CyHi Da Prynce Claims A Rivalry With Big Sean

In a brand new interview with Reside Hip Hop Each day, CyHi Da Prynce peeled again the curtain on his time at Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label, shedding gentle on a rivalry with Large Sean that he says simmered behind the scenes.

The Atlanta rapper, recognized for his lyrical precision, didn’t hesitate when requested about his expertise beneath West’s imprint. He drew a pointy distinction between artists who embraced West’s imaginative and prescient and people he believed handled the label as a stepping stone.

“Pusha [T] was my man. Pusha from the bounce. He was the realist one out of all of them. And 2 Chainz was like, that was my man,” CyHi defined. However when it got here to Large Sean, the dynamic was totally different. “Large Sean used to have like a slick rivalry with me or one thing. I didn’t know what I used to be up with houses.”

CyHi recalled one second specifically that crystallized the stress. Throughout an XXL photoshoot, West requested him to rap for the journal’s workers. “So, you realize, I’m going off, I’m going loopy,” he mentioned. However earlier than he might end, Sean allegedly jumped in, slicing his efficiency brief.

CyHi Da Prynce Beef With Large Sean

“He already had movement, already sold-out exhibits,” CyHi mentioned, nonetheless baffled by the interruption. “So why you… I’m lookin’ at this n***a. ‘Oh, okay. You one among them. I acquired to maintain my eye on you.’”

Though CyHi acknowledged that Kanye supported Sean’s profession, he advised Sean embodied the opportunistic streak he noticed in some G.O.O.D. Music artists. “Some folks that with Ye is opportunists. There’s some individuals there ’trigger they actually admire what he making an attempt to do,” he mentioned, framing himself as a part of the latter camp.

The feedback spotlight the interior rivalries that formed G.O.O.D. Music throughout its heyday. Whereas the label cultivated moments of unity, it was additionally a crucible the place bold rappers jockeyed for West’s consideration and the highlight.

For CyHi, real camaraderie got here from Pusha T and a couple of Chainz. His impression of Large Sean, nevertheless, stays coloured by that early XXL conflict—a second he nonetheless sees as revealing the cutthroat undercurrent of the G.O.O.D. Music machine.