The old school artists have always said this. Nobody owes them anything, but if you're going to pay homage , pay true homage by opening up an avenue for them.
Nas opened up an avenue for Shan when he put him on QB’s Finest. Not only the album, but one of the album’s SINGLES
Nas opened up an avenue for Shan when he put him on one of the Where Are They Now remixes when he had one of the most buzzing albums of the year
Nas opened up an avenue for Shan when he sampled his voice on Back When on Life Is Good. Shan gets royalties and publishing for that forever.
Nas opened up an avenue for Shan when he resurrected the honor of Queensbridge with Illmatic after Shan LOST the bridge wars. Let us never forget, the biggest moment of his professional career resulted in a LOSS that hurt not only him, but his entire projects. Without Nas and Illmatic, and later It Was Written, and Mobb Deep’s The Infamous, nobody would have ever given a flying 747 F U C K about what Queensbridge had to say regarding rap.
Nas gave Shan PLENTY of avenues to make sure his name was synonymous with something other than falling on KRS One’s sword. And Shan decided to shoot them opportunities up his own arm. Pathetic