Sitting down for an interview with VladTV, KXNG Crooked spoke about his reaction to both his label-mate Yelawolf and Kanye West separately associating themselves with imagery of the Confederate flag and specifically about Yelawolf’s Shady Cypher verse that references the “Dixie flag” explicitly.
When asked if he is close with his fellow Shady Records artist, Crooked said, “I don’t barely know Yelawolf.”
“I’ve met a few times and things like that but I don’t—you say close, I’m not,” he added.
After touching on Yelawolf’s beef with Lord Jamar late last year, the Slaughterhouse emcee addressed his own opposition to the Alabama rapper’s promoting the Confederate flag.
“I liked his approach on that verse,” Crooked said of Yelawolf’s Shady Cypher performance. “That’s the whole thing. He has to speak from his perspective. Me, I don’t care for the Confederate flag whether it’s Yelawolf or it’s Kanye. Whether it’s Kanye West or Yelawolf, I don’t care for that flag. I don’t think that that flag is anything that needs to be promoted in Hip Hop. I don’t. But that’s my personal opinion. I’m entitled to my opinion. Does that mean that I’m not a fan of Kanye’s and Yelawolf? No, that doesn’t mean that because I think Kanye is genius. His recent interview with Sway I didn’t like. He might have lost a fan there but I’m just saying. I didn’t like that. I didn’t like that because I think you should look a man in his eye if you got a problem with him. I didn’t see that.”
Explaining his distaste for the flag specifically, Crooked alluded that his political rift with the rapper doesn’t stop him from appreciating his music.
“Oppression, and the same mentality that got Eric Garner choked to death. So I don’t fuck with that. I’m listening to ‘Pop The Trunk’ on Shady XV the other day and I’m like, ‘This is a masterpiece. This fucking song is a masterpiece.’ I don’t even agree with my own mother on everything so of course I’m not gon’ agree with just anybody. Politically correctness goes out the window with me dog, straight up.”
Similarly, Crooked admitted that he’ll continue to buy Kanye’s albums despite his opposition to some of his previous stunts.
“Can I say that Kanye West is not a genius? No,” he said. “I can’t say that. He’s a creative genius. I buy his products. He puts out albums I buy’em. Confederate Flag? No. Confederate Flag, Yelawolf, labelmate, I’m not gon’ sit here and fucking put sugar on shit. I’ma keep it real. I don’t fuck with that. It is what it is. I don’t fuck with that.”
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I understand Yelawolf’s perspective after hearing him speak on it .. I respect it because it’s tangible and represents change, awareness and progress .. but I also understand what Crooked says and very much respect the way he says it .. These conversations are authentic and genuine based on the Artists behind them .. Not “marketing” like the BS Macklemore spews
sex, money & hip hop is really fucking dope.
ol whiny ass nigga. outkast been using the confederate flag from the get go. nobody cares what this bitchy ass is whining about. ol sensitive ass niggaz left and right.
yeah well white people figured out how to make peace with jay electronica and jay z siding with a wack black american religion that says white people were made by a mad scientist. this race shit is so fucking stupid, hip hop as a genre is becoming so annoying.
werd its becoming a fuckin wwe tale omg this guys white he cant join, omg hes not black enough hes not in omg hes wack hes wack ..foh.
theres to much hate in hiphop and it started from the competitive nature its just now the fans have the same mindset and its fuckin up rap.
Wack religion? dumb fuck go read a fucking book oh, my fault you may not know what the fuck it is.
p.s. Mad cause you fuckers can’t misappropriate that particular part of black culture.
^black people misappriopraite it themselves thats why they are called the 5% bc the 95% with half abrain dont fall into that bullshit
smh niggas boss is getting torn up by cole, banks, jamar, most black rap fans and pretty much everyone n their mom bc hes a white rapper and noones out there helpin em..no d12 no slaughterhouse no 50 cent noone
Isn’t Yela married to a black girl? So of course he’s racist.
BUWAHAHAHAHA! This dude snapped.
Huh? How do you figure that?
Crook is a thoughtful person.
and white ppl dont like the fact 5% always got some shit to say about white ppl get over it i guess unless ur gonna speak out on ALL racist factions dont call out just 1
Why is his reaction and/or this article like 6 months late?
“And fuck FM radio stations you complacent
Cause y’all play the most ignorant songs in creation
Wayne said he’d make these hoes love em like Satan
Jay partnered with Barney’s with racial discrimination
And Kanye gear sport confederate flags
His ancestors severed heads was in confederate bags”
-ras kass
Ha Ha, My brotha. Keep it 100 all the time. And i Love Yela. thats my wigga , but they way Crooked express himself and keep it L.A County, LBC 100! got to love it. West West yall!