Philly/NY had a big influence on NO around that time. Magnolia Twins spoke on that. Jay, Beans, State Prop, Dip Set. It wasn't just Wayne.
BG Derrick and Khyaotic were switching up with the Philly flows throughout the Undisputed mixtape and were on the point of creating some new shyt. I said it before, I fully believe BG Derrick would've had a The Carter type album before Wayne dropped.
Dipset was huge down here along with Jay-z in the early 2000s.
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