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LL Cool J stopped by Sway’s Universe and delivered a freestyle sure to further add to his iconic musical resume.
On Wednesday (Aug. 2), the Hip-Hop legend dropped in for an interview with Sway Calloway on his SiriusXM show ahead of the highly anticipated Rock The Bells festival, which will be held at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York this weekend. After a lively half-hour discussion, Sway asked LL Cool J to freestyle. “I don’t know if it can happen now, but man, I never had you bust a verse on my show,” he said. The veteran MC agreed to the delight of Sway and the crew.
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“There was smoke when the mother’s water broke,” he began. “The doc saw the horns/ Oh my God, it’s a GOAT/ The nurse cut the cord, got shocked with a million volts/ Almost dropped him on the floor, but the baby started to float.” LL Cool J continued: “The whole world’s raving for the baby, the bell tolls/ A crowd gathered ’round, throwing punches and elbows/ Then his mama arose, and recited a poem/ Todd’s a Hip-Hop God, f**k rock ‘n’ roll.”
Earlier in the interview, LL also spoke about the impact of The F.O.R.C.E. Tour and also took time to shoot down a persistent urban rap legend that claimed The Notorious B.I.G. subliminally dissed him on “Who Shot Ya?” with the lines “Old school, new school need to learn though.” The theory was advanced by journalist Bonsu Thompson.
“I need him to stick to his day job, and if that is his day job, he might wanna reassess that shit,”, LL Cool J joked. “I got love for him, I’m just teasing. No, that’s not true. I’m in the studio when Biggie wrote ‘Who Shot Ya?’ Like, I was literally in the studio when he made the song. I was literally, physically in the studio with Notorious B.I.G. when he wrote ‘Who Shot Ya?’
He added: I said, ‘Biggie, why you smoke so much weed when you write these joints?’ He said, ‘It makes me feel like I’m in the track,’ and we just started laughing. He was doing what rappers do: ‘Old school, new school.’ He’s saying whoever want it, can get it. That’s regular … Now it’s about selling swag, and that’s okay, I’m not judging but I’m just saying, that’s 100% false.”
Check out the entire interview below.
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Looks like Sway Calloway will be making some major moves to kick off 2023. The Hip-Hop legend just announced that POLARIS (co-founded by Sway, Rahman J. Dukes and Shaheem Reid) will be forming a new partnership with Byron Allen and HBCU GO.
As part of the new business venture, POLARIS will be creating new content for HBCU GO, VOD and AMG properties such as TheGrio, which will revolve around music, culture and naturally the celebration of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary. There will even be an investigative series dedicated to Jam Master Jay. Needless to say, Sway is excited about the new partnership and in a press release expressed his vision for where he wants to go with this venture.
“I am ecstatic to be a part of POLARIS and to be able to put my two decades of work in TV and radio into a network that is 100% Black owned and focused on uplifting voices within our culture,” said Sway Calloway, Co-Founder of POLARIS. “To be able to partner with Byron Allen’s AMG, HBCU GO and TheGrio is huge and I am excited to see the impactful content we create together.”
Count us in.
POLARIS has been making its mark ever since premiering back in 2021 exclusively for VIZIO users. Streaming coverage on everything from the Rolling Loud Festival to celebrating Black History Month, the platform has become a favorite amongst its faithful viewers. Now they’ll be expanding their reach, and that’s something that Raham J. Dukes and Shaheem Reid very much look forward to.
“Aligning forces with Byron Allen, HBCU Go and the Grio is a tremendous opportunity to craft and curate content that people will look back at years later as cultural landmarks.” said Rahman J. Dukes and Shaheem Reid, co-founders of POLARIS. “This is a vision that spans over two decades and we are excited to see our vision come to fruition.”
Can’t wait to see what they have in store for us when the time comes.
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