Trinidad James put New York hip hop on notice at the Converse Rubber Track Studios in Brooklyn Tuesday night when he made the audacious claim that the South is running New York right now. He assured fans that he wasn't trying to instigate anything, but asserted that every rapper popping in New York is from Atlanta.
"You can’t tell me, or anybody here that’s a real f*cking hip-hop fan, that Kendrick Lamar was supposed to go platinum just this year. He’s been that f*cking good! But now, the n*gga that we been knew [was good] is coming and saying sh*t like he the king of New York. What is that? I remember when New York ran this sh*t, dog. When Dipset was f*cking turned the f*ck up! We were in Atlanta like, “Oh my God, I have to wear my bandana on tilt like Juelz.” What the f*ck happened, dog? Us in the South, us ‘bammas, we just did our own thing. But now we run y’all, musically. That’s crazy!
"I’m not trying to start nothing, but if you want to do something we can do something because I don’t give a f*ck. I’m just being honest with you. I looked up to New York music. But now every n*gga that’s really popping out of New York, you might as well say he’s from Atlanta. He’s from Atlanta. Y’all got n*ggas that interview that are more popping than n*ggas that are rapping."
The Atlanta rapper took to his Instagram and Twitter to elaborate even further, naming New York emcees who he believes get no support.
Check out the video clip up top, as well as the Instagram post and tweets.
