Troy Ave, who released the second installment of his White Christmas mixtape over the holidays, recently spoke with NEHip-Hop.com and repeated a statement he made in November by telling the site that “Kendrick Lamar is a weirdo rapper.” He also referred to Chance The Rapper disparagingly as a “drug addict.”
Speaking with NEHip-Hop.com, Troy Ave explained a short-lived disagreement with Statik Selektah stemming from the producer’s voting for Chance The Rapper as rookie of the year in a recent poll. “I wasn’t feeling Statik the other day man because Complex had a list of some shit, and rookie of the year, he voted for Chance The Rapper over me,” Troy Ave said. “And I said I’m gonna tell’em when I see’em, ‘That shit you did voting for Chance The Rapper over Troy Ave was corny ‘cause I don’t see Chance The Rapper at your parties or featuring on your records, you can’t be fucking voting for drug addicts to be rookie of the year,’” he said in reference to the Acid Rap emcee.
“The game is twisted and fucked up. How is a drug addict gonna be at the forefront of rap? That shit is corny. Basically, he cleared it up, he said there wasn’t like a list of names for him to choose from. He didn’t pick him over me, they just asked him, ‘Who do you vote for?’ and they had to send out a name or whatever.”
Troy Ave added that he recorded new music for Statik Selektah’s upcoming album and that the producer also appears on his own latest release. “Other than that, Statik is cool, he actually on White Christmas 2, he made me a banger man,” he said.
The New York City: The Album artist further clarified his Kendrick Lamar comments in the interview as well, adding that he doesn’t mean it as a diss. “Kendrick say he actually fuck with my music heavy,” he said. “I wasn’t dissing him or nothing, it’s like if somebody said ‘Troy Ave is a dark skin rapper,’ alright, that’s the truth. Kendrick Lamar is a weirdo rapper, you know what I mean? That don’t mean he don’t make good music, he got a few songs that I actually happen to like, but he’s a weirdo. Weirdo meaning different, you know what a weirdo is, you know what I mean. That’s what it is, it ain’t no dissing or nothing.”
Troy Ave made similar comments in November of 2013, beginning with a reference in a song called “New York City.” “It was Big, Jay Z, now Troy Ave here after / But Kendrick Lamar’s just a weirdo rapper,” he raps on the N.O.R.E., Raekwon, and Prodigy featuring song. The rapper clarified the line when visiting the Hot 97 Morning Show with Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds while promoting his debut album.
Adding a description of his plans to sign a record deal with a major label, Troy Ave speculated that having waited to sign a contract may amount to a higher paycheck in the end. “Yeah I’m gonna probably go with a major, I just want a money bag,” he said. “Long as I get that money bag then you know, that’s probably what’s gonna happen. They could’ve gotten me a little while ago for cheaper, they ain’t get me, so now they got to pay like I weigh now.”
Since when he’s a drug addict?
he really is a filthy hippy. always on acid or something
i thought i read he only did acid once or some shit, he just a poser
If u never heard of acid jazz then you wont get the concept of acid rap just keep living
so because an artist sent me records i’m supposed to dick ride them – and how Statik gonna back track when confronted? just say I like Chance’s shit that’s why i picked him – smh. I try to give Troy a chance but it aint working – he sounds exactly like a young 50 – same exact formula
another angry N.Y. rapper, surprise surprise..
Chance is a weirdo but white fans like the weirdo rappers so he has a chance to sell a lot of records.
That weirdo line was the diss of the century. If somebody called me a weirdo, I would rip out their intestines and eat them in front of them just to prove it true.
you fuggin weirdo bitch
OMGshotsFired is worse than a weirdo, hes a Queerdo
Quit acting your color and get a job you dumb n1ggers
im white you weirdo
Isn’t every current rapper weird to someone who is stuck in the 90s?
Why is he trying to be rookie of the year anyway, he’s been putting for way longer than a year and he’s damn near 30.. sit your old ass down.
Drug addicts at the top of hip hop? Hmmm, naaaaah, that’s never happened before. Definitely not when Eminem was on top.
Troy Ave has officially lost all credibility with me. First he calls Kendrick, the current king of hip hop a weirdo rapper, probably because he doesn’t understand his complex rhyme scheme or subject matter. Now he’s calling the best new artist of the year a drug addict? Even if that is true, CHANCE HAS MAD BETTER MUSIC THAN YOU DID THIS YEAR. He just feels slighted that Chance is getting more recognition than him, and understandably so…
thats crazy that tony yayo called him up in the middle of the interview looking to buy some bricks
#POWDER
This guy sounds a bit jealous to me. He just comes off as upset because other emcees are doing better than he is. Plus maybe he should work more on his craft and just up his skill instead of taking lil bullshit shots at better rappers. Kind of reminds me of the jealousy a female displays when they see another bitch that is badder then they are. Didn’t Jay who’s also from Brooklyn say “don’t be jealous, that’s a female trait”?
reminds me of Wale
Troy Ave’s music is trash and his voice is the worst! Chance over Troy Ave all day!
fake ass jadakiss sound a lil jelly
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Yes he is 😀 That’s one of the many things why we love Chance
i heard troy ave is a undercover gay rapper they say uncle murda forced his dick in his throat two years ago
He failed at trying to backpedal his Kendrick diss, and even if Chance is a drug addict, it’s pretty sad that a addict can write and flow better than your sober ass
Weirdo rappers are the new Hipster rave, just look at them Odd Future freaks and and the Black Hipsters.
Funny how when New York drug addicts were on top, no one was crying. DMX, Wu-Tang anyone? Chance aint even that nice to me but. STOP. CRYING. If the bricks is what you do best, go get busy nigga. I don’t know real d-boys who really want to the best rapper anyway.
I agree with you. Don’t forget other “drug addicts” outside of NY, such as Eminem and Lil Wayne. This cat’s argument is weak. I’ve heard him say the same thing on the Breakfast Club and Hot 97. He makes decent music but I haven’t really heard anything that has been awe-inspiring and amazing. Troy Ave needs to stay on his grind and keep improving in his craft. Other than that, stop talking about other artists, especially when you’re the type of dude that if these so-called “weirdo rappers” come at you on a track, you wouldn’t respond in kind, you would want to fight them because you can’t beat them in a rap battle.
Why do hiphop lyrics have to be taken so literally, it is entertainment just live movies. Troy needs to expand his subject matter, but I will take his mixtape anyday over Trinadad James, the Migos, 2 chains, ASAP Rocky, little Wayne and a host of the other garbage rappers that are all over the radio (payola). Real Hiphop is Nipsey Hussle, Fabolous and what the LOX just dropped.
Who the fuck is this nigga ?
Chance talks about weed, acid and molly, none of which are even addicting. Theres a difference between experimenting with some good drugs and being an addict, take it from one. With that said, this dude is the most BORING fucking rapper I’ve heard in a minute. Chance is rookie of the year and you are a nobody because Chance actually talks about real issues in a creative and original way. All this mothafucka does is repeat the same lame ass drug-slanging bullshit thats been done a million times, and in the most boring way possible.
YO TROY YOU SUCK DAWG!
yup
fuck is he doing getting interviewed in a ski shop for? LOL
is it because he moves so much snow?
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drug addicts make better music. just look what happened to eminem and wayne when they cleaned up
real talk
all the great classic rock albums involved heavy drug use as well!
troy ave is starting to sound disgruntled…i dont know if he knows this but no one outside of 90s hip hop heads are or have been checking for new york music for yearrrrs now…but hey continue fucking with a sound that gets you no where…thats why chance is where he is n troy ave is as hot as he will ever be
what about all the ny dust heads from the 90s that were on top of the rap game? drug addicts…
KENDRICK IS A WEIRDO LMAO
Troy Ave will never blow up.
til I looked at the bank draft which said $4578, I accept …that…my mom in-law could actualy taking home money parttime at there computar.. there sisters roommate haz done this for less than twelve months and resently paid for the loans on there cottage and purchased a gorgeous Acura. this page… http://www.Fb39.Com
Note that 95% of the sales of the song and album were bought by eminem. Without it,they would be gold at best.
Fuck yo bank drift and yo mother in law nigga
cry me a fucking river, troy ave. chance is dope.
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He looks like lil cease wit a 80’s haircut. I really don’t believe his gangster talk the music is decent but he a short fat fake 50 cent clone.
Is it just me or does it seem like New York rappers start the most shit this dude had no buzz and a big mouth something like that harlem bitch azaelia banks. Keep talkin all that shit not gon get you any fuckin where
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This kid be turned calling rappers weirdos lol…
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troy ave sounds exactly like jadakiss. except he sucks.
i bet this nigga smokes weed every fucking day of his life
“Sensitive thugs, y’all all need hugs.”
lets have a sporting battle chums
this nigga need a tissue somethin
troy ave is the biggest buster ive seen.. its a shock to see how he’s still trying to make a career out of rap. I remember hearin him 8 years ago i thought he was decent but ever since i’ll listen to a song n its impossible to get deeper than 30 seconds in before turnin that bogus ass nigga off. jealous ass nigga
young ignorant ass nigga
Drug Addict rapper >>> run of the mill NY mixtape thug rapper
If Troy Ave is NY’s savior then NY is still gonna be struggling to gain it’s dominance in HipHop. I think this dude is feelin his self a lil too much and is mad average and wouldn’t even be a blip on the radar in the 92-98 NY rap scene
who is this clown?
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did 50 take coke drugs or jasons drink 13 coke
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diddys jay z rapping about bottles
left eye saying 9 niga 9 end song with meth song , sea side was hot this pass sept
wiz khaalifa say yea lil john yea
chance the rapper chance the game
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i sand out in rain sade, eminem stan stand, kiss of life vid has fan. eminem saying stan i do want u as a fan
redman def jam able video the gate
lot of fans in digging on u tlc, fans in kiss of life video
fabolous mix tape cover digging on you tlc
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the game eminem plays games in his vids
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game higher song wiz khalifa this plane
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Fuc dis dude, if u say he a addict,
Please explaing the facts
dude seems mad jealous,, if somebody voted an artist over you and your friends with them,, then its likely there a better artist
troy to corny and generic to be dosing and experimental new exciting artist
lloyd banks start it up inst chain saws beat trying to sound like
50 cent i run ny instr trying to sound like chain saws
texas beyonce
niki manij likes pink purple purple haze
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what a bitch. who the fuck is Troy Ave? He will be gone before he came. Chance is the shit.
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/FJGwVUgttTw/default.jpg
He’s a sightly above average MC. Very limited and definitely not as nice as he thinks he is.
I find it hilarious that just over a month ago everybody was riding Troy’s nuts the minute he dropped New York City: The Album, saying he’s the future of New York rap, this, that, and the third. Now that he called Chance the Rapper a drug addict for experimenting with drugs, his stock is steadily dropping. Guess he been sniffing too much powder.
Why its so fancy nowadays to be a junkie, its okay.
Btw i’d rather listen to Troy’s tracks with Rae than Chance tha Rapper’s collab with Justin Bieber.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/rob-and-big-full-episode-ep-5/1546268/playlist.jhtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM3V-puRIBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Ucz36N5Y4
This dude sound so weak and all that drug talk is lame. Drug dealers are the worst thing to happen in black neighborhoods. No growth for the community at all because of selfish acts. Troy you are a victim too but you are unclear how things work. Sad day for NYC.
hip hop is full of drug dealer rappers…i dont really care to hear the side of a drug addict but its probably realer than fake bs they talkin bout
He may be a drug addict,but he did just become rookie of the year by The Source Magazine…his success counts for something.
http://thesource.com/2013/12/31/chance-the-rapper-graces-the-source-magazines-rookie-of-the-year-cover/
I’m a fan of both Troy &Chance… But I swear Troy is such a hater man. just make your dope music and shut the hell up dogg..
First of all Troy Ave isn’t that good. I’m sorry he is just another rapper who raps about his money and all that shit. Usually over an average beat. I don’t give a fuck if chance is a drug addict he can rap a lot better than you, troy ave. And chance actually really has something to say when he steps to the mic. Better stay in your lane troy. You haven’t fully made it yet. You’re in no position to talk shit. Chance got rookie of the year because he is the better rapper. Stop comparing yourself to Jay Z and definitely don’t call out kendrick lamar. Because if you can’t take on chance, which you can’t. Then don’t even think about taking on kendrick. You’re lucky your too small for him to waste his time on you. I’m okay with talking shit sometimes but you gotta back it up nigga and your not. I hope you read this too. At the moment there is a shot for you to be a decent rapper but right now your average at best and your talking shit. Your accelerating that 15 minutes of yours.
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Frank Ocean please fuck with bitch as fagget
He need to quit hating Chance is probably 10xs smarter and talented then Troy Ave stop hating on a Chi Town nigga angry man and btw that was definitely a diss towards Kendrick don’t bite ya tounge now