Former Roc-A-Fella artist and Jay-Z protege Beanie Sigel has had an interesting year. Though Beans was involved with several drug-related arrests, the Philadelphia rapper came out of his quiet spell swinging, throwing shots at his former mentor in several diss records, which Jay completely ignored.
Things got more interesting when 50 Cent jumped in. 50 threatened to sign Beans to G-Unit and appeared on the hook of Bean’s Jay-Z diss track, ‘I Go Off.’ Though 50 seemed to be, for all intents and purposes, alligned with Beans, once his album dropped — and flopped — their alliance dissolved.
Beans discussed their relationship recently with the Source, explaining that he felt no ill will towards 50 for using Beanie’s Jay-Z attacks to stir up attention for his own album, ‘Before I Self Destruct.’
“If 50 Cent is using Beans to do what he’s going to do, that’s cool,” said Sigel. “But at the same time, Beans is using 50 Cent to do what I need to be done. So at the end of the day we use each other, but we don’t misuse each other.”Though the rappers may have mutually “used” one another, 50 still has a record deal.
For those on the lookout for more Beanie Sigel material, Siccness Records, the label which released his last street album ‘Broad Street Bully,’ is putting out ‘Roc Boys.’ The album features unreleased Beanie/Freeway collaborations and State Property tracks and is slated for a Feb. 23 release. Rumored guests include Wale and Young Chris.
(Philadelphia, PA- Dec. 20, 2009) Saturday, December 19th rapper Beanie Sigel was leaving a Baltimore studio and was side swiped by a tractor trailer on I-95 that fled the scene. The vehicle that Sigel was traveling in was totaled and he escaped with several injuries to his face, arms and legs.
Bruised, battered, scared but hard, Sigel declined hospital treatment and miraculously performed the next day in Norfolk, VA and is tentatively scheduled to go on an up coming tour with 50 Cent in 2010.
“I was like everybody’s manager. I guess on that respect, I might have spoiled them.”
The worst part about building an enterprise is when trouble begins to brew and a person is forced to just sit back and watch as everything they built and worked for, crumbles in front of them. The feeling is magnified when a person comes to the realization that they can’t do anything about it.
With the news of the rift between Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z, it’s sad to see where they all came in and now look at what everything has become. The legacy of Roc-A-Fella and everything that it stood for was shattered and surprising information is showing that all these alleged friendships may have just been business deals in the end.
Dame Dash has caught the blunt trauma as he has been labeled the reason behind the Dynasty falling after bringing in the Diplomats which fueled beef between Cam and Jay.
Speaking with Mixtape Monster, Dame looks back on the past and how he was willing to sign anybody that could help in keeping the empire growing.
“In Rock-N-Roll, you don’t sign an artist until they can fill up a venue and sell merch and they sell their own CDs…then they get signed. With Roc-A-Fella, I would just sign people, put them on a private jet and they’d be performing in front of the Garden. I guess you think that’s normal, but it just wasn’t.”
Who would have thought that there would come a day when the Roc was a figment in everyone’s memory.
“I’m very disappointed with where Roc-A-Fella went. The brand is compromised and I never thought that could ever happen where Roc-A-Fella is just not relevant.”
To see everything start by Dame and Jay’s hands and end the same way, one would believe that he still harbors a grudge as the money outweighed everything and caused the separation. Now looking from the outside in, he is aware of the change in perception about Jigga.
“I can’t objectively have an opinion on him. I’m hearing what people are saying and I just would have never thought that there would be a day where I would hear people are saying those things about him. I just thought he was untouchable as a rapper. To hear certain things, it’s kind of surprising.”
In regards to Dipset, Dame could only witness the Harlem group break up as his focus has been geared towards Jim Jones.
“I haven’t seen Cam in like 2, 3, 4 years. I miss him. I don’t like what’s going on with him and Jim. He’s like my little brother, all of them. I’m like 7 years older than him, so I wish I could advise him. He’s always going to be my dude. We all grew up together.”
The business is truly a test to every person’s character. Some are consumed by the fame and forget their beginnings while others are pushed out of the equation. The music industry is a leech that feeds on those that allow it to get close enough.
50 Cent has officially called out Jay-Z. On Thursday night, the much hyped Beanie Sigel/ 50 Cent collaboration, “I Go Off,” premiered on Philadelphia’s Power 99 and New York’s Hot 97, during Kay Slay’s “Drama Hour.”
50 Cent doesn’t have a verse on the record, but for the most part keeps his mic time relegated to the hook. Meanwhile, Sigel — who slammed Jay-Z on Power 99 last week — doesn’t call out any names.
“Big Pop of the prop on deck,” Beans rap. “Who shot ya?/ Who want beef with Big Poppa?/ … I earned every buck that was mine/ I know n—as upstate doing life in a box/ I know n—as upstate doin’ life with they pops.”
As the song ends, 50 talks, mentioning Jay by name and telling the Brooklyn rap legend that he’s lost his street edge. “You changed, man. You let the money change you, Jay,” 50 says. “You used to be from Marcy, n—a. Now you’se a ‘Pass the Grey Poupon n—a.’ You don’t want the shooters? I’ll take ‘em. Feed the wolves, or the wolves will feed off you. … It’s your move, n—a.”
50 Cent has literally changed his tune. When MTV News recently asked whether he’d like the Jiggaman to respond to him, Fif said, “I could care less whether he replies to me.”
50 did note that a battle between him and Hov would thoroughly engage the game.
“Well, it would be great. It would be great for hip-hop,” 50 said about a battle between him and Jay. “It would probably be interesting, but I don’t think one of us will survive it.”
Fif also admitted that despite touring together in the past, appearing in a Reebok commercial, being photographed together at various events over the years and even sharing Madison Square’s stage a few years back during a monumental moment with T.I., Diddy and Kanye West, he and Jay-Z have no real friendship.
“I don’t have a relationship with Jay-Z,” 50 added. “We’re just both apart of hip-hop culture. We’re not friends. We don’t call each other to talk at leisure.”
Fif says he doesn’t know if Hov will respond to this latest dis, but he would absolutely go at Jay if the shoe were on the other foot.
The two had a back-and-forth around 10 years ago, when Fif jokingly threatened Jay on the song “How to Rob.” Jay responded with infamous line, “I’m about a dollar/ What the f— is 50 Cent?” during a freestyle at the 1999 Summer Jam concert. The lyric later appeared on the track “Some Like It Hot” on Jay’s Life and Times of Sean Carter LP.
Since then, the two had quashed the rivalry. A couple of months back, in the song “Flight 187,” 50 did say Jay looked like sitcom character Steve Urkel. And responding to 50’s statement that he would have blackened Kanye West’s eye, if Kanye tried to interupt him onstage like he did Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs, Jay told a reporter overseas that no one was afraid of 50 Cent.
“I had a meeting with him today. First we gotta start with the music —where’s the music? Then we have to get into what it would take to bring him over to G-Unit as a record company. You can’t sign a deal in a conversation — it’s a process. We’ll see what happens.”
“I would listen to what he has,” Fif explained. “His skills haven’t diminished. Nine times out of 10, he’ll have something workable already on deck. When you’re dealing with artists who have been established longer than you, it’s a process. You have to figure out exactly where they are at before you commit to being a part of those projects, because they have habits and they’ve been conditioned for something different. You have to figure out exactly what that is before you dive in.”
“I love Jay, I love Beans — what’s the reason for beef?” Dash responded in an interview. “That’s stupid. What’s the reason for beef? People die, people don’t feel good — I want people to laugh…I was hurt for him, more or less, because I know that ain’t him. But I don’t want to speak on that. Whatever [Beanie's] going through where he’s got to do that…I could understand where he may look at things and feel that way. I can see that. He’s probably got a lot of people around him and nobody to really tell him what’s going on. It was a different environment for Roc-A-Fella back then. I feel bad for those cats. I love those cats. I hate that they struggle. I hate it. I hate to see anybody struggle. I don’t embrace that. I’m not one of those dudes that get happy when I hear something bad about somebody I had a bond with. I really loved those dudes.”
Although former Roc-A-Fella Records artist Beanie Sigel seems to be on the outs with the label’s head Jay-Z–thanks to a diss track he released last week–it looks like he’s got another deal on the table… with 50 Cent’s G-Unit.
50 appeared on Philadelphia’s Power 99 radio station with Beanie Sigel Tuesday (November 3) and made the announcement. “Beans is coming to G-Unit,” 50 said.
While this deal is brand new, 50 revealed that he tried to sign the Broad Street Bully in the past, but Jay-Z blocked it. The G-Unit General said Beanie was so hot at the time, he was willing to drop some big money to get him.
“It was at least $800,000 at that point. At least, with the heat that was around him at that point,” Fif’ explained. “I’ll tell you what I paid for Mobb Deep–that was at least $800,000 at that point. There’s no way [Beanie Sigel] wouldn’t have got that.
“I thought that [Jay-Z] felt that he would be losing something to me, when they wouldn’t do the deal,” he continued. “I get him out and go right away with the actual music. I was aware of Beans at that point, because I was going to the joint he was in.”
At press time, it wasn’t clear if the deal was official yet, or if they were still ironing out the details. But one thing is clear, 50 is interested and Beans seems to be as well.
As the interview continued, Beanie went in, responding to Jay-Z’s recent comments, in which he said Sigel was given many opportunities to succeed despite not earning them. During a Canadian press conference, Jay said that Beanie was given a record label, clothing line, and even at one point, was driving two Bentleys–all of this without a platinum plaque under his belt.
Beanie says those statements are false. He claims that Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Kareem “Biggs” Burke placed the down payments for both vehicles as a birthday gift, his only obligation being a monthly car note of just $5,100.
“It’s not like I had all this wealth and I bought… like you helped me obtain all this wealth and gave me me these two Bentleys,” Sigel explained. “They just gave away monthly plans. The issue with the Bentleys, you shot yourself in the foot with that.
“You didn’t give me a record label. It only cost a couple hundred to search the name, State Property Records. I think I paid another couple hundred dollars and I patented the LLC company. My record label only cost me $700 … maybe $750. I did that on my own. You didn’t give me that,” he continued.
In fact, Beanie Sigel says the Roc-A-Fella heads didn’t give him much. He did admit that the State Property Clothing line was given to him like Jay stated. However, the deal was in Jay-Z’s favor and not his. In the end, the profits were taken from him anyway.
“What did you give me? The clothing line that you gave me? I had 20% of State Property Clothing. It was me, Jay, Dame, and the two other Russians that had the Rocawear, owned State Property,” Beans explained. “Even on the clothing line … the same reason why you and Dame broke up–Jay-Z–because he was taking all the money from Rocawear and putting it into all his other lil companies. He did the same thing to State Property.”
Still, despite all the behind-the-scenes scheming, Beans said he was in Jay-Z’s corner. He even went to bat for him in a battle against the Ruff Ryders and Jadakiss in the early 2000s. But, according to the rapper, things changed when Jay turned his back on him during his highly publicized weapons trial in 2004. Jay was ordered to take the stand in his trial, and while he did say nice things about the Philly rapper, he didn’t back him when it would’ve helped him most.
“When he was on the stand, he spoke good things about me–I’m an incredible artist, this and that,” Beanie began. “So, she said, ‘So, if I was to release him today to continue to go on the Roc The Mic Tour together, would you be willing to be responsible for his whereabouts?’ And it was silence… and he said ‘No.’ That’s when my relationship with Jay was tainted. This ain’t a money issue, like ‘No?’… everything you told this lady I was, it meant nothing. Jay was really never down with me.”
As the interview went on, he revealed several shady behind the scenes incidents that went on during Roc-A-Fella Records’ heyday, and promised to continue his onslaught against Jay-Z until he gets a response out of him.
“He is a crumb. I’m gonna put my foot on his neck until he responds. Please make a record,” Beanie concluded.
Charlamagne is known for going in on artists. Calling Lil Wayne the devil, dissing Cassie for leaked nude pics and more talks about being fired from The Beat 100.3, including the Beanie Sigel Interview.
Radio personality Charlamagne Tha God has announced being fired from Philadelphia radio station 100.3 The Beat days after his revealing interview with Beanie Sigel.
Charlamagne made the announcement via his Twitter page Monday (November 2) morning.
” I just got fired from 100.3 The Beat in Philly. Salute to Philly I hope you all enjoyed me the past 6 months,” he wrote. ” RT @lilduval: to everyone excited bout @cthagod getting fired. it dont matter we on TV wit “hood state of the union” see how GOD work. lmao #cthagodgotfired for being the glitch in the matrix. #cthagodgotfired cause 100.3 The Beat said they want to move in a different direction. God bless them. Thanks for the past 6 months. RT @fuzeb: So @cthagod got fired after the hov interview…reminds me of when Puff got Wendy fired for callin him gay #cthagodgotfired and if its any sympathy p*ssy out there for me I’ll take it!” (Charlamagne Tha God’s Twitter)
Radio One executive Elroy Smith previously confirmed the decision to bring in Charlamagne to the Philly airwaves last April.
“Doing an all-music morning show with mixer Bent Roc garnered some of the highest ratings that we’ve seen in the last year for our morning show on the Beat,” Smith said in an interview. “We are presently No. 1 with women 18-34 without doing a traditional morning show. Charlamagne will be brought on board to accent the current success of the ‘Morning Beat.’ His commanding personality along with his Internet savvy and his desire to be local will only propel this show to a higher plane.” (Radio & Records)
Charlamagne also released a statement regarding his reaction to the move.
“Commanding my own morning show in a major market has been one of my dreams,” he said, “and this opportunity that has been presented to me just reinforces in my mind that I am walking the path that God wants me to walk.” (Statement)
He was previously let go from his slot alongside Wendy Williams on her popular “The Wendy Williams Experience” radio show last November.
“They say unemployment has surges higher now than it has in the last 25 years, shoppers have turned frugal, the economy is sinking,” Wendy said during the announcement of losing a portion of her staff. “The credit problem, financial stresses and everybody is suffering, me, you and everybody. I just want to be honest with you all as honest as I possibly can be….This is not the end of the changes that are happening here.” (“The Wendy Williams Experience”)
In an interview, Jay-Z responds to Beanie Sigel’s rant by basically saying, “Beanie had a record deal, a record label, and a clothing line. What more can you do for a person. If that’s not pushing a person then…”
Beanie Sigel gets detailed on why he went in on Jay-Z. “Hov ain’t push us like 50 Cent did with G-Unit” + The Rocafella Break Up (Dame was flossin too much. spending company’s money)
