Among the numerous topics KXNG Crooked discussed during an interview with Blurred Culture was the impact the city of Long Beach, California has had on Hip Hop. The West Coast wordsmith compared Long Beach to that of a borough and questioned why the city doesn’t get the recognition it deserves despite fostering artists like Warren G, Nate Dogg, and Snoop Dogg.
He later recalled reading one of Russell Simmons’ books and coming across a part of the book in which the Def Jam Records co-founder revealed that Warren G helped save Def Jam. Crooked later declared that he’s the one to “put Long Beach in its proper place in Hip Hop.”
“Long Beach to me is a staple in Hip Hop…In Hip Hop we’re gonna give back credit to Queens before we do to Long Beach,” KXNG Crooked said. “And that’s what I’m saying. We gotta put Long Beach in its proper place in Hip Hop. And I’m here to do that. I’m not even tripping on that…I read the book on the airplane to JFK. I read Russell’s book. Where he expressed in the book that Warren saved Def Jam. And that’s crazy that a West Coast artist saved Def Jam.”
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Prior to speaking on Long Beach’s place in Hip Hop, the Slaughterhouse lyricist spoke on music executive Paul Rosenberg. Crooked explained that Rosenberg is unlike any other exec in Hip Hop due to his genuine interaction with artists.
“His accomplishments are crazy,” he said. “A lot of these execs out here, if you pick up the phone and call ‘em or shoot ‘em a text or contact them they might take millions of years to get back to you. Just because of the position and status they got. Not Paul. Paul will hit you back. ‘What’s going on? What’s poppin’?’ No Hollywood shit. And he has a lot of good ideas. Obviously with the ‘Em shit, but even for Slaughterhouse. One thing that I respect the most about Paul is I’m not signed to Shady as a solo artist, so anything I do solo that’s strictly on me. And you know what? Even then he’ll call me. He’ll say ‘What you doing?’ And I’ll say ‘I’m doing this.’ And he’ll say ‘Okay, let me support that.’ Even though he has no business attachment to it at all. And that’s hard to find in this industry.”
KXNG Crooked’s interview with Blurred Culture can be found below.
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