Kid Capri says he was never paid for his voice being used in the opening song for Martin, and though he let it slide for the show’s tenure, he’s not letting it slide any longer.
In a new interview with Bag Fuel, the legendary DJ explained that his voice was pulled from a moment on Def Comedy Jam – and that he figures it was because they probably assumed he wasn’t going to become who he is today.
And while he never pursued legal action, he’s now reconsidering after Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell denied the voice was his and tried to credit someone else.
“They took my voice from Def Comedy Jam, sampled it, put it on the Martin show,” he explained. “Never got no permission from me, never asked for my rights, nothing. This show been on eight different networks for 30 years. Now if it was a money thing for me, I would been like, ‘Yo where’s my bread?’ I ain’t never did that.”
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Check out the whole convo below.
Last summer, Kid Capri called out Travis Scott for allegedly disrespecting a fan who wanted a picture with him.
A video went viral of the Houston rapper being approached by a young fan while in France, with the boy holding out his phone and asking him: “Travis, can I get a picture?”
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Scott, seemingly irked by the fan’s request and the fact that he was somewhat blocking his entry through a gate, pushed the boy’s arm away from his body while saying: “Don’t touch me.”
“I’m so sorry,” the fan replied before moving out of his way with his phone still held up.
Travis then gave a thumbs up to the boy’s camera before walking away.
The move did not sit right with legendary Capri, who aired out the “Sicko Mode” hitmaker in a video posted online.
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“Ayo, Travis Scott, when did we start being disrespectful to kids, bruh?” he began. “Little kid asked you for an autograph, [you] pushed his hand away, looked at him like he was the Devil and just walked away from him. At one time, you would’ve wanted somebody to ask you for an autograph or ask you for a picture or whatever it is he asked you for.”
Capri then called on the Cactus Jack star to show more humility towards fans, referencing the deadly crowd crush at his 2021 Astroworld Festival that killed 10 attendees.
“Celebs get where they get and then they forget,” he continued. “Dawg, like 10 people died at one of your concerts. I would try to be as humble as possible. I’m not saying it’s your fault, but I would try to be as humble as possible when it comes to the fans, bruh. They lift you up.
“This ain’t the first time I seen you do some shit that was funny style. It’s a little kid, bruh, and it pisses me off to see that ’cause I come from signing every autograph, taking every picture, doing video drops for people. We would’ve wished people asked us for that when we wasn’t on.”
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He added: “I’m not at your level, but I’m at Kid Capri level and I respect the fans. That right there was crazy. I’m not saying you got to sign everybody’s thing or do what everybody say, but when it comes to little kids, they look at you as a superhero, bruh. That shit right there was super, super corny.”
Travis did not respond.
