Jim Jones has admitted that he was fuming over Maino‘s breakthrough single “Hi Hater” when it first dropped in 2009, which in his eyes meant he was living up to the song’s title.
In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX, the Lobby Boyz each recalled the first time they heard their cohort’s biggest tracks, leading Jones to explain why Maino’s debut commercial single ran him hot.
“I was mad,” Jones said. “I don’t think I ever even told you this! I was on fire when I heard that shit. This punk n-gga got a record, I’m upset! He really got a record, now he really in the game. You were on the outskirts to me before ‘Hi Hater.’ I heard ‘Hi Hater,’ I was like, ‘Fuck, man! Who the fuck…’ I kicked the posters over and everything, fuckin’ ‘Hi Hater,’ I’ll punch you right in your mouth.”
He added: “I had every indication in my mind, that was a hit record. There’s no way around it, but I was really pissed off at the time. I was the hater he was saying hi to.”
Beforehand, Maino gave props to Jones’ 2006 single “We Fly High (Ballin),” which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and featured a remix with guest vocals from T.I., Diddy, Juelz Santana, Birdman and Young Dro.
Watch the interview with HipHopDX below:
The New Yorkers had a lengthy feud dating back several years before finding a way to squash it on neutral ground. In an interview with the Million Dollars Worth of Game Podcast, Maino explained how the duo’s chance encounter in Atlanta gave way to peace.
“We had a Mexican standoff,” Maino said about the encounter. “I was on the escalator going up, Lenox Mall. Jim Jones had to have 30 n-ggas with him I had my brother 80 with me, it was like four or five of us. I’m going up, and I see these n-ggas going down, and they see me and I start counting and I’m like ‘Damn, that’s a lot of n-ggas.’ So I got to the top of the escalator, something say turn around and them n-ggas coming back up.”
Jim Jones & Maino Reveal How They Squashed Their Beef In An Atlanta Mall
Jones added: “80 and Sheek, Sheek is my OG, similar to how [Maino] and 80 move. But they knew each other very tight from being in the street. So at that point, they kind of intervened, and they was saying what they was saying and it was just somehow me and him walked by ourselves to Bloomingdale’s.”
Since then, the Lobby Boyz have been close to inseparable, joking about adding “dance moves” to their repertoire, giving one another gifts such as door knocker pendants and pieces of art and releasing a full-length project in May.
Revisit The Lobby Boyz album below:
Probably cuz Jimmy thought the song was “Hi , Water” which is his natural enemy.
Jim Jones is mad at everyone that isn’t him, also a bar of soap LMAO.
Like how in the world did you came up with the name Jim Jones? a so called cult leader who did started off good and smooth with his ministry… Then all of a sudden things took a turn for the worst among his followers as they drunk some punch juice possibly injected with some type of poison (synide)… This all happened in some remote jungle island of Guyana, a plane had arrived from the U.S. with reporters onboard, and as they were leaving the island boarding back on the plane they were ambushed and massacred by the order of none other than Jim Jones himself, falsely depicting that he was the Messiah or Jesus leading a little over 700 lives men, women and children of all race, color and creed to their demise. Jim Jones in an instant became this doomsday prophet telling his followers that the end is near and had them including himself drank the poisoned juice I had described earlier… Then the unimaginable happened as each person start dropping under a tent like dead flies as if they were under some type of hypnosis, perhaps Jim with his aviator sunglasses on could of been Ray- Bans who knows I believe was the last one to perish. This was some serious shit that actually went down some decades ago guys, this story was a documentary I had seen on PBS. Anyway, 2 times for the rapper that bears his name, may wanna like seriously consider changing that name for a different name any other name for Christ sake! rather than that cursed and horrific name please bro, peace out.
His birth name is Joseph Guillermo Jones II, but Jim Jones is easier for people to remember and say. It’s not that hard to figure out and follow.
I got mad love and respect for the rapper, but I still believe that he had adopted the name from the cult leader tho… Perhaps didn’t realized at the time when he took on the name what monster that man really was. Just imagine bloated corpses laying flat out everywhere on a wide open field just horrifying, besides all that from Joseph which by the way happens to be my real first name like his to Jim? seems like curiosity is about to kill the cat here guys… Nevertheless, peace to the culture.