MVRemix: What is, or was, the worst trend in hip-hop?
Raekwon: I cant even really answer that. I think the worst trend in hip-hop is when everybody started biting off the fuckin Wu. They stole our sound, started wearin jewellery, making up aliases, biting our formula on how to hustle. But, you know, were leaders, so, you gotta do some type of leader shit.
MVRemix: Whats the difference between Raekwon and Corey Woods?
Raekwon: Corey Woods is just a political gentleman. Raekwon is a rapper, an iced-on, motherfuckin entrepreneur gangsta with the ego of six Chinese live niggas from Tokyo, Japan. Like one of those niggas in Black Rain. When you sit down and disrespect me you gotta chop your own finger off to get my love back.
MVRemix: I dont know much about your personal life, and you may not want to
Raekwon: Nah, my personal life is mellow, you know what I mean? Im a family man.
MVRemix: Married? Children?
Raekwon: Yes. Definitely have a family.
MVRemix: How many children?
Raekwon: Two. Two lovely babies. And all I do is basically try spend a lot of time with them and my lady, be close to home, stay around my mom, make sure shes alright. You know, everything aint always consist of rap. Been trying to do some of the other things that I havent really got a chance to do the way I want to, and thats spend time with family. Thats important.
MVRemix: How old are the children?
Raekwon: Ten and three. Ten year old daughter, three year old son. You need all of that, huh? [Laughs]
MVRemix: What pisses you off?
Raekwon: Fake people, you know what I mean? Phony people and people that dont open their eyes to authenticity when they get the chance to. You know, its just so important that artists stay motivated. You have to stay wanting to climb this wall. The game is just so funny, because, like, if youre not the most popular one on the radio, people tend to forget about you real quick. Like I said, you know, I make these albums for the people that live with the legacy that we done already did. I cant try to open up anybodys eyes that dont want to be open. Its like, your moms might be stuck on the old school music because thats her era. So I tend to work for my era of individuals, you know. From like, say, 22 to 35 [year olds]. These are the ones that grew up in the era that we did. Theyre the ones that really knew about it. Thats what we care about.
MVRemix: What makes you happy?
Raekwon: Just seeing everybody around me. Just knowing everything is being operated the way its supposed to.
MVRemix: Tell me something that no one knows about Raekwon.
Raekwon: Im a teddy bear on one side.
MVRemix: Thats not gangsta.
Raekwon: I know. [Laughs.] But that is gangsta. You know why it aint gangsta to you, cause you never seen a real nigga be a little bit cool on another side, and thats important. Its about having balance. I think that when people meet me, they realize that I move according to how a grown man is supposed to move. It aint all about being a rapper. I really move with the times. I am a true icon. I have been around many different forms of people who became successful off the logic that we presented, because you can tell how people treat you. Its like, we hold a flame to that. And I feel good that we stayin ahead in a situation where niggas know that. They might not know how to tell you, [but] you know about it already.
MVRemix: If hip-hop was a woman, what would she look like?
Raekwon: She would probably be a tall, big bitch with big feet or something. A pretty bitch with big feet. I dont know. Maybe too much cellulite on her ass because of the bullshit [in hip-hop].
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