Tony Yayo reveals why G-Unit obtained referred to as “house n*ggas”

New York emcee Tony Yayo was 50 Cent’s right-hand man for over a decade. As a part of G-Unit, the artist (actual identify Marvin Bernard) rose to fame within the shadow of Fifty and by no means reached the heights his buddy did.

Shaped within the late Nineteen Nineties, G-Unit included names similar to Lloyd Banks, Younger Buck and even Compton rapper The Sport, however for the reason that 2000s, 50 Cent’s relationship with its members has been tenuous. Nonetheless, the Get Wealthy Or Die Tryin’ rhymer (actual identify Curtis Jackson) still has a tremendous friendship with Yayo.

Jackson grew up with Tony Yayo in South Jamaica, Queens and, as youngsters, they started rapping collectively, ultimately forming a wonderful friendship. Following the discharge of Jackson’s debut project in 2003, the collective put out their collective physique of labor, Beg For Mercy. 

50 Cent used his success and recognition at that second to attract consideration to his friends. Nonetheless, Yayo by no means obtained the traction. In a latest interview, the ‘Bullets Whistle’ emcee said that many within the tradition thought of rejected G-Unit and even labelled them as “house n*ggas” for signing with Shady Information.

As a part of the Shady Information household, it was pure for G-Unit to work with Eminem, and so they had no points collaborating with the 8 Mile legend. Sadly for Yayo, this didn’t come with out backlash from hip-hop purists.

Sitting down with DJ Vlad for Vlad TV, the Gunpowder Guru emcee defined, “We even got called house n*ggas for fucking with Eminem! The Source, they would take it to a whole ‘nother level. That’s when the disrespect for me was like, well damn, what does colour have to do with anything with music?”

Yayo insisted that regardless if it’s race or faith, nothing ought to get in between two musicians making an attempt to create magic, questioning, “What does colour have to do with anything with people? I don’t care what colour or religion you are! That’s just me. We from New York. It’s a melting pot of people.”

As a local New Yorker who grew up round Latin People, Caribbeans, and Africans in a melting pot of individuals and cultures, Yayo by no means even thought of that working with Eminem would offend listeners. Clarifying his views, Yayo continued, “I don’t look at you as a culture vulture ’cause you white! That could be somebody else opinion. You know what I mean? It’s not mine. … Melle Mel said something about Eminem. My whole thing, [Em] did more for me, him and 50, than anybody has ever did in my career.”

Though members of G-Unit had a number of criticism levelled towards them for his or her affiliation with Eminem, 50 Cent unusually by no means obtained the identical quantity or severity of backlash.

You may watch Yayo’s interview about his friendship with Eminem within the video under.