New York radio personality, Funkmaster Flex, caught a lot of flack recently, after footage of himself dissing the late Tupac Shakur surfaced on the Internet.
The origin of the clip or when it was filmed was unknown as of press time. But in it, Flex is seen calling out 'Pac while giving props to the rapper's former friend, the late Notorious B.I.G.
"F*** n****s suckin' Tupac's d***, I don't suck Tupac's d***! Make some noise if you miss f***ing Biggie Smalls!" Flex shouts in the 30-second clip, which was posted on YouTube in April, but began making its rounds this week.
After circulating blogs and video sites, Tupac fans and peers lashed out at Flex over the comments, many expressing their disgust and/or disappointment.
The Hot 97 DJ addressed the footage on his New York radio show on Monday (November 22), explaining that he saw Tupac's lyrical attack on Biggie, over 10 years ago, as the driving force behind the outta control beefs seen in hip-hop today.
However, Flex said he does respect the late rapper's musical legacy.
"Not only do I respect his music, I respect what he put down. I respect what he made happen, the records he made, the records he sold, and I know how passionate he was about his music," Flex began. "I also think that he brought a negative energy into the game with the beefing and the erratic energy and the threats.
"Everybody can say what they wanna say, dude didn't have no good energy towards me," he continued. "He repeatedly said it, and I can't support everything that people say about him, because I feel like that he brought brought a lot of negativity, and brought changes in the game that we now live with now and that's just the way I feel."
As Flex continued, he explained that he and Tupac have had animosity toward each other even while he was still alive. So, for him to express his disliking for him today, he says people shouldn't be surprised.
"My bad to his fans, but when he was here and he was pushing out all that negative energy man, on television and in the magazines ... I know everybody loves the man, and you should love him, but I don't have to love him like that," Flex said. "I voiced it when it was going on, I voiced it when it was happening, when he said something about me on a mixtape, I said what I wanted to say ... If people are upset about it, I get it. But I don't think that energy he was saying ... about Faith [Evans], about that man's wife ... I don't think that was cool."
Listen to the full statement from Flex, regarding the Tupac controversy over at WorldStarHipHop.com.
