The actual motive why KRS-One dissed Funk Flex

KRS-One has all the time prided himself on remaining true to hip-hop and, in some ways, is a fundamentalist in his method to music. The emcee (actual identify Lawrence Parker) makes use of his platform to problem energy and, to at the present time, embodies the political hip-hop motion of the Nineteen Eighties that noticed the likes of Chuck D and Ice Dice stand up and tackle the institution.

Nonetheless, on account of his uncooked consciousness and unfiltered music, the South Bronx native discovered New York Metropolis’s most esteemed hip-hop station, HOT 97.0, refusing to play his anti-establishment music and, whereas performing an intimate live performance, recalled his struggles with DJ Funkgrasp Flex, radio host Angie Martinez and the station’s former programmer Tracy Cloherty.

Boldly talking the reality, Parker recalled being banned from the radio station and being hung up on by Avenue Troopers’ Lisa Evers. He additionally recounted that Angie Martinez “forgot her roots” in the course of the peak of fame.

Delving into the main points of his wrestle, Parker defined, “The corporations sided with the money and not the art, and we had to make a choice! Stay in the mainstream and be worked like slaves, or be free. I decided to free!”

He continued, “When Funkmaster Flex stopped playing my music for no reason and when Angie Martinez forgot her roots. And I don’t know if y’all know this woman, but her name is Tracy Cloherty. Well, she banned me from the station. And Lisa Evers, Street Soldiers, hung up on me live on air.”

Addressing among the violence that was occurring across the station on the time, Parker added, “This is when Foxy Brown and Lil Kim had their little shootout in front of Hot 97. They had us on the air, and I said, ‘Y’all the ones that promoted that shit. All day long, Gun, gun, gun.’ All day long Murder, murder, murder! There’s something called a balance.’”

KRS-One then despatched a message to artists about mainstream radio, the institution and nugatory accolades, stating, “When you know your self-worth, and you read, and you ask questions, and you study, and you travel. You become free. But the cost of freedom is that you’re not gonna be in the mainstream. You’re not gonna be on the cover of every magazine!”

He concluded by exclaiming, “If the radio ever played my music, I would sue them, and they know it, which is why they don’t play my music. If you play KRS, I’ll sue you. Straight up. I don’t even want my music on mainstream radio. They don’t deserve it. They destroy careers!”

You may take heed to Parker’s sermon within the video under.