In a recent interview with rollingout.com, Rick Ross' group Triple C's, also known as Carol City Cartel, called out KRS-One and whether or not Hip Hop is dead.

Torch, one third of the Florida based group stated "You notice it's the people that always say 'Hip Hop is dead,' that ain't got no [money]."

"To top it all off, it's like, Hip Hop is dead but when they had their run, the same people that say these things, they be in pictures with AK's, they forget all that now. You need your track record, do your homework and the same record that people are pointing their fingers, you gotta realize, every time you point your finger, the other four are pointing right back at you," he added.

While Torch was explaining this during the interview, Gunplay interrupted, calling out KRS-One's most esteemed album. "Criminal Minded," he laughed while sarcastically coughing.

"You gotta understand what's going on. So at the end of the day, I ain't with the finger pointing and the other four pointing back at you, but at the end of the day, music is music. You stay in your genre of music," Torch continued.

Earlier this year, KRS-One targeted Triple C's label for the destruction of Hip Hop music. "Def Jam is the dopest label in Hip Hop, in the culture of Hip Hop," he explained in an interview with XXL. "There really would be no Hip Hop as we know it today if it wasn't for Def Jam. But you don't get that respect without also being the label that single-handedly destroyed Hip Hop... Every time you think of what's wrong with Hip Hop, the lyrics, the commercialized music, one artist being played on the radio all day, things like that, that's all Def Jam," he asserted.

Triple C's released their first studio album, titled Custom Cars & Cycles earlier this year on Maybach Music Group/Def Jam. The fifteen track album features appearance by Gucci Mane, Bun B, Game, Birdman and more. Custom Cars & Cycles sold 12,100 units in the opening week.