Legendary Hip Hop producer Pete Rock is denying he had anything to do with the production of Canibus’ two-month-old C EP. On Tuesday (May 17), Rock shared a photo of the album’s cover art to his Twitter page and wrote in primarily all caps, “I WOULD NEVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS THIS BAD OMG.
“THIS IS A THIRSTY MOVE BY CANIBUS PEOPLE BUT HE DONT SOUND GOOD ON IT WTF OMG yall gotta stop being so thirsty & disrespectful man. Thats how you keep running in the mud. this is super trash lol.”
When someone asked Pete Rock to clarify if it was him on the project, he replied, “HELL NO man sheeeeeeeeit im not gonna ever misrepresent myself in this game ever. They will do it before me.”
The posts drew the attention of Canibus’ manager, Matthew “M-80” Markoff, who was quick to provide proof of Pete Rock’s involvement. Markoff is adamant Rock was paid handsomely for his contributions and even demanded more money once the project was underway.
“Thank G.O.D. I will never be as corny as @PeteRock…1st suing @Nas then saying he didn’t authorize the EP w/ @DaRealCanibus that I paid him for and have the bank receipts, production sign off and guest sign off memo for,” Markoff wrote in response. “Tried to get me to pay him an extra $3k or he’d act out.”
He added an alleged message from Rock that read: “Out of respect you beat me for 2 beats. Out of respect you should pay me 3k more […] this signature is not to get 10k for a whole album for Canibus. You wanna stay in biz with me you gotta respect me and stop tryna get over on me 80. you know this is not cool and you should honor what im asking. you got 10k to pay me so pay me 3k more and I won’t feel like such an asshole dealing with you.”
Markoff went into detail about the transaction he said took place. He also pointed out Rock didn’t just deny he produced two beats on the C EP, he later said he didn’t rap on the album either, saying the voice people heard was a “robot.”
“This entire charade Pete Rock started online is literally the wildest thing I’ve seen in my 15+ years as an executive in the industry,” he told HipHopDX. “From Pete claiming he didn’t produce the two beats featured on the EP to him not rapping the vocal contributions to the EP and it being that of a robot. Just wild! I wish I had that kind of imagination.
“The “C” EP dropped 2 months ago and you can see Pete retweeting the three single drops, interviews and online stories about the project but all of the sudden Pete’s telling the world it’s not his work? It’s funny and it’s sad to me because this isn’t normal behavior by any stretch of the imagination. Pete may need real mental help if he truly believes the lies he’s telling the world.”
Markoff also claimed Pete Rock has a history of “doing bad business” with others who are too scared to speak up.
“Pete finessed them but not me,” he continued. “I paid Pete for a verse in 2011 and after we released it, he recycled the first eight bars on Diamond D’s 2013 album. I paid him for two beats for the Canibus EP, then a year later he sold one of the beats he sold me to Sauce Money for his album.
“Then after I picked a replacement track for Canibus, he goes on Twitter and says the track was only intended for Flee Lord, but now Pete is telling the world he didn’t produce it and it’s like no, Pete Rock fans are smart enough to connect the dots like, ‘Hey Pete you alright? Because everything M-80 is saying on his and Canibus’ behalf makes sense.”
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Markoff said he has two years of text messages with Pete Rock, emails with management, bank receipts to Rock’s bank account and messages in which Rock allegedly says they can’t use one of the two beats they chose. He’s fully prepared to take the matter to court if necessary.
“I literally have no idea why on a random Monday, two months after the EP release, Pete decided to lash out the way he did against Canibus and me,” he concluded. “But on behalf of Holy Toledo Productions and Canibus, we definitely look forward to our day in court for the libel and defamation of our character’s Pete has spun to the masses.”
Pete Rock been a clown. Old bitter ass.
Pete needs to get off the rock. Dude played himself, but since Canibus is involved, the general public will try to spin it to make Bis the villain. This looks like an open and shut case.
Damn that is some shady ass behaviour on Petes part
I usually like Canibus’ shit. Even the shit he’s come with lately. He’s still dope. Whatever the fuck this shit is, I don’t care. It would be nice to have a Pete Rock produced Canibus album…fuck the industry politics…i’m a consumer.
I think you mean to say “VEHEMENTLY” or “VIGOROUSLY”, not “VENOMOUSLY” which is like a hilarious combination of the two words lol.
YOU ARE REALLY DUMB. VENOMOUSLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryhttps://dictionary.cambridge.org
venomously meaning: 1. in a way that is full of anger or hate
No, you retard. I didn’t say it’s not a word. I was saying that one does not “venomously” deny something lol. One “vehemently” or “vigorously” denies something, they do not “venomously” deny something lol. Go ahead and find me some examples of people “venomously denying” shit, I’ll wait. LOL
Maybe finish high school or get your GED and come back to the comments section, you loser.
No, you retard. I didn’t say it’s not a word. I was saying that one does not “venomously” deny something lol. One “vehemently” or “vigorously” denies something, they do not “venomously” deny something lol. Go ahead and find me some examples of people “venomously denying” shit, I’ll wait. LOL Maybe finish high school or get your GED and come back to the comments section, you loser.
Just know that I’m smarter and more educated than you.
did you seriously not know that “venomously” was a real word? lol
hope you never have to explain to an EMT that you were bitten by a “vigorous snake”
This is the shit CL Smooth was talking about. Pete has always been associated with bad business dating back to Mecca and the Soul Brother. The consumer knows him as one of the dopest producers in hip-hop, but behind the scenes it must be a different story. Hate to say that it taints the art. This is not a good look.
super trash? i think i like hiphop more then pete rock … nothing is whack enlightened … six n9ne is dope now … its hard on my brain sometimes listening to snitch
inner workings of the rap game i swear canibus is trash as a kid … for a reason .. eminem .. flow .. hes not much but not trash no one is listen to instgram rappers
Maaaaan, stfu.
Eminem flow? WTF are you even talking about? BIS has NEVER sounded like Em. I can tell you never listened to Bis. 2000bc, tell me where you here EM flow once? FOH weirdo.
i got the rap game .. ja rule being whack rap but then i learned what rap is about and i liked everything
jesus
gospel – eminem
jesus, GOSPEL BY EMINEM
wadnt enough… he has respect
ill never have beef again
dude pi$$ed on his own name and children are supposed to look up to the OGs. great work, pete. ma$$a is happy.
Pete is and has always been a great producer…and a drug addict.
it’s a fucking typo. it was produced by peter ock. it’s a completely different guy.