Again within the early 2000s when Dame Sprint signed The Diplomats to Roc-A-Fella Data, rumors started to swirl that there was a confrontation between Dipset and Roc-A-Fella members that induced animosity within the camp (some even mentioned Juelz Santana slapped Jay-Z). And now, we’d’ve gotten some readability as to what truly occurred—and allegedly, somebody certainly acquired slapped.
In a latest interview for The Artwork of The Dialogue, former Dipset member Freekey Zekey revealed that the strain between Dipset and Roc-A-Fella stemmed from a mud up between Jim Jones (after all) and Roc-A-Fella govt, Lenny Santiago. Reminiscing in regards to the incident that started the drama, Zekey mentioned issues went left when Dipset known as Lenny with the intention to get some studio time on a Sunday to which Santiago responded, “Kiss my ass, it’s Sunday. What you talkin’ about?”
For sure, that didn’t go over too properly with Jones and firm. The following day they went to the studio on the lookout for retribution. Although he wasn’t round for the precise incident, Zekey says, “I’m fairly positive anyone acquired slapped or one thing bodily occurred to Lenny S.” Trying to kill no matter inner beef there would possibly’ve been throughout the label, Dame Sprint’s resolution was for Jim Jones and Lenny S. to easily battle mano-a-mano. He acquired the 2 males in entrance of one another and mentioned, “Lenny S., go over there and battle Jim.’”
That basically does sound like one thing Dame Sprint would do, too (LOL).
The proposed battle didn’t truly occur although, as Lenny known as some reinforcements within the type of Memphis Bleek’s fam who rolled up in a jeep.
“That’s when it kinda.. the diamond began to… we discovered one thing exhausting sufficient to begin to break the diamond. As a result of it was like, ‘Maintain on, that is Bleek’s individuals with Lenny S. and y’all n-ggas gonna journey?’ That’s the place the divide got here from. It was simply supposed to simply be a Lenny S., Jim Jones battle however I suppose Lenny S. known as anyone and who he known as was Bleek’s fam.”
Might that be the explanation why Memphis Bleek as soon as mentioned that Dame Sprint threatened to kick him off the Roc-A-Fella label, which in flip led to Dame and Jay-Z’s turmoil?
No matter what precisely led to the demise of one of many best Hip-Hop labels the sport had ever seen, it’s disappointing to know that we might’ve gotten hella good music from Dipset and Roc-A-Fella artists throughout that interval in time just for them to beef internally over egos.
Such a disgrace.
Try Freeky Zekey’s speak in regards to the incident beneath, and tell us your ideas within the feedback part.
