“Saigon is Dead”

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Gumbo

Published on November 19, 2007 with 18 Comments">18 Comments

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Well, that’s according to Saigon himself. The drama king has said in his latest MySpace post that he’s done with rap. His reason? The media made him do some “contraversial” things and then took advantage of the “contraversy” by reporting on it. He somehow insinuates that the media even played a role in his altercation with Mobb Deep.

Sai in his own words: “I cant take turning on a computer and seeing my name being thrown around in all kinds of ways, Its not good for me, and not good for these writers…”

“I did a interview on Shade45, the interview was 2 hours long mind you, we talked about EVERYTHING from what we need to do as a people to get on track to economizing and everything but you know whats on all the so called media outlets in boldface as the headline, ‘Saigon Disses Whoever’…You know what part of a 2 hr interview people replay? Me saying something about someone…If I woulda said, Ill slap John Hardy Hawkins for his role in the Slave trade, they would never put it in boldface or re run it 1000 times, but If I say Ill slap a rapper or something, Its the headline news of the day….Thats ass backwards to me so Im done.”

“Im not a rapper anymore, Im done.. Im back to being regular me…This shit is too fake for me, I found myself getting caught up in the bullshit but now Ill gladly walk away…”

Read the rest of his long ass post on Saigon’s MySpace page.

TRU

Rizoh

Rizoh is the most powerful man in all the lands. He lives in Houston where he earned a BS in Nerf Herding. He's the founder of The Rap Up, the editor of Roc4Life.com, and is in the Grammy-awaiting band Pervertable Disciples.

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  • http://eggs.com seth

    wow…that sucks.

    you know he’ll be back but for now, that sucks.

  • http://eggs.com seth

    wow…that sucks.

    you know he’ll be back but for now, that sucks.

  • Gmoney

    how funny would that be if he really quit ???

  • Gmoney

    how funny would that be if he really quit ???

  • http://www.wildstylefm.nl J to the AAP

    Could be quite a strong statement if he actually does quit. It also might catapult his album to a classic and his status to legendary if the album as any good (which it probably is). Imagine ten years from; “remember Sai’s album, man, such a pity dude quit, shit was hot.” It’ll be a sort of a HipHop myth.

    But this whole quitting thing, like the release of the actual album, I’ll believe it when I see it.

  • http://www.wildstylefm.nl J to the AAP

    Could be quite a strong statement if he actually does quit. It also might catapult his album to a classic and his status to legendary if the album as any good (which it probably is). Imagine ten years from; “remember Sai’s album, man, such a pity dude quit, shit was hot.” It’ll be a sort of a HipHop myth.

    But this whole quitting thing, like the release of the actual album, I’ll believe it when I see it.

  • dpgc

    If the album even gets out. I thought I heard that it got pushed back (on nahright) and at the end of his post it sounds like he’s talking about actually making it the greatest story never told. What a shame it would be if that album never gets dropped.

  • dpgc

    If the album even gets out. I thought I heard that it got pushed back (on nahright) and at the end of his post it sounds like he’s talking about actually making it the greatest story never told. What a shame it would be if that album never gets dropped.

  • Etcetera

    I like the cunt..But come on..Give us a fucking album already!!!…..Emo Rap….The Young & The Restless

  • Etcetera

    I like the cunt..But come on..Give us a fucking album already!!!…..Emo Rap….The Young & The Restless

  • was u saying something?

    if saigon cant handle how media works then he needs to stop doing interviews. he did the interview for publicity. he needed the publicity (any publicity) not shade 45. he should be glad anything he said was in boldface and/or replayed anywhere…

    i hope he does retire. he wont be missed.

  • was u saying something?

    if saigon cant handle how media works then he needs to stop doing interviews. he did the interview for publicity. he needed the publicity (any publicity) not shade 45. he should be glad anything he said was in boldface and/or replayed anywhere…

    i hope he does retire. he wont be missed.

  • Mr.White

    Like he didnt know this shit was gonna happen. This is the MEDIA goddamnit !!! remember Pac ?

    -What do you feel when you hear a record like 2pac’s new one ?
    -I love 2pac’s new record
    -Right but don’t you feel like that creates tension between east and west ? He’s talkin about killin people, I had sex with you wife, and not in those words , but he’s talkin about I wanna see you deceased , ..
    - I loooovee that man

    You know what I mean, if you wanna be a rapper, you just now they be talkin shit about you. Handle your biz Sai

  • Mr.White

    Like he didnt know this shit was gonna happen. This is the MEDIA goddamnit !!! remember Pac ?

    -What do you feel when you hear a record like 2pac’s new one ?
    -I love 2pac’s new record
    -Right but don’t you feel like that creates tension between east and west ? He’s talkin about killin people, I had sex with you wife, and not in those words , but he’s talkin about I wanna see you deceased , ..
    - I loooovee that man

    You know what I mean, if you wanna be a rapper, you just now they be talkin shit about you. Handle your biz Sai

  • yaboy

    sai is the truth.

    ‘wasyousayingsomething’, kill yourself.

  • yaboy

    sai is the truth.

    ‘wasyousayingsomething’, kill yourself.

  • moneda

    I don’t blame him. Hip-Hop music isn’t really an avenue to release a message meant to induce change anyway; and there are other ways to get paid.

  • moneda

    I don’t blame him. Hip-Hop music isn’t really an avenue to release a message meant to induce change anyway; and there are other ways to get paid.

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