

Former MTV “Making The Band 2″ cast member and member of the now defunct rap shitty group Da Band, Chopper (a.k.a Young City) had nothing but scathing words for his former PIMP mentor and benefactor, Sean “Diddy” Combs. In an exclusive interview with hip-hop magazine XXL, Chopper talks about why he was so displeased with Diddy.
On Diddy’s creative control:
Bad Boy was straight. It was a great stepping-stone for me [but] I didn’t like the Diddy vibe. No offense to him, but I don’t like selfish people. Your mission as CEO is to make your artists big and then you profit off the situation. But you gotta make the artist be the best person they can be instead of you trying to be the CEO/rapper. [You can’t] look at situations [like], what can you do for yourself and treat your artists like table scraps. I don’t give a fuck how rich you are, because at the end of the day, anybody can be in your shoes if they understand and learn the game like you did. You wasn’t the smartest nigga in the world, you just had a little more common sense than others.
On leaving Diddy’s Bad Boy label and going to Cash Money Records:
When I was over there with Puff, [he made me] rap over whatever beat he wanted me to, which was corny as fuck. He [was] trying to tell me to do it like this and do it like that. I’m like, “Man, fuck naw!” He put out the “Lil’ Daddy” video, but it wasn’t me.
On Diddy putting a halt to his “career”:
What ended up happening was, Puff dismantled Da Band. [So] I was like, “Fuck Bad Boy,” and I went out there and grinded. I started doing my thang—Chingy and [Lil] Wayne let me open [their shows] and I kept my name out there. That’s when Puff called me back and told me about the Bad Boy South situation. But you know what’s funny? I told Puff, “You should try and do something called Bad Boy South.” I swear to God on my kids. That nigga took my idea. That nigga is known for taking people’s ideas.
Whoa! Tell us how you really feel! That’s well and all I guess, but he’s done worse to better artists (G-Dep, Black Rob, Cheri Dennis, Carl Thomas, Dream, Loon, and where the hell are Mario Winans and Craig Mack?). Danity Kane please take note! Please believe it’s not a question of IF he fucks you over, it’s a question of WHEN. Trust! While I kind of feel bad for Chopper, I doubt he had anything more original than the trash stuff Shop Boyz are putting out.
