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after seeing my ad [for G-Mack] in OZONE. I dropped a mjxtape in Kentucky back in 2001 which had a freestyle over the Nappy Roots' singte, "Aw Naw, Helt Naw" beat. {n my rhyme, I said, "l'm from Kentucky, but not neighbors with Nappy Roots." I received a Lot of good feedback from the record and decided to use the Une as the slogan for my magazine ads. lt never crossed my mind that people woutd consjder the statement to be a low blow at the Nappy Roott. When I ran the ad in OZONE, I began to hear different storles aboLrt the Nappy Roots and I aLtegedty beefing. I have atways been on good terms with the Nappy Roots, bLlt at the time I had lost conlact with them whjch didn't hetp the situatjon. Peopte woutd ask, "Do you and Nappy Roots stjlL taLk?" When I tett people that lhaven't heard from them in a wirite it causes them to make further assumptions that we are beefing. But the fact is, they're busy workjng on thejr music and tour'
DJ in SoLrth Caro tina. He'lL aLways be furnber one to me, and rhe only one .ir e ^ tn L'e ' lnosl pass;on. - Hchocolated@aol.com (Myrtle Bench, 5C)
Thanks for your articte on Lit' Scrappy, cr DarryL Richardson ll. He is 5exy as heL[, and we iove him jn H-Town Ljke he was one of our own. He keeps aLl the ctubs crunk. His name says it atL: Prince of Crunkl What can lsay, he's great at what he does. - Myoshi, myoshikw34@aol.com (Houston, TX) Thanks for your cover story on Pjtbull. I knew he wouLd biow ever since the first tine lheard that -.ggd: A( a Ldlir,o, rhere 5 nor\inq I enjoy rore than watchjng another Hispanic succeed, especiatly jn an jndustry that's mostly bLack. That UL'Chico is going to the top fa'sho. - Colombiano Johny 6il, chavarriag@bellsouth.net {Boca Raton, FL)
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mal time to communicate wjth one another. PeopLe shoutd reaLize that just because we do noi keep constant communication doesn't mean that we don't have a positive retationship. This weekend lwas in Tal{ahassee for TJ's DJ's Record Pool meeting, and I met up with a partner of mjne who goes to schooi jn Taltahassee. He informed me that he was at a locaL barbershop recentty and watked in on a discussion about the atteqed conflict between me and the Nappy Roots. He said the peopte in the barberghop weren't talking as if they were confused about the beef; instead, thev were talking as if we were of' ficiatty at war against one another. Apparentiy, they had seen the ad in OZONE. To hear that this G-Mack vs. Nappy Roots topic was coming up randomty was disturbing, because ldjdn't reaLize how widespread the subject was. lt amazes me how people are so controverslatJ and forget about what happened to
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We loved yoLrr cover story on Pitbtitl and are wondering if he has a fan ctub of some kind. We don't want to come across tike hoes, we just tove how he raps about his prjde of being Cuban. And damn, does he look good! We went to his concert in Las Vegas last month, and when went to Mjamj for
vacation we ended up seeing hjs show again. We coutd feet the love there. Please keep hitting us up wjth those Pjt pictures! - Leiktianloni and Mahiki, ftsbmczg@aol.com (salt Lake city, UT) I iove the picture you printed of Peedi Crakk in the bubbie bath. He's so fine, I tove him so mu.h. His rhymes are tjght and State Property is doing their thing! 1 Love my Puerto Ricans! - Jade Long (Phila-
delphia, PAI
I tike the way you gave information on Pitbult, 'cause l'm his number one fan in the entire
world. I give you big props for doing that- You made me happy today. Thank you! - Kathlette,
2pac and Biqgie. Biq V lof the Nappy Roots] and I decided not to feed into the hype, and we're working on a mixtape together with Rob Jackson. - G-Mack,
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bjgmackS59@aol.com (l-exington, KY)
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