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Exclusive: Crooked I provides an update on Slaugherhouse's "Glass House" album, his C.O.B. Radio show and the lasting impact of his "Hip Hop Weekly" series.
Crooked I has seen it all. He was on the front lines as a key player in Death Row Records’ final iteration, and when he decided the major label system couldn’t provide what he wanted, he helped usher Hip Hop into the Digital Age with his “Hip Hop Weekly” series. The story could’ve ended with him carrying the dreaded label of a “blog rapper.” Or to take things beyond the context of just music, it could have ended when gunshots were fired in his direction during a casual interaction with a fan in 2009. As it happens, Crooked I is still here releasing music on his terms both as a soloist and as a member of Slaughterhouse.
“Every time I even think about laying the mic down, I think of a bar that nobody has thought of yet,” Crooked says, in regards to his growing tenure in the Rap game. “I’ll be like, ‘Well, damn. If I can still manufacture some crazy rhymes, I can’t stop. I read a lot of success stories. People who overcame challenges and adversity and stuff like that. That’s always inspirational, too, just to keep going.”
You can make a solid case for Crooked living such a story, particularly if you listen to his music and understand the hardships he and his siblings overcame. With his own imprint, a radio show and arguably one of America’s biggest major record labels poised to promote the next Slaughterhouse album, Crooked I has plenty to discuss.
Crooked I Reflects On The Impact Of “Hip Hop Weekly”
Crooked I has seen it all. He was on the front lines as a key player in Death Row Records’ final iteration, and when he decided the major label system couldn’t provide what he wanted, he helped usher Hip Hop into the Digital Age with his “Hip Hop Weekly” series. The story could’ve ended with him carrying the dreaded label of a “blog rapper.” Or to take things beyond the context of just music, it could have ended when gunshots were fired in his direction during a casual interaction with a fan in 2009. As it happens, Crooked I is still here releasing music on his terms both as a soloist and as a member of Slaughterhouse.
“Every time I even think about laying the mic down, I think of a bar that nobody has thought of yet,” Crooked says, in regards to his growing tenure in the Rap game. “I’ll be like, ‘Well, damn. If I can still manufacture some crazy rhymes, I can’t stop. I read a lot of success stories. People who overcame challenges and adversity and stuff like that. That’s always inspirational, too, just to keep going.”
You can make a solid case for Crooked living such a story, particularly if you listen to his music and understand the hardships he and his siblings overcame. With his own imprint, a radio show and arguably one of America’s biggest major record labels poised to promote the next Slaughterhouse album, Crooked I has plenty to discuss.
Crooked I Reflects On The Impact Of “Hip Hop Weekly”