August 10, 2005
Celebration of Life & the Black Mafia in New York City
It’s been a minute since the site has been updated, simply because “all is quiet on the WESTern front.” You know it’s hard to form like Voltron when all the lions are not together, but the folks here at ABVDLAW.COM and WestWorld Records want to thank everyone for checking in from time to time, your dedication is what keeps ATL moving within the belly of Uncle Sam or on the concrete jungles of Los Angeles, California and the world.
It’s August and the staff at ABVDLAW.COM and WestWorld Records would like to say Happy Birthday to our founder and CEO Big Hutch. We all wish you were on the outside with us, celebrating, but we want to let you know to keep representing Above The Law, L.A., Hip-Hop, and the Hutchinson clan, and we will rep for you out here, until your feet hits this concrete again kinfolk.
The recent issue of F.E.D.S. Magazine (Vol. 4 Issue 17) dedicated a section of their publication to the founding organization of Hip-Hop culture, The Universal Zulu Nation. In it, Zulu King Tawfiyq was asked by F.E.D.S. “Why did Ice Cube & other artists turn to the U.Z.N. for security? Tawfiyq stated “When Ice Cube left N.W.A., it was ZULU that embraced him before anyone else, especially here in the East Coast. When Cube was having beef with N.W.A. and he came to N.Y. for the New Music Seminar at the Marriott, it was Zulu who came to his aide when he was getting flipped on by Above The Law, which was under N.W.A. Brother B.O., myself, and a few others got right in there and helped Cube out. His former mates were violating him, even with his mother & sister present. So we put a stop to that, cuz it was getting crazy right there in the hotel….”
We asked Damon X, General Manager of WestWorld Records, who was present at the Seminar and is a member of the Zulu Nation, what happened and he stated to ABVDLAW.COM “Well, there was a scuffle between ATL and the Lench Mob. I later found out some of Cube’s entourage (The Lench Mob) was sellin’ wolf tickets by confronting’ ATL and telling’ them what they were going to do to them and ATL had to defend themselves and started whoopin’ ass. Cube got socked. The God King Sun got socked the fuck out and I can’t remember who else, but after the end of the scuffle, the only people left standing were Above The Law. The problem resulted from groupie niggas running their mouth instead of letting the brothers handle their differences by themselves, which I think would of lead to a more peaceful understanding. ATL didn’t violate anyone, but they had to stand on their square and protect themselves. Have you noticed that Cube never went and dissed ATL after that incident? We all know that Cube can lyrically get in somebody’s ass, but he and everyone else knows Hutch, KM.G, and K-OSS are the wrong brothers to fuck with (and can rep in front and behind the mic) when you’re trying to bring that studio shit to some real G’s and that was proven right in the heart of Times Square. What is ironic is that Tom Silverman, who I worked for many years at Tommy Boy Records, pretty much ran the Seminar back in the day and banned ATL from all future Seminar conferences. Also, Mr. Silverman later signed ATL to his label in 1996 and had a good relationship until we all left the label three years later. I love Zulu, but the brother got his facts a little mixed up. In fact, instead of trying to save Cube, he should of got the actual facts and tried to mediate the whole thing. To this day, ATL represents the warrior spirit of Shaka Zulu and they should of been members of Amazulu.”
ABVDLAW.COM is feeling the throwback era and wanted to pass that old school nostalgia on to the ATL fans, so be sure to check out the Media portal scroll down to the video section and take a Ruthless trip to THE CREATION OF G-FUNK (no, it wasn’t Dre, Warren, or anyone else who thinks they brought this sound to Hip-Hop). Also, check out the interview BET News did back when ATL were Death Row inmates. Damn, those were the days. Lastly, please keep Hutch and K-OSS in your prayers and we dedicate this month’s update to Anitta and the kids. Keep reppin’ and being the strong Black woman you are. Your children gather their strength from you. In the immortal words of 2Pac, “Keep Your Head Up (things gonna get easier).”
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