KXNG Crooked has lengthy been a supporter of West Coast Hip Hop, and has simply defended the legendary N.W.A. towards claims made by Special Ed that the gangsta rap pioneers harmed the style.
Special Ed made the controversial feedback whereas on Drink Champs on September 16. “N.W.A. came out, and their shit was hardcore — and I said, ‘see, they can say what they want,’” he mentioned on the favored podcast. “But the label didn’t want to market me that way. And I had hard shit.”
He continued: “They didn’t want that. They wanted commercial music. We all wanted to be original. Now, it’s a bandwagon effect. Now, it’s all about cloning. These guys […] ushered in the age of destruction.”
But KXNG Crooked went on TMZ Live on Monday (September 25) to dispute these claims.
“Let me talk to you, my brother,” he started, respectfully. “We did not live in a utopia until Straight Outta Compton dropped. Straight Outta Compton is a masterful, street-conscious album. That’s not glorification. We gotta really listen to it. JAY-Z said, ‘do you really listen to it, or do you skim through it?’”
He continued: “This destruction has always been here since we touched this soil, and art imitates life, my brother. That’s what happens. Go read The Destruction of the Black Civilization. I don’t think NWA brought the destruction age. I think they highlighted it. That was it.”
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While Special Ed is probably not a fan of N.W.A.’s music, he definitely is a fan of twoPac, particularly after the West Coast rap legend bought him a cameo within the basic movie, Juice.
During that very same interview with Drink Champs, the Brooklyn native talked in regards to the time that the late California rapper did him a strong.
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“I wasn’t really supposed to be in the movie,” he mentioned. “What happened was, I read for the part, because I wanted to be in the movie at the time. So when I went to the set, I went to the set to go fuck with Pac, you know?”
He continued: “We was tight. So, I produced records for Pac. When I saw who they casted for the part I read for, I was like, ‘how the fuck y’all get a lookalike?’ So Pac, he acted like he was about to do something, and was like, ‘yo, Imma be right back.’ And when he came back, he was like, ‘yo, Ed, I got you a little part in the movie.’”
Ed learn for the a part of Raheem, which went to Khalil Kain, however was given a small half in a scene that includes a man with Raheem’s girlfriend, Keesha.
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