Legendary Hip Hop producer Pete Rock has vowed to desert Twitter following the discharge of King’s Illness III, the third installment of Nas and Hit-Boy’s ongoing King’s Illness album sequence. Boasting 16 tracks, in addition to one bonus reduce referred to as “Til My Final Breath,” the challenge had social media buzzing—however not simply due to Nas’ […]
Legendary Hip Hop producer Pete Rock has vowed to desert Twitter following the discharge of King’s Disease III, the third installment of Nas and Hit-Boy’s ongoing King’s Illness album sequence. Boasting 16 tracks, in addition to one bonus reduce referred to as “Til My Final Breath,” the challenge had social media buzzing—however not simply due to Nas’ top-tier rhyming and Hit-Boy’s beats.
On the music “30,” Nasty Nas take a pleasant jab at his former rival JAY-Z and in addition goes after Pete Rock, who sued Nas over Illmatic royalties earlier this 12 months. (Rock, after all, produced “The World Is Yours” for the 1994 traditional.)
“Superhero materials, rap star standing,” he raps. “Premier album nonetheless would possibly occur/I ponder why Pete Rock would act like that/That sort of conduct makes me give rap proper again.”
The point out was sufficient to get “Pete Rock” trending on the social media platform. On Friday (November 11), as his identify continued to make the rounds, Rock fired off a tweet that learn, “Might be deactivating my twitter before quickly so no matter I’m trending about I DO NOT CARE.
“Y’all have night. To all my actual followers that genuinely love ya boy prepare for a barrage of the dopest music you’re gonna hear in hip hop. Peace!! Sturdy Producer.”
Rock’s lawsuit in opposition to Nas was filed in January. He and his attorneys claimed Nas granted Rock a share of the proceeds for “The World Is Yours” via a contract. The music—the one single from Illmatic to obtain a gold certification from the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA)—is now value tens of millions of {dollars} and incorporates a writing credit score and vocals from Rock. Chatting with AllHipHop, Rock confirmed the lawsuit is ongoing and stated he wouldn’t be capable of remark additional till it’s settled.
