J. Prince recently chatted with Big Boy for Hot 92.3 in Los Angeles ahead of the Larry Hoover benefit concert headlined by Kanye West and Drake. The benefit concert is the outgrowth of a lot work behind the scenes to get the two megastars to reconcile their differences that was spearheaded by J. Prince.
“We have to start with the name Larry Hoover. He planted the seed,” J. Prince told Big Boy. “He wanted to see Kanye and Drake come together in the name of peace. His son Larry Jr. was hanging out with Kanye a lot, and of course, Drake is my son, but [Hoover] planted the seed, and I watered it.”
“I painted the bigger picture to Drake,” he explained. “I let him know that this is a moment and movement that can save lives. I believe by Drake and Kanye being an example, as two of hip-hop’s top artists, that lives would be saved.”
J. Prince continued, “I believe this is going to be imitated and it’s important to be an example to those that look up to you and that meant something to Drake—just the life-saving event wrapped around putting the spotlight on injustice, prison reform, and my brother Larry Hoover. Everything is icing on the cake after that, because he never envisioned things like that. So I had to tap into a power greater than the anger or whatever these guys had for one another.”
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