"Twista Addresses Fans Questioning His Street Cred"

In his last blog entry, the rapper addressed comments by fans regarding his street credibility (see "Twista Addresses Fans Questioning His Street Cred"), but also blogs about other topics as well, including the war in Iraq or how he'd love to collaborate with fellow Chi-Town artist Common. Setting the record straight What up Chi-town. I been going through a lot of these questions lately and a lot of people been asking me about growing up in K-town and the Vice Lords so I wanted to speak on it. Officially, for the people so they can understand what type of cat I am, all of my boys banged. I was just one of the guys where rap touched me at an early age like at 12 or 13. I always had a show to go to, studio, or function and that was one thing that kept me from fully falling into it. I was so into rap so early on that when it came time to make those choices of which way to go I didn't fall into it so much. Back then I'm thinking "man, if I call myself a Vice Lord the folks ain't gonna buy my record "or "If I call myself folk then the Lords ain't gonna buy my record". I'm thinking like that as a shorty so I would never make it official you know, but I got people I grew up around that were part of every gang in Chicago. The best of this week's questions... First, I think you are an amazing MC. But as a lover of lyricism I wonder why an MC wouldn't want to write lyric-driven "perfect" songs anymore. I know to be a success on radio simplicity is key. However, as a fan of your real lyrical ability can we get a few album cuts that show that off. â