Willie D on New York Rappers Disrespecting the South Early On (Part 1) 

Why the comments so negative ppl. Now pay attention. NY Pioneered Rap. West Coast Brought The Gang Shit. And The South Showed Us Independence. Do you Know what that Means? It Means Black Ppl Across the Country worked together unknowingly. Imagine. What we can do Knowingly. Im just saying.

New York used to talk bad about Los Angeles guess who's screaming blood and crip these days.

Memphis could've dominated the rap game like the A did, but they had too much internal beef in their city.

Back in the day all they ever did was doubt us now the south is in the house and they can't do nothing about us - Bun B

When Andre at the Source Awards said, "The South Got Something To Say". He wasn't lying. 2 decades later, The South (most definitely the A), have taken over rap.

Only the Midwest and Cali especially Northern Cali supported Southern music from the south from jump

I see u youngins in here arguing about NY hating on the south. But y'all need to know most of NY didn't like anyone unless u were from NY for the most part. Even other east coast cities like Boston, Hartford CT, Baltimore, and even Jersey weren't loved like that. Hell even Long Island which is in New York didn't start to get love until the great Rakim, Public Enemy, Epmd, De La Soul kicked that door down. Guru from Gangstarr who is from Boston had to leave Beantown and go to New York to get on and get his shine. So it wasn't just the south or the west coast it was everyone.

I was one of the people dissing the south BUT I couldn't deny the fact that the south had something to say...and it was good.

"Put all y'all record's on one side of the store, and put all the country rap on the other side of the store...and see who sell out First!" -PIMP C

Yaaaassss shout out to the south: From my home team Florida on up to Georiga, the Carolinas, VA, back to Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas etc. I feel home no matter where I am in the south no where else I would have rather grown up. Shot out to Cali too. The south always have love for y'all ❤.

The irony is R&B really opened the door for Southern Hip Hop. LA and Babyface relocated to Atlanta in the early 90's and started LaFace. It was through that circle that OutKast got their shot. Of course Rap A Lot was already doing their thing in Houston. But LA and Babyface were huge at that time. And their clout behind OutKast and the Dungeon Family really pushed them (and the Southern sound) into the mainstream.

Uncle Luke-Luther Campbell was making records in Miami in 1986. The 2 Live Crew put the South on the map. Get the facts right, Vlad!

Imagine if Willie d listened to them broads and stopped rapping smh

I’ma New Yorker and i fw the south heavy from boosie webbie to shawty lo ,Gucci ,lil phat , jeezy and bun b and pimp c

2 Live Crew was one of the first

In NY we were loving Geto boys-mind playing tricks on me. Geto Boys were the exception. They had lyrics, substance, and beats. Scarface is the true king of the south.

I miss the older south.... Geto Boyz, Swisher House, Outkast, Goodie Mob, Ludacris, Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz, UGK, Three Six Mafia, Eightball and MJG, early T.I. & etc.... that's who I think about when I hear "The Souf".

Now the New York rappers sound like their from the South🤔

He’s got the demeanor of a G.

Now all them clowns tryna copy the South. Florida , Georgia , Texas , Louisiana , Carolina (Both)

2 Live Crew was the first major Southern rap group, and Luke did it independent before Lil James. Florida had it's independent music since the 80's , with Jam Pony Express and the DJ crews all over.

Willie D. A legend in the game, it was Southern hip-hop out then, 2 Live Crew and ghetto style DJs down here in Florida. 🌞 tribe

I'm from California & yes the anamosity was there from some New Yorkers towards rappers from other regions but Run-DMC wasnt attacking the south in that line from Run's House. That's stupid!!! Anyone especially from New York that came up in the 1980's or 1990's and even long before that can tell u if a dude was hiding out from the law, people who were after him or looking for him whatever reason often times cats would slide down south til things cooled off. So say somebody killed someone in New York, they may hide out with extended family in Virginia, North or South Carolina, Florida, Georgia or wherever or someone stole dope or fucked up real bad like, snitched, owed someone a lot of money or was on the run or felt his life was in jeopardy for whatever reason he would hide out in the south. So what Run DMC was saying was that the "sucka M.C." they were speaking about needed to hide out down south. People trump up too much bullshit on the internet nowadays just recklessly starting shit for nothing!

"I live by the sword!..."

There's been southern rap since 86...but those early years they was on independent labels..in Florida, Georgia And Texas.

Im "All" coast. If hit my ears right, up goes the volume on my speakers. Been like that with me since day 1 and im a 80s kid so I been blessed with all of that great music!!

I remember debating that RUN DMC line with west coasters and southerners. They didn’t mean it disrespectfully-at least not to New Yorkers. Look, back in the day, when a black child misbehaved parents would ship them down south to teach them a lesson.

New york has always disrespected every other rap scene but now want those scenes to respect them foh.

Back in the 80's, when that song was made, The 2 Live Crew was big. They were from the south.

I always thought the position of the South in hip hop today and how badly they were treated for years before was one of the best examples of why you don't shit on people. Tables turn man

P.K.O. U.G.K. and Geto Boys. and Ron C. from Dallas and The Great D.O.C. Help get it started in the. south in the late 80s

MISSissippi in this thang. #KRITwuzHERE!!💪💪

_”becoming a star was foreign to her, until I bought her a foreign car.”_ *BARS!!!*

The Two Live Crew from Miami came out back in 1986. To me they were the first rap group to make it big out of the south.

A lot of people in New York don't give South artists love or respect. But the South always show love all artists no matter where they was from. Even DJs in the New York never played any music from South.

I don't think Run DMC was disrespecting the south because there was no southern rappers on the national stage in 1988

The 2 Live Crew was making noise back then. I'm from Detroit and we always respected Southern Hip Hop

The South does it better than any other region, the South is more creative and diverse in terms of sounds and styles. No region has had a longer reign than the South and no region has created more Hip-hop subgenres than the South.

Even though I’m from the North I will say this New York rappers back in the day we’re stuck up and cocky.Im kinda glad they aren’t on top.Many people from NY look down on the South period.

I think it was around lil jon crunk and lil waynes run that new yorkers really started loving the south. It was mostly the oldheads that were mad about it. Guess because they felt ownership for creating it but the new generation didnt care

Without cash money and no limit the south wouldn’t be shit respect New Orleans we da realest

This is why I love VladTV. Willie D is one of the greatest back in the days that's all they played in the strip clubs in Miami.

Don't get me wrong I respect New York for starting hip-hop because it's something I love. But ain't no expiration on disrespect because I'm from the south and I believed in southern hip-hop from day one. Once we stopped trying to follow their blueprint and created our own lane and said fuck it we country! Everything changed... The South been running da rap game ever since Andre 3000 got on that stage and said the South got something to say.... Peri-od!

Probably why Willie D knocked out Melly Mel back in da day in dat boxing match!!

Trick Daddy been said “Now everybody wanna be down with the South!” FLA!

Gotta love Willie D for his realness . He’s always real

It's a double edged sword....The big corporations got behind Southern rap because they were only rappin about the club and conscious rap like Common, Tribe, Public Enemy died.

YES WITHOUT ATLANTA IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT. Bliss probably.

New York was HYPMOTIZED WID BOOMBAPPIN'

Love Willie D. Strong black man.

"When New York niggas was calling Southern rappers lame, but then jacking our slang"-Jay Electronica

M.C. Shy D from Atlanta and Too Live Crew from Miami was on before 1988

2 Live Crew was the first major rap group out the south. 2 Live Crew is What We Are. 1986

Good interview and I'm from the south myself but I've traveled to the west coast also but I grew up with females and friends from everywhere, I always wanted to be versatile and national while being southern, I still can use good grammar and speak clearly but accept me for who I am or don't accept me at all. That's most southerners mindset but being from the south we always had to fight harder whether it was economics or racism. But the south is very popular now and it started in the late 90s .

Now all the New York rappers want to have that southern style so bad! Southern rap is the best!!

All the East ever did was dis anything other than themselve's. West Coast, , South, Mid-west they was always dissing even if the artist was undeniable. Outkast, Snoop, Bone Thugs, Kurupt, Scarface, Cube all dope MC's but still got boo'ed whenever they came to New York. Shit was ridiculous!

I'm from up North and they disrespected my sound, I moved to Florida, MAAAAAN they can't get enough of me. The south is where its at.

Uncle Luke was a rapper in the south poppin in the late 80s

"I know I'm solid so if you got me as a friend and got me in your corner you got a real one so if you can't see that I've always fixed my mind to believe that was your loss not mine and the sooner you get out of my life the better for me" Willie D

New York didn't want no smoke when it came to Pac.

SALUTE GENERAL WILLIE keeps it solid every single time SALUTE GENERAL L🌴A WES CALI 💯 💪

It wasn't even just early on....NY/NJ was still clowning Southern Rap up until the mid 00s. That's what makes it so funny at irony of the current generation. The last 10 years strong in NY/NJ, the south has the main influence here. The under 30 generation, they use all types of slang from ATL, DC, TX, etc...to the point they don't even have any influence from their own city or region

That's why the west coast and down south always had each others back in hip hop.

The south Miami bass and boom bap scene was great because it was so different with the instrumental Hip hop electro and Luke oh my God. But that bass electro hip hop sound was 1983 onwards

The south fought its way to be in hip hop history the east coast try to hold on to their lyrical spot for years until the south showed we have lyrical artists as well

Twenty two years strong ,Dirty South still have the game on lock.

The southern rappers with the exception of OutKast and the entire Dungeon Family/Goodie is what paved the way for the nonsensical, nursery rhyme, style of hip-hop which is so prevalent today. NYC rappers were right to hate on the South. They had the foresight to see how watered down and dumbed down the music would be if the South gained a strong enough foothold.

The funny thing is K Rino from Houston is probably the greatest Lyricist to walk this planet.

From New York but I shout out to the ATL for holding it down

2 Live Crew was the 1st dirty south act to break through

Watch the 1995 Source Awards and you'll see how New York hated the Southern, Midwest and West Coast rappers. And then New York acted like innocent bystanders when 2Pac got with Death Row and started riding hard on NY in 1996. HIT EM' UP!

Yeah now NY tryna sound like the south

There was a lot of rappers out from the south in the late 80’s. It just wasn’t played up north.

When i think of early rappers and or artists from the South, I think of and remember DJ Magic Mike and those Bass DJ's

Two Live Crew(from Miami Florida) was out back in 1988.

NY disrespected all coasts

Lol back then it wasn't that serious, South just rhymed with mouth, they wasn't dissing the south.

🗣🗣"The South got something 2 say!!"- 3 Stacks

I remember when I was walking to an HEB store in Houston one night, then saw this dude walking off the street and going to the store. I noticed it was Willie D, shook his hand and talked to him for about 30 seconds. Very humble dude and acted like any guy you would talk to in the neighborhood you pass by and talk the shit to for a quick second. I didn't sense no flake in this brotha whatsover

2 Live Crew was out when Run's House came out and Luke spoke about how Run D.M.C. tried to play them when they did concerts together.

"Stop talking about the South. As long as you south of the Canadian border,you south." --Malcolm X.Ballot or the Bullet speech.1964.

Everybody fails to mention 2LIVE CREW when discussing southern hip hop orgins!!!!!

I remember people in brooklyn hated the south for long time, But guess what I did? blasted their music out my mother loving window. Lol

Profile signed a bunch of rappers from Dallas, Tx. D.O.C. was from tx and his album came out in 89. Don't forget Vanilla ice LOL

Willie D album ‘Play witcha mama’ is one of my classics. I’m from New York

Now everybody trying to sound like the south to be hot or stay relevant.

2 live crew and Uncle Luke was out there back in late 80s they from down south reppin Florida

Quit hating the south RIP pimp c

I like the south west coast and Midwest they put their soul into their music. Performance are more lively to be honest.

“The sooner u get outta my life, da better 4 me! “Wish ppl could show u their true colours from the jump!

New York Hip Hop can pretty much disrespect all other incarnation of Hip Hop anywhere. It begun in the east coast.

They don't even have their own identity anymore. I remember at one point you could have automatically figured out where rapper was from based on his sound and his accent. Now they all want to be country... Don't try to jump on the bandwagon now LOL

Quit hating the South.. ✌frm El Paso screwed up TX baby!!

It is a blessing to be from down south

I am 41 years old and have been a hip hop fan all my life I grew up in Boston and absolutely I remember people hating on the south I used to get so much shit for rocking eightball and Mjg I always fucked with the south and the west shit is dope people were just different back then

Me and my boys listened to anything that was dope ! If your shit was wack it didn't matter what part of the country you came from we were not bumping your music ! Now rap artists on the other hand new york rappers dissed each other also it was competitive . You had to be dope thats why rappers from around the country stepped their game up and came with that dope shit . Unlike most of todays rappers

Quick s/o to the Mo city don Z-ro ✊🏾

Here we go again with the NY vs everybody hip hop convo. It's jus a way to keep us separate. Ok when NY came with hip hop it was for NY and everybody loved it. Everybody that counts lol. If you were on point you were welcome. Listen to NY by Gangstarr. He said his hometown wasn't feeling him so he came to NY and was greeted with open arms. Didn't matter where you were from as long as you were dope. Even Luke got love for booty music. As much junk as they talk they don't give NY any credit just hate. At least then there was a standard to live up to unlike now where it's all over the place. Show love or stfu

2Live crue was out in 87 88 then the south went sour until 96 outkast goodie mob. But Houston Midwest.

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