Wu-Tang Killa Beez swarmed after N.O.R.E. referred to Sunz of Man as “flunkies” on an episode of Drink Champs last month. Mickey Factz, who was among the special guests on that particular show, laughed along with DJ EFN as they rattled off Killarmy and Shyheim’s names.
Factz quickly issued an apology for how it came across, while N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN shared an official Instagram video statement taking responsibility for the optics. Killah Priest and 9th Prince took things a step further when they invited N.O.R.E. and EFN to be a guest on Killah Priest’s podcast, where they officially apologized.
Now, Shyheim and Mickey Factz are making the best out of the situation and doing a track together titled “Mercy Made Me.” Produced by Nar8ta, the song also features RJ Payne and Rockness. Factz revealed the collaboration was in the works on Monday (September 6) with a tweet featuring video of Shyheim in the studio.
“Laced this joint for Shyheim yesterday,” he captioned the post. “Mean.”
Shyheim is impressed by Mickey Factz’s initiative to work together, despite not being familiar with his music in the past.
“Mickey Factz seems like a good kid,” Shyheim told HipHopDX. “I don’t know him outside of this Drink Champs situation, but he’s doing the right thing and requested to correct his errors. He’s doing everything to right his wrongs. Always remember to have empathy. No one is exempt from making mistakes. I wanna be forgiven so I forgive.”
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Following the Drink Champs controversy, N.O.R.E. invited Shyheim to appear on an upcoming episode via Instagram. On August 29, N.OR.E. confirmed he’d spoken to Shyheim and extended an invite to the popular REVOLT podcast series.
“Just spoke to @Shyheim_Rugged for 10 minutes DIRECT – NO middle men – Just Slime & Shy 1 on 1,” he wrote. “ALL POSITIVE ENERGY! Grown men sh** only! We spoke our peace; & he got his OFFICIAL invite to @DrinkChamps ! Hopefully he accepts! @TheRealNoreaga @WhosCrazy #DrinkChamps.”
When asked if he’ll accept the invitation, Shyheim replied, “We’ll see.”
“Mercy Made Me” is currently available exclusively on Shyheim’s website and will hit streaming services on Tuesday (September 7).
Not Flunkies just offbrand wutang , like instead of Frosted Flakes they just suck.
Shyheim was dope asf back in the days. Most of my friends bumped him alot.
So was Killah Priest. B.I.B.L.E is one of the dopest rap songs i`ve ever heard.
Plus Sunz of man had a good run in europe in general. The song they had with IAM (french rap group from Marseille) was super dope.
And i was never really a big fan of Wu.
Aiyo, this goes on and on Shy
Everybody’s doin’ their own thing from hookering to drug slang
He’s providing them right cause he’s acting like a flunky. It’s always the underlings in the crew tryna flex their muscle. If you’re really the man you would be secure about your reputation.
A lot of the Wu affiliates made dope albums. Sunz Of Man, Gravediggaz, Shyheim, Killarmy, GP Wu, Black Knights, Royal Fam. Each of the groups members also made solo albums, like Killah Priest, Timbo King, Hell Razah and others. Of course they were more underground than the Clan but I wouldn’t call them flunkies or anything, for what reason? They were more for fans of hardcore underground hip hop. Sure some were “one song wonders” but a lot of them are still active. Nobody of them blew up like the Clan, but that’s how it is sometimes with underground stuff. Some are just not good enough but a lot of rappers never get the shine they deserve, cause many of the so called big hip hop fans think that everybody who doesn’t make Drake, Kanye numbers is already underground.
Anyway, enough ranting now. All I wanted to say, for people who not only follow popular rappers the wu affiliates have some quite dope albums to offer.
All these Wu affiliates are a cheap version of the wu tang clan. Even the second series of the wu tang clan albums was a little bit of a disappointment. Dont act because they are so called underground rappers that they deliver classic shit. A lot of underground is just as wack as poprap.
So whats the news here? A lot of stuff was shitty but also a lot of stuff was pretty dope. I don’t give a damn about all that “classic” talk. Both, mainstream and underground can be weak as hell. To each their own, I really liked some of the Wu-Affiliate stuff and whoever doesn’t like it doesn’t need to like it. I just said it wasn’t all bad.
At least back then a lot of mainstream rap still sounded good and hardcore with guys like Puffy as opposition. Nowadays we mostly really only have the underground that sounds raw and kinda “authentic”. Today mainstream rap is just totally pop music. The opposite to the likes of Drake and Co. are just worse versions of them.
For you to say that means you didn’t even listen to their music. If you did, you would understand most of their catalog is solid. Killarmy was one of my favorites. Killa Sin from that group is better than most MCs period. I’m also willing to bet you’re under the age of 25.