Keith Murray has elaborated on why his long-awaited appearance on N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s Drink Champs never came to fruition.
During an interview on Willie D Live that aired last week, he recalled an encounter involving the Queens MC at Rock The Bells last year that left a bad taste in his mouth.
After an animated and slightly incoherent recollection of how the rapper-turned-podcaster had him removed from an exclusive section LL COOL J invited him to, the Def Squad spitter alleged that the “Nothin'” hitmaker snubbed him a second time when they met outside the toilets.
When he approached the media personality about joining Drink Champs for a chat, the latter apparently “scurrie[d] off.”
“Why would he shun me like that?” Keith Murray said, before revealing: “I was supposed to go do [Drink Champs] MLK Day but I ain’t go … I ain’t go; I came to Willie D.”
Listen to him tell the story at the 29:17 mark below:
Keith Murray was slated to appear on the podcast last January, but N.O.R.E. explained a few months later why they didn’t end up hosting him.
“We love Keith Murray, but let’s also be upfront,” he began. “We’re concerned. His mental health doesn’t seem that we could put him in this environment and smoke and drink. Now, if he can we gon’ do it. If he can sit, he can smoke, he can drink, we gon’ do it.”
He continued: “Or he doesn’t have to smoke or drink. We don’t wanna — the thing is we have responsibilities. We know there’s a certain amount of people that watch us every week, every month, every muthafuckin’ year, but why would we put a rap legend in jeopardy? And that’s what it’s feeling like.”
In December 2021, the New York City podcaster confirmed the plans when he tweeted: “Yes we getting Keith Murry [sic] on drinkchamps in Jan when we come off the break.”
The concerns that followed were sparked by an interview Murray did with The Art of Dialogue, during which he claimed to have been intimate with both Shawnna and Foxy Brown. Both rappers denied this, after which social media users began voicing their concerns for Murray’s mental health.
It’s known that Murray is an alcoholic. Putting him on that particular show may completely destroy any semblance of credibility he has left. Nore is right on this one.
Murray should man up! Do the damn show like a man! Entertain the people he’s a funny little rapper legend right? Make us laugh then bitch! Can’t handle a drink ass bitch!
Then why this dumb fxck invited DMX then?? X was known for having addiction problems involving drugs and alcohol. Nore is just a dumbass ignorant piece of shit who pushes someone over the edge for the purpose of his show and then wipe his ass with it like nothing happened. FOH!
Couldn’t agree with you more about DMX and he was clowning him on the show to. Nore any nice he cares about the show only
Agree as well. He had Kodak Black on there also. Was not worried then.
Just guessing, but perhaps the difference in attitude from then to now is advertiser money…. X was in in the very early episodes. Fast forward a few hundred episodes and a lucrative advertising deal and suddenly you act slightly more responsible.
Facts…You would think, if you work in an industry that has benefited you and others, you would want to interview people in that industry who are positive examples. But no, let’s exploit people who are obviously battling substance abuse and mental health issues
That might be the reason he does not want Keith Murray on it. Sometimes people do grown and learn and this is how it would look.
The list goes on. They even had Lamar Odom fiendish ass on the show. NORE is an idiot.
So….have a sober edition on Drink Champs to accomodate.. Doesn’t seem that difficult.
You would think, if you work in an industry that has benefited you and others, you would want to interview people in that industry who are positive examples. But no, let’s exploit people who are obviously battling substance abuse and mental health issues.