Throwback: That time RZA disrespected the South

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From June 2010

Last month, Jay Electronica found himself at odds with New York radio personality, DJ Kay Slay, after making some controversial comments about Wu-Tang member RZA, and the divide between East Coast and Southern rappers.
During an interview in London, the New Orleans rapper revealed that he had taken offense to some of RZA's comments about the South in the past. "I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for the RZA and the Wu," Jay expressed. "But also RZA you said some crazy wild s---, and if you would have seen me at that time we might have had a physical altercation ... Going around thinking people are slow."

Jay Elect and Kay Slay exchanged a few heated words via Twitter, but RZA recently explained to MTV News that most of his comments were based in fact. "I know I said a few things about the South throughout my career in different periods," RZA said. "I don't know the exact moment, but I remember I did an article in Rap Pages years ago, 'cause me and Master P had a talk about this years ago. I was speaking on the education level in the South, how brothers drop out...in the sixth grade, some of them because they have to go to work, some of them because of the poverty, some because they're not interested in the education system ... just a lot of crazy things that people from up North had evolved from."
The Staten Island rapper also made it a point to emphasize that his observations were coming from a personal place. "When I was doing this article, I was talking about my own family at first. My family comes from the South," RZA said. "They frying fat back in the kitchen. Grandpops didn't have more than a sixth-grade reading level. My grandma was a welfare mom." And hurt feelings or not, he maintained that his words are still accurate. "The truth is the truth, first of all. The south has evolved later than us ... But hip-hop has helped it all evolve."

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This nikka said some of the dumbest shyt I ever heard. No wonder Rae couldn't wait to get away from him and do different shyt :mjlol:Thankfully Rae linked up with OutKast and gave us Skew it on the bar-b:blessed:


Luckily for rza nobody paid any attention to him at all around this time lol. nikka you really think beefing with the entire south would be good for your health lmao
 
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Always found rzas dismal of “the truths the truth” funny

Lot of southern rappers hated rza over his comments. Little brother made atari 2600 over it. And he did a few joints with southern artists based on these comments tryna make peace

Jay electronica being mad when hes the most wu sounding southern rapper ever is a hoot. He obviously bought wutang forever and skipped summer school literally.

Some or yall playing stupid like this is a hip hop thing between south and north ajd not just the south vs north shyt thats been going on since civil war.
 
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Fast forward, he's right

Rap is kinda trash. Sorta what the nba is going through

Southerners kinda ruined it.
As a well as up north.

Went from Andrew 3k to Southerners got something to say to mumble rap and flute rap

" But but Southerners created hiphop because of jazz

fukk outta here yo


Yall don't even like jazz rap so spare me the bullshyt yo
Foh yo
 

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What is bolded in the original text is true about the south in the past. I was working on a book based on expeirnces of senior citizens growing up as I asked everyone the same questions. Even in my family, many of the men didn't finish school and a lot of males from their era had to drop out of school in their early teens to help the family financially. I always wondered why my grandparents and others just didnt stop making kids that they couldn't afford. A few of the people have now died that I interviewed, and I still have the audio of my research. One of my subjects passed away at the age of 72 and he told me his mother allowed him and his siblings to finish school in an era that many of the kids were taken out of school to work. So this happened a lot here in the south where education wasn't as important for a lot of black families. I have 11 aunts and uncles and so many first cousins that I don't care to sit down and count. All I know is that only 3 of my first cousins have college degrees. I'm my grandparents' only grandson with a college degree. It just used to be differnt down here.
 

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Fast forward, he's right

Rap is kinda trash. Sorta what the nba is going through

Southerners kinda ruined it.
As a well as up north.

Went from Andrew 3k to Southerners got something to say to mumble rap and flute rap

" But but Southerners created hiphop because of jazz

fukk outta here yo


Yall don't even like jazz rap so spare me the bullshyt yo
Foh yo
Future > rza idgaf
 
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