Master P and Romeo Miller stopped by The Breakfast Club to discuss their departure from WE tvâsGrowing Up Hip Hop. In the interview, the father-son duo made it clear they werenât happy with the reality television showâs emphasis on manufacturing drama.
âI feel like the show is not going where it used to be at,â P said.
P noted they served as executive producers on the series but became uncomfortable with the constant push for family strife on camera. Romeo said he was well paid for the gig yet stepped away over the showâs lack of positivity.
âIâm at a place where itâs all about my inner peace,â Romeo explained. âItâs all about mental health and itâs about growth. I donât wanna have the same pair of eyes I had last year. So even with the show, itâs not about the money. Iâm the highest-paid on the network. But I had to walk away because I canât sell my soul for money. I canât sell my soul for a storyline. Itâs never worked there for me at the end of the day.â
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He added, âI wanna uplift people. Thatâs why I left the show. Itâs that simple. Itâs fake drama for no reason.â
Romeo also expressed frustration with the way reality television operated. He took issue with its lack of flexibility, criticizing the negativity perpetuated by shows like Growing Up Hip Hop.
âThey wanna see drama,â he stated. âReality [TV] thinks the only way to be successful is to see drama. The truth is me and my pops, we butt heads, but at the end of the day, I mean we gonna keep it 100 with each other. Itâs not always âI agree with him, he agree with me,â but we gonna speak our opinion. So, itâs just about fake drama ⌠Thereâs real things going on in the world.â
P said he was proud of his son for standing by his principles, but he did recognize Romeo was lucky to have other sources of income that allowed him the freedom to do so.
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âGod has blessed us,â P admitted. âWe got so many things going on to where we donât have to do stuff thatâs negative that go [against] our family values.â
The No Limit Records founder wrapped up the Growing Up Hip Hop discussion by aiming some criticism at WE tv.
âThat network really going to the drama part where itâs losing itâs integrity,â he lamented.
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Check out the full interview with P and Romeo above. The Growing Up Hip Hop portion of the conversation begins around the four-minute mark.
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