DJ Drama is not well known. He is a local Chicago DJ, who is not affiliated with T.I. or anyone big in the game. He does not make Gangsta Grillz Mixtapes. Sound odd? It is. The man we all know as DJ Drama now has to change his name, because this lesser known DJ Drama from Chicago actually has the rights to the name.

“You can Google for 400 pages and you wouldn’t see anything about this guy…It’s all good, though. I’ve been through so much already — this is not a big deal. Some of the greats have had to go through things like this. I guess I’ll just Notorious B.I.G. the game. I’ll probably change my name to Dram or Dramatic and just keep it moving. The people know who the real DJ Drama is, though,” the Gangsta Grillz DJ told MTV.

Now his album is being shelved until things with the name are settled. But, he did unleash some news on the LP. According to the report, Outkast will be on the album on Art of Storytelling Pt. 4.

“Outkast is one of the reasons why I’m in Atlanta, you dig me? I remember driving to Atlanta in ’94 with my pop, first listening to Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. I’ve been a fan ever since. So 13 years later, to be in a position to have who I consider the greatest group of all time on my album, it’s a blessing,” he noted.  

“Months ago, even before ‘Idlewild,’ I was in the process of working on a mixtape with them. We had been talking back and forth, and it came to the point where they was like, ‘Dram, we want to do it, it’s just a lot going on, but you got us on your album.’ You can’t beat that. My intention from the beginning was to have Outkast sound like people love to hear Outkast. They’re so respected and artistic, and they go in so many directions, and I love that. But for me, I was trying to get Outkast back to that ATL type of sound — that core sound that they come up with.”

Jadakiss, Styles P, Lil Wayne, T.I., Bun B, Paul Wall, Juvenile, The Clipse, Young Joc, Lil Jon, Lil Scrappy, Willie the Kid, Beanie Sigel, Rick Ross, Young Buck and Cassidy all appear on the album.