This week, Naughty By Nature aired out their feud for the public to see. The pair exchanged tweets and Treach decided to hit the recording booth for âTall Midgetâ before saying Vin Rock never wrote a hit for the group. In other news, Chief Keef announced his partnership with Gucci Mane before Gucciâs âDarkerâ was released. Finally, Chance The Rapper earned himself some critical praise and talked about what it was like to rap while using acid.Â
Treach & Vin Rock Make Their Naughty By Nature Beef Public
Longtime partners-in-rhyme through Naughty By Nature, Vin Rock and Treach made their feud public this week. This was noted when Treach unleashed a tweet on May 6, claiming that Vin was âfiredâ from the group. Vinnie responded by saying that âyou canât fire the owner.â Their Twitter updates are below.
Vinnie from NAUGHTY BY NATURE is Officially FIRED!! Anything he does besides shows til Sept is Frugazy!! Fuck him & the Ground he Walks!!
â Treach (@triggertreach) May 7, 2013
Iâm waking to drama. Spoke to my publicist. Silence is Golden. In the meantime Business 101: You canât Fire the Owner đ
â Naughty by Nature (@naughtybynature) May 7, 2013
My Twitter Account wasnt Hacked!! I said it & Stand By it!!
â Treach (@triggertreach) May 7, 2013
This week, Treach also released âTall Midget,â a diss for Vin Rock. He also claimed that Vin ânever wrote one hitâ for the group. Despite their feud, the two will continue touring and will even perform with The Roots at this yearâs Roots picnic.
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Chief Keef Links Up With Gucci Maneâs Brick Squad, Forms 1017 Glo Gang
This week, Chief Keef made it official and joined Gucci Maneâs Brick Squad. In linking up with Gucci Maneâs crew, Keef also joined the likes of OJ Da Juiceman and Young Scooter. Gucci and Keef also announced the formation of 1017 Glo Gang, a hybrid of both artistsâ imprints. The announcement of Keef joining Brick Squad can be found below, courtesy of Gucciâs Twitter account.
Chief Keef newest member of Bricksquad1017 bmg gbe mpa #turnuptwitter.com/gucci1017/statâŠ
â Gucci Mane (@gucci1017) May 8, 2013
The duo also released âDarker,â with Keef supporting Gucci on the track off ofTraphouse 3.
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Chance The Rapper Earns âFree Albumâ Rating For Acid Rap
With the release of his latest offering, âAcid Rap,â Chance The Rapper earned himself a âFree Albumâ rating from HipHopDX. That is the highest praise possible for a mixtape on the site. Chance followed this news up by talking about how much acid was involved in making âAcid Rap.âÂ
According to Chance, there âwas a lot of acid involved in âAcid Rap.'â
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âNo, itâs not hard to rap on acid,â he shared. âBut it wasnât the biggest component at all. It was something that I was really interested in for a long time during the making of the tape, but itâs not necessarily a huge faction at all. It was more so just a booster, a bit of fuel. Itâs an allegory to acid, more so than just a tape about acid.â
Earlier this month, Chance spoke about what it was like to write while taking acid. He shared this with HipHopDX, telling Dan Rys that it was actually more âsporadicâ to rap while using acid.Â
âItâs a lot more sporadic,â he shared with Rys. âItâs not as easy because you donât always have that spark. And I have ADD, so Iâm all over the place anyway. But it was a great experience because it was at a time where I was going through so many changes in life. Shit was moving so fast for me, and I wanted to just not be worried about anything. It kind of just like opened up my mind and allowed me to think deeper about stuff, but also to not be as confined to one way of thinking. âCause I was fucked up on acid. The projectâs not necessarily a whole spiel on how people should do acid as much as people should just think differently about stuff and look at every situation that comes into life from as many different angles as possible.â
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Other items of note:
â Killer Mike Says âNew White Rappersâ Brought âSelf-Pityâ To Hip Hop
â DJ Mister Cee Speaks On Recent Arrest, Says Heâs âNot Gayâ
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â 50 Cent Admits That Heâll âNever Sell 13 Million Records Againâ
â Rakim Recalls The Creative Differences Working With Dr. Dre On âOh, My Godâ
â Eminem In The Studio With Chris Rock
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