MC Shan recently dissed Nas for not including him in Mass Appeal's epic Yankee Stadium concert celebrating Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary. This led to a topic of discussion for Fat Joe, who addressed pioneers going at younger rappers like Melle Mel dissing Eminem.
While speaking about Nas, MC Shan stated, "I'm sitting here hearing that Nas is doing these muthaf***in’ 50th anniversary shows, right? Nas, if you doing 50th anniversary shows and you ain’t holla at ya mans. Let me tell you something, my n***a, don’t never mention my muthaf***in' name again."
Fat Joe weighed in on the situation after speaking to people who know MC Shan, and he stated, "I did my little one-two journalism, a.k.a. getting to the bottom of it, and they say [MC Shan] is kinda impossible to deal with. They tried as much as they can… Sometimes, unfortunately, our pioneers stand in the way of their own bag."
From there, Fat Joe spoke about other pioneers, stating, "I do not know why. I have spoken to them over and over again … I'm doing just fine, but my pioneers — I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the pioneers. So sometimes when I can talk to them, I sit down and be like, 'Yo, you can’t get the bag doing this and that.'"
Further making his point, Joe explained, "There was one pioneer who was getting a block named after him. The day before … he said he wanted $50,000 cash in the bag to New York City, to the f***ing mayors and all that! If he don’t get $50,000 cash, he not showing up. Well, guess what? The next day, they showed up with a new sign that said 'Hip Hop Boulevard' or 'Hip Hop Way,' and he had a block that was gonna be named after him!"
