The new information about old affairs was revealed by Monsta Gunjah, whose uncles were in that famous Samoan rap group.
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. consisted of five brothers who had an undeniable presence on stage and off stage. The Regime rapper Monsta Gunjah, their nephew shared with Australian radio DJ Sanchez that they also did security for Eminem when he used to come out to the West Coast.
That’s how that song – “Hip-hop is in a state of 9-1-1”, with Boo-Yaa and B-real, – that’s how that song came about, because Paul Rosenberg reached out. He was being extorted by some Crips. Eminem was being extorted. Maybe he was paying them some money or just getting bullied, I don’t know exact details. I don’t know exact details but I do know that a few phone calls were made and that’s how the feature came about. ’Cause they were like, “Anything in return, what do you want?” They’re like, “I want a feature from Em”, you know what I’m saying? If you hear what he says, he’s like, “40, 50 Samoans”, he throws the lyrics out.
Eminem indeed contributed a verse to “911” off Boo-Yaa’s album “West Koasta Nostra”. He also produced the track.
The Crips are one of the largest American gangs, which is based on the Californian coast. So most probably the reason for the conflict was that they tried to extort protection money from Eminem and judging by the fact that he had his own protection – Marshall did not let the gang exploit him.
Now, with all this new info in the open, his bars hit different:
Shit’s about to change, ’cause we ain’t playin’ no games
We ain’t budgin’, neither are they, we ain’t sayin’ no names
Shit just ain’t the same when AK’s get to sprayin’
“Hip-hop is in a state of 9-1-1”
It ain’t about hip-hop, ’cause those days are gone
It ain’t about tryna rip shots to get props no more
It’s about trying not to get popped, and get dropped to the floor
‘Cause “Hip-hop is in a state of 9-1-1”
Listen to the track below:
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