Young Chop Interview on Beef With Kanye West Over "Don't Like (Remix)," Exploiting Chicago Artists

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We caught up with Young Chop down in Atlanta for the A3C Music Festival, where he tells us the true story behind the Chief Keef 'I Don't Like' Remix feat. Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, and Jadakiss. Subscribe to DJBoothTV: http://djbooth.it/djboothsubscribe In an exclusive interview with DJBooth during A3C, the beatmaker details when Kanye West first hit him up. “He wanted beats,” he recalls. “He wanted that sound.” Chop goes on to discuss how ‘Ye didn’t reach out until he was producing for everyone in Keef’s circle, but at that point he believes he didn’t need a co-sign. “He was taking from us,” Chop continues. “I was reading credits [for Cruel Summer] and it says Kanye West featuring Chief Keef. I was trying to figure out how in the fuck the name change occurred. The problem I had with it was I asked him to let me hear the record before it dropped. Was it wrong for me to ask that? It’s my record.” As he has discussed in past interviews, Chop wanted to at least be a part of the process, considering he produced the original record. He wasn’t happy hearing it at the same time as the public nor was he appreciative of what was added to the production. People will undoubtedly have different views than Young Chop on this matter, but he knows the situation he was put in and doesn’t believe he benefited from how it played out. Transcript: Listen- the problem I have with Kanye is... when you see some young individuals that already, you know, makin a name for theyself, and built theyself up to a certain point... when we did Don't Like, we was already lowkey quote unquote "famous," we already had millions of views. So when he came into the picture, this how he came into the picture, to get beats, from me. His cousin Don C came into the room like "Nah, Ye wanna get on Don't Like." I was like "I'm cool, I'm cool with that." Niggas don't know the story behind that, he came to get beats from me. He wanted beats, he wanted that sound, you see what I'm saying? He wasn't coming for me, he didn't come and help me. He seen what I was doing like damn, this young nigga really producing the whole shit, making chicago what it is now, you see what I'm saying? Yeah, he was taking from us, you feel what I'm saying? And when I read the credits, on the song, it said Kanye West featuring Chief Keef, and it's our record. How did the name change occur? The problem that I really had with it, I asked him to let me hear the record before it dropped. Was it wrong for me to ask that? It was my record. I was in Atlanta, Bruh! The first time I heard it, I was in Atlanta, I heard it for the first time on the radio. That shit hit like a motherfuckin ticking time bomb. And I'm like "bro!" It's not like I didn't like the record, I fuck with the record. I didn't hate on it. It was the point that you didn't send it to me. I wanted to hear it before everybody else heard it. That was some sneaky shit going on, he added shit to it, you feel me? Now everyone's talking all this shit "It's just the remix, it's just the remix!" I understand that, but you don't run about the original producer? Like, nigga, I mixed that-- I recorded that song myself. I recorded it, mixed it and everything, so why would I not wanna hear that? And then they're mad that I didn't send the track out. Like hell nah you ain't gettin my track out. Videos focused on underground and independent hip-hop so you know tomorrow's biggest hip-hop stars before they blow, plus coverage of the best and most noteworthy mainstream artists. From dope songs to classic albums, must-hear mixtapes to buzzing rappers, DJBoothTV is the authority in hip-hop. Shot & Edited by @EriksonCorniel Check out more of DJBooth here: http://www.djbooth.net/ https://twitter.com/djbooth https://www.facebook.com/djboothnet