Video summary
The video centers on a heated confrontation between veteran rapper Boosie Badazz and rising artist Rod Wave regarding allegations of musical theft and lack of respect. According to the transcript, Boosie is furious because he believes Rod Wave has sampled his music extensively without proper compensation or acknowledgment, claiming that Rod took thirty songs to build his career while ignoring Boosie's contributions. The conflict escalates when Boosie accuses Rod of being a "serial stealer" and a "hoe," leading to an intense verbal exchange where both artists trade harsh insults. Boosie insists that despite offering a settlement, Rod refused to show the respect due to an elder who paved the way for him in the South, specifically mentioning Baton Rouge and his label, Trill Entertainment.
Rod Wave defends his actions by stating that he is a fan of both himself and Boosie but feels misunderstood regarding the nature of sampling in hip-hop. He argues that many artists sample without paying original creators directly, often settling with record labels instead, which he views as a common practice rather than theft. However, Boosie rejects this justification, asserting that using someone else's work to make money without direct homage or payment is disrespectful and unethical. The argument becomes personal as Rod Wave questions the authenticity of Boosie's "gangster" status and his legal troubles, while Boosie counters by emphasizing his legacy and warning Rod not to play with the South or disrespect its icons.
The dialogue shifts from specific grievances about music rights to broader accusations about character and integrity. Boosie claims that Rod's father, a white man, facilitated his success in ways that undermine his own narrative, suggesting Rod is unappreciative of his roots. In response, Rod Wave challenges the notion that age or geography dictates respect, stating that one must earn it through current actions rather than past deeds alone. The tension peaks with Boosie telling Rod to shut up and warning him about the consequences of disrespecting a legend, while Rod maintains that he is simply speaking the truth about the industry's realities.
Ultimately, the video concludes with a call for reconciliation and mutual respect between the two artists, who are both from the Southern United States. The host attempts to mediate by reminding viewers that they should not let older generations see them engaging in such behavior, urging both parties to resolve their differences. Despite the intense spat, the host ends by promoting another video featuring courtroom footage related to Boosie's legal issues, suggesting that the drama extends beyond just this argument. The segment wraps up with a reminder for viewers to subscribe and watch future content, leaving the audience with a sense of unresolved tension between two prominent figures in the rap community.
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[music]
Yeah, we on Boss TV. Shout out to ET
say you didn't
[ __ ] chat GBT say you done took 31
[ __ ] songs [ __ ]
[ __ ] you owe everybody not include me.
You owe everybody [ __ ] You a serial
stealer [ __ ] Yeah let's talk about it
[ __ ] Come on. You offer me a honey.
Yeah you offer me. And we agreed. We
agreed. Say you was going to give me
150, [ __ ] We agreed, [ __ ] You say
for all the [ __ ] you done took, you was
going to look out for me, [ __ ]
[ __ ] we was talking friendly.
Now it's time for you to drop a tonight.
Now you won't bring a booster on the
couch, [ __ ] You [ __ ] you [ __ ] you
ain't slick, [ __ ] THIS [ __ ] BEEN DEAD.
WHY YOU AIN'T BEEN SAYING SOMETHING?
THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU DROP, YOU WON'T SAY
SOMETHING, [ __ ]
You took 31 [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] You a
serial stealer, [ __ ]
>> Wow. I'm I'm I'mma rock with it right
there, guys. Booy is upset with Rod Way.
Rod Way been hanging out with Shannon
Sharp on that damn couch. And it is not
going to be an easy win. You going to
have to come You gonna have to come on
with that 150K. Now, Booy is not trying
to hear it. And I And And I get it,
Booy. He been using your music and and
and they young, man. And and and Booy,
uh, I'm rocking with you. OG, you there?
>> I'm right here. Just like that youngster
said.
>> OG, hold on. I ain't even played the
youngster yet, man.
>> You don't have to. I got him. And he
>> Hold on. Let me play it first so the
people can hear it, man.
>> First of all, you said booy upset about
his music, man.
>> Wait a minute. Let's show how liars get
their lies interpreted. When he first
started off, you took 15 people music
and you
>> 30 people music.
>> 20 people music.
>> 30.
Is it 20 or 15?
>> Oh, it's 30
>> or is it 35?
>> Whatever it is, they they remaking
everybody music because they can't be
original. I do know that much.
>> So, whatever it is, whatever he did, he
did it with white America. Okay.
>> Let Hold on. Let let me play let me play
his part then
a game ready
young birthday. Hey boo man you need to
cut that [ __ ] out man now. You talking
about letting it go. I ain't letting
[ __ ] go. No [ __ ] You a [ __ ] hoe and
you broke my heart. Threat a [ __ ] with
a lawsuit. Act like a [ __ ] Act like
one of these hoes or something. You
threaten a [ __ ] with a law. You
threaten to take a [ __ ] to court like a
[ __ ] police. Like you what the [ __ ]
I knew you. I knew from the jump. I
hadn't sampled so many of Trill Found or
record label uh property. I I I sampled
so much and interpolated so much of
their music. I already had a
relationship with your label. I knew
from the jump you didn't own the music.
So when I reached out and I offered you
$100,000, fam, you said that was enough.
You got me [ __ ] up. I ain't going for
nothing. Ain't nobody going to be
pressing me. Let [ __ ] go to court. You
a [ __ ] [ __ ] You a hoe, [ __ ] You
ain't no gangster. You ain't nothing,
[ __ ] try taking a go to court.
>> I'm gonna stop it right there. I I'm Let
me stop that right there because that's
so disrespectful.
>> This the second all that old gangster
street talk. This the second time he
done tried to put somebody in court and
it's the third time when he told
somebody the money wasn't enough. The
his white daddy Vlad kicked him out the
car talking about being unappreciative.
BR offered him $100,000 and he went to
the white folks and was able to get it
cleared because you don't own the music.
Now you try to AND OH BEING A GANGSTER,
why ain't you handle it? Oh, you talk
about taking the court. So where is it?
Man, it's I'm telling y'all y'all I'm
I'm let me just be let me be clear on
one thing. Booy
is a legend in the south. a iconic
figure in the south, one of them warns
in the south. So when you come for Booy
as a younger man, it need to be some
respect. Put some respect on his name.
He paved the way. That's why you using
the damn songs.
>> Them is no them is boo's creation, man.
And and just for the culture, you write
all the tread lightly, Rod Wave. I'm
telling you right now, I'm a big fan of
you and I'm a big fan of Booy. Oh, let
me finish, man. Let me finish, bro.
>> Listen, man. I'm a big fan of both of
these guys. But I got to say, Booy is a
legend. And ain't no way in hell. Yeah,
he's a legend when it comes down to
Yeah. what he does. He's legendary.
That's why he using his music in the
first place. OG.
>> OG. No. No. He is a legend in the South,
man. He been pretending. He done told
y'all and y'all don't perform.
>> No, he put good music out and showed us
that. What are you talking about? He
told us that. He ain't told us nothing.
He put the work in. And that's why come
Rob wave using his music, man.
>> He's a start. He's
>> No, no, no. He's got great music. That's
what he got. And you wouldn't understand
cuz you not demog demographically uh uh
spaced in an area to understand. You
don't even know what Booya songs is.
>> Wisconsin. I don't do BBop. I don't do
that kind of [ __ ]
>> Yeah, he the nipple on the titty, [ __ ]
You know what I'm saying? Don't play
with Boo, man.
>> Don't play with Boo, man. Quit playing
with Boo, man. Rod Wade, I'm gonna be
honest with you, man. Respect the
elders, bro. Like, like you they paved
the way, man.
>> Ro, push your program. Just because a a
a person is older, them old crackheads,
you don't respect a crackhead. If he did
something, it's not where you where
where you grew up. It's what you doing
now. It's not what you speak.
>> Oh, no. We got to have some kind of
respect for what's going on before us,
man.
>> Respect is earned.
>> I think he earned it by if you using his
music, he damn sure earned it.
>> This the same man said you can't f the
street. You can't
>> Yeah, he said it. Yeah, he said it
because he was You taking that out of
context. So everything that he's doing,
he's doing like a citizen. When his
white daddy let him go, he going to
court on dudes. Why ain't you handling
like a man?
>> OG, I'm going to be honest. People get
frustrated at stuff like this. People
get frustrated, man. People get really
frustrated. Listen what Booya had to
say. Listen to this.
>> Boy, shut your big puss up, boy.
[ __ ] you done took 15 [ __ ] music and
made a career out it, [ __ ] Boy, you a
straight [ __ ]
[ __ ] Let's talk about [ __ ] You done
took 20 [ __ ] music and made a
[ __ ] career out of it, [ __ ]
Boy, you was a big old [ __ ]
Talking about your heart ain't never
been broke, but every song, [ __ ] you
talking about your heart broke, [ __ ]
You a cap rapper, [ __ ] You got the
whole world sad for nothing.
Shut your [ __ ] ass up, [ __ ]
Clown ass [ __ ] Talking about you
looked up to [ __ ] What the [ __ ] you
looking up to [ __ ] and you ain't never
done nothing like these [ __ ]
boy? You a [ __ ]
[ __ ] You done took everybody's [ __ ]
[ __ ] You a muppet baby, [ __ ] Big
puss ass [ __ ]
>> Stop it right there, man. Shout out to
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a
minute. Let me start there. Wait a
minute. Wait a minute. My Hey, hey, hey.
What type of booy? That's how that's how
you talk to. See, he from the old
school. He handled that. He handled
that. He He handled that, boy. He talked
real real tough talk to him.
>> That's a That That's a gang of
protection.
Rocking a race.
>> He handled that. He [laughter] He
handled that.
>> He handled that.
Shut your [ __ ] ass up. [laughter]
>> That man door
[laughter]
you ain't walked up door and told him
not.
>> When a [ __ ] tell you to shut your [ __ ]
ass up, that's a serious move, boy. When
a [ __ ] in the south tell you that, when
somebody tell you in the south, shut
your [ __ ] ass up, that's serious. Like
that's some serious.
>> I'm [laughter]
saying I don't care if on the moon. If
you ain't saying it to his face, you a
[ __ ] ass [ __ ]
>> Oh gee. They they going back and forth
on the internet. They they they spit
boxing. OH BOY. JUST WENT OFF ON HIM.
THAT'S WHY HE RESPONDED to it.
>> WHY YOU WHY YOU LET let's just be real.
Why you hating on Boots ever since y'all
put that gun charge him up there on the
West Coast? What you What you doing,
man? Back up. Wait a minute. I wonder
why HE AIN'T IN JAIL FOR
>> BACK UP, MAN. Back up. Y'all doing the
most, man.
>> Wait a minute. Since you bring that up,
he supposed to go to jail in January.
>> He got federal probation, man.
>> Oh. Oh, he working FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
>> AIN'T NOBODY working for no nothing,
man. You know Booya will never sell out.
>> Boo is the same.
>> You know Booya will never sell out. Stop
playing, man. Show Put some respect on
Booya name. Let me tell you something
about the South, man. You don't know
nothing about the south.
>> You don't know nothing about the south.
I ain't got that plan a damn thing. You
don't know nothing about no south when
it come down to no booy. Not when it
come to booy and baton rouge and what?
No. That boy paved the way.
>> Ain't ain't Georgia the south.
>> Listen. You don't know nothing about no
south, man. You ain't been fishing. You
ain't never fished in your life, man.
Stop playing, bro.
>> Dallas, Texas. Ain't that what Charles
White from?
>> Bro, stop playing with the South when it
come to Booy, man. Y'all got the king of
the rats,
>> man. Listen, man. Y'all got some king of
the rats. I've been watching a lot of
people up there talking in your city,
homie. And it's going to be a big case
come through there. We already seen it.
We've been seeing what's going on.
Don't never talk about our what we got
down here. Remember, remember what y'all
got up there first. Hey, sweep around
your own front door before you try to
sweep around mine.
>> Is clean as hell.
>> Sweep around your own front door before
you try to sweep around mine, OG.
getting back to Booy.
>> You heard what Booy said.
>> You know the man's address. Why ain't
you said that?
>> He will pull up.
>> He'll pull up.
>> He ain't pulled up yet. He didn't pull
up on them damn lawyers that he tried to
beg for 300,000 from
>> you know. OG OG let's just just let's
just deal with the facts here.
>> The facts are
>> the facts is he yo you don't want to
hear he made them songs when he was
young and and this guy want to use them.
He should pay homage. Why wouldn't he
pay homage?
>> He paid homage to the label.
>> No, he need to pay homage to the guy who
made them songs. You walk around out
here singing this man's song word for
word and won't pay him homage. No, I
don't like that.
>> Daddy and his white daddy made a deal
without him. He don't need uh what's uh
Boo's real name? Uh Sylvester Collins.
>> Torren Hatch. He don't play
>> Mr. Hatch. Okay.
>> But let me just let me be clear on it.
when it come down to Booya Badass, Booya
Baduh was definitely he he was brought
in the right way into this game. So have
put some respect on his name and know
that he not he not going out without
saying something. If you use something
heels and you know back in the days we I
just talked about this man that biting
when you bite off a [ __ ] do something
with a dude already doing biting off of
people and using their music man that's
really crazy work man. You got to be
original man. Stop, bro. Stop.
You want to clear the records because
y'all want to use samples of everybody's
stuff, man. Then you don't want to
respect them.
That's crazy to me. OG. So
>> everything everything y'all do is
sample.
>> No, every ain't everything. And it's
original cuz
>> his music is sound.
>> No, it ain't. No, it ain't.
>> No, it ain't.
>> When you can't tell me that ain't one
ain't no part of his music ever. Well, I
don't want to hear that. OG, I'm so
sorry that you feel that way.
>> Every everybody in the rap game got
samples from originals and they didn't
pay harvest to the Eley brothers to uh
Eye K's to to all the people that
they're sampling. They paid the record
label and sampling them and spoke over
their music. That's something all of
y'all is thieves,
>> man. Shout out to Booy Boo, man. Booy, I
understand you and Ro Wave. I definitely
understand being a younger boy. You
trying to get your get your roll on. But
man, y'all got to show some respect to
each other. Y'all both from under that
Mason Dixon line, bro. Y'all from the
south. So guys, we got to do better,
man. We can't let OGM see us up here
doing this stuff when we the ones
running everything. So guys, just make
sure you guys don't let don't let the
You heard what I'm saying, man? Y'all
make sure you guys get together and
figure this out, man. But I really want
to see you guys figure it out. Rod Wave,
shout out. Booy. Shout out.
>> Y'all running so much. Have y'all got
free from slavery yet,
>> man. We run this whole thing now, man.
The South took over a long time ago and
didn't let it go, man. We the best that
did it and got away with it, man. Real
talk, man. Appreciate y'all for
watching, man. And we we got the best
thing smoking, man. Every time, man.
That soulful stuff we do down there. It
just works. It just works. Um
>> Gucci going to court, America.
>> It just works, guys. Guys, make sure you
like, subscribe channel, and if you're
still watching right here, guys. Right
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is right here. This next video potent.
This next video, it's the one you need,
man. Don't play. When it come down to,
you know what happened in court today? I
watched it. OG, I don't know if he even
watched it, but I watched it. It was
crazy. We had three different courtroom
sessions going. And the real thing that
you really want to pay attention to is,
here it is, guys.
what me and OG talked about earlier this
morning. Vlad upset like hell with Nor
Edgar. Vlad really upset, but Nory spoke
back. You can see that right here. I'mma
put that one right there. That's the one
I'm putting right here. That's the one
should be right here on the screen.
Better watch it. Boss Talk 101 review.
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