Fredro Star has revealed that he will likely be hanging up his mic and retiring from rap after this yr.
Showing on an episode of The Dr. Greenthumb Present on Thursday (January 5), the Onyx co-founder commented on Westside Gunn’s retirement announcement earlier than explaining that the time has come for him to exit the sport additionally.
“You presupposed to say: ‘I’m gonna retire.’ You gotta make the comeback. Michael Jordan did it. Guess what? I’m retiring too this yr. After this yr, I’m finished. All jokes in aspect pocket” Fredro mentioned.
He added: “I’m retiring man. Thirty years of Hip Hop. That is the final yr. I’m retiring. Don’t name me for no verses, nothing. I’d do a present right here and there.”
Host B-Actual of Cypress Hill responded by saying that he’s taking a sabbatical from rap in 2023. “I’m finished. I’ll be again in 2024 however this yr, I’m completely retired,” he mentioned.
Take a look at Fredro Starr’s feedback across the 1:12:49 mark under:
Sharing a clip of the dialog on his Instagram, Fredo reiterated his stance. “I’m finished. thank u hip hop [100 emoji].” Fredro captioned the put up.
Earlier than he introduced his impending retirement, Onyx launched their twelfth studio album, World Take Over, in September 2022 virtually 30 years after their debut album Bacdafucup. In line with Fredro Starr, he nonetheless has among the hardest beats within the recreation.
“I don’t get nothing from a beat machine,” he remarked about his manufacturing course of. “I don’t even use a hi-hat. I received my very own drums. I play my very own drums. My shit is soiled. I would like it to be soiled. My shit is filthy. I received the nastiest, grimiest, beats in Hip Hop.”
Fredro additionally famous that the New York group’s basic “Final Dayz” from their sophomore album, All We Acquired Iz Us, was the inspiration behind the manufacturing sound on one other of their current albums, Onyx Versus All people.
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“‘Final Dayz’ is a Hip Hop basic beat you realize? It was in 8 Mile and that made it much more legendary so I wished to get the vibe on the album,” he mentioned. “I do know what I do know relating to making beats and my fashion by no means modified. That’s why it appears like 1996 as a result of I didn’t change the best way I make my beats. It’s the identical n-gga who made ‘Final Dayz,’ ‘Stroll in New York,’ and ‘Evil Streets.’ Nothing modified.”
The Queens rapper additionally mentioned that he and rhyme accomplice Sticky Fingaz are producing a documentary in regards to the historical past of mosh pits in Hip Hop.
“Me and Sticky are producing a documentary referred to as Slam: Mosh Pits in Hip-Hop,” Fredro mentioned. “The slam dance tradition began earlier than us and it’s nonetheless going so we wished to provide a clearer image on the way it began on some factual shit. Redman, he been loopy and he comes up within the documentary and so does Cypress Hill. We’ve been engaged on it for some time doing the analysis and it’s virtually finished.”
