?’ Then okay, Eminem might be the king,” Trugoy said. “But I think when you’re talking about how many people love that king, I don’t know. I don’t think everybody’s an Eminem fan.”
Read De La’s full response on DX here.
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