Sitting down with Sway Calloway, Busta Rhymes responded to hearing Loaded Lux's diss record aimed at him play as part of the Total Slaughter event earlier this month. In a battle against Lux, Murda Mook aired out the track during one of his rounds while Busta—an avid Lux supporter himself—was in attendance.
Detailing his initial reaction to the Total Slaughter event host himself, Busta said, “I was raised different.”
“It really caught me off guard because I don’t ever get disrespected by anybody,” he said. “Period. I just command that ‘cause I give it. So, I think the most surprising thing was not only was it from somebody that I fuck with, but it was somebody that wasn’t warranted in any disrespect towards me. I’m cool even if it’s in fun. But even if it’s in fun, again, I was raised different. We don’t diss Rakim, LL, Chuck D, even in joke. There’s no joke about any level of disrespect. If you gon’ do it and you supposed to be somebody that I’m cool with or you know how to reach me, you should at least know that you can’t take for granted that imma find your joke as humor. You might need to call my phone and check in first and see if I’m gonna give you my blessing to be funny with me. I don’t like funny if I ain’t thinking that the joke is funny too. Especially if it’s at my expense. If you think that it’s okay to use me to get your excitement poppin’ you probably gonna figure out through a very rude awakening because I don’t play with that. Especially because it’s different now. We come from a time where you had to earn your voice. You can’t talk to me unless you had a voice that warranted that conversation with me ‘cause I had to earn my voice."
“Now we living in a time where motherfuckers could just ‘at’ you [on Twitter] and talk shit crazy and you ain’t gon’ never see him to hold him accountable,” he added. “Back in our day, you talk shit, we was going to run into each other somewhere and it was gonna get dealt with accordingly depending on the shit that you talked. For me it’s just real simple, my kids ain’t gon’ wake up and see their father getting disrespected by no nigga on no Internet unless you know that you have a price that comes with paying for that act. I raise my kids a certain way: don’t start beef but if you come home getting your ass whooped ‘cause you didn’t defend yourself ‘cause somebody else started with you, I might whoop your ass and send you back out there to defend yourself properly. Then you could come home.”
After the battle, BattleRap.com was on hand to witness Loaded Lux and Busta Rhymes speak face-to-face in the judges box.
“We had a gentleman conversation but I definitely let him know exactly how I felt,” Busta said of the aftermath. “I let him know that mistakes happen and now that you’re clear and we have a proper understanding on things, let’s just do things the right way moving forward. I’m a Loaded Lux fan. I think the dude is an incredible emcee and I support him to the fullest. I think you need to be smart in how you move your chess pieces. Be a little more strategic. Don’t play those games with me. I don’t play those games with you. I expect the same respect that you get from me. You would never hear me joking on a record and using your name to be on no disrespect shit. I wasn’t raised that way. Just don’t do it again. We make sure that we publicly address it so that you can make sure that you on the record acknowledging your fault publicly.”
While on Sway's show, Busta also touched briefly on the significance of the event itself.
“Congratulations to all of them by the way too,” he said. “Phenomenal turnout.”
Watch the video here, starting at 13:30:
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