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St. Lunatics members Nelly and Ali have been engaged in a back and forth about the group's history since Ali accused the star member of abandoning the group for his own gain. In an attempt to further explain his side of the story, Ali spoke with Atlanta's B High about his role in the St. Lunatics.
Ali reacted to Nelly's response to his initial Instagram post by admitting that 90 percent of what Nelly said was true. He continued by detailing his time in college and rap influences that made him leave gang life behind and start a rap group in his hometown.
Ali explained that he instructed his partner to find him some young talent. Once a group of young rappers was brought to him, he laid down the rules of the group and required each member to give up their gang affiliations.
"A whole bunch of kids come to the house," Ali started eight minutes into the interview. "I start talking 'bout, 'We putting a group together. No cussing. We ain't 'gon dog women out. We ain't talking no gangs.' I left [the] Bloods...I put my flag down first in order for them to put theirs down. Nelly Rolling 60 Crip...[Murphy Lee] and them Crip. Everybody was gangbanging so for me to talk to some Crips and ask them to put they s*** down, I gotta put mine down first."
Ali added that after he told the group of rappers the rules, many of them left while the remaining artists would form the St. Lunatics. Throughout the interview, he discussed the history of the St. Lunatics and where his relationship with Nelly started to sour. He also explained the beef between Nelly and Ludacris after saying the group never liked the Atlanta rapper and explained the reason at the 1:04:30 mark.
"When [Ludacris] signed Chingy, that became a beef," Ali explained. "Then he did the 'Stand Up,' had the big a** Air Force One. It was a little beef ya'll don't know about. It was a beef that we had."
Ali continued by claiming Nelly was nervous to battle Ludacris in their Verzuz and said the St. Lunatic member "wasn't trying to win, he was trying not to lose." To hear more, check out the full interview above.
Ali reacted to Nelly's response to his initial Instagram post by admitting that 90 percent of what Nelly said was true. He continued by detailing his time in college and rap influences that made him leave gang life behind and start a rap group in his hometown.
Ali explained that he instructed his partner to find him some young talent. Once a group of young rappers was brought to him, he laid down the rules of the group and required each member to give up their gang affiliations.
"A whole bunch of kids come to the house," Ali started eight minutes into the interview. "I start talking 'bout, 'We putting a group together. No cussing. We ain't 'gon dog women out. We ain't talking no gangs.' I left [the] Bloods...I put my flag down first in order for them to put theirs down. Nelly Rolling 60 Crip...[Murphy Lee] and them Crip. Everybody was gangbanging so for me to talk to some Crips and ask them to put they s*** down, I gotta put mine down first."
Ali added that after he told the group of rappers the rules, many of them left while the remaining artists would form the St. Lunatics. Throughout the interview, he discussed the history of the St. Lunatics and where his relationship with Nelly started to sour. He also explained the beef between Nelly and Ludacris after saying the group never liked the Atlanta rapper and explained the reason at the 1:04:30 mark.
"When [Ludacris] signed Chingy, that became a beef," Ali explained. "Then he did the 'Stand Up,' had the big a** Air Force One. It was a little beef ya'll don't know about. It was a beef that we had."
Ali continued by claiming Nelly was nervous to battle Ludacris in their Verzuz and said the St. Lunatic member "wasn't trying to win, he was trying not to lose." To hear more, check out the full interview above.
