lmao @ cappadonna...smh...the cabby strikes again (swipe)

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:23 pm

http://kvbeats.blogspot.com/2010/03/how ... apper.html

He used to be known as Cappachino The Great and spit fire on the mic like his infamous verse on "Winter Warz" from Ghostface's "Ironman" album:

...but these days he is better known for driving tourists around New York in a yellow cab busting the occasional verse here and there. Nothing wrong with that, he's got a big family to feed from what I hear, but the dude and I made a deal of him recording a song of two verses for my album, and he didn't deliver. It started as a Myspace correspondence back and forth negotiating the price. Cappa also told me about his new baby and how he's not rich like The Rza and drives a taxi cab. After agreeing on a price he asked me to talk to his manager Honor also going by the exotic AOL name IronShiek7000 who would take care of the business side of things... Mind you, I never willingly transfer the full amount of money upfront! Normally I pay half upfront and the rest once I receive the vocals. But here, Cappa wrote me the following email...

"ok lets do this .... do u have yahoo messenger or aim? if you do my mgr will work everythging out with you his yahoo is HONORMANAGEMENT and his aim is IRONSHIEK7000 now im saying this up front before we get started i need the full payemnt and the music upfront for the simple fact cause the last time i did this with someone from europe they didnt pay me and i went to the studio and did the work for this dude named cop killa (note: contained a link to his blog which doesn't work anymore) so thats why i require the money upfront and i will have the song back to you in 48hrs (2 days) with vocals seperated and everything you need let me know if that is ok and trust me brother i will not cheat you in the name of allah!!!!!!!!!"

...And I somehow decided to trust the guy. I remember transferring the money by Western Union directly to Darryl Hall (Cappa) in Park Hill, Staten Island. After nothing happened for several weeks I complained to both Shiek and Cappadonna directly and when I finally got a reply from Shiek on AOL, he told me that he wasn't managing Cappadonna anymore and that he'd been hustled too... WTF?! I'd been bamboozled! Guess it comes with the territory of dealing with struggling artists from the hood, but in the immortal words of Ed Lover... "Cappadonna from the Wu, c'mon son!!!"

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:41 pm

I wonder how much a cappadonna verse costs. Anyway this story is sad comedy especially considering he thought cappadonna name would help promote his project alot.

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HustleCrowe · Post by **HustleCrowe** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:52 pm

i feel for this dude, no homo, 3,4 years ago I was a naive 20,21 year old who got some misguided information & hit up Sean Price to collab, met him twice, chilled in his apartment in Brownsville but never got the verse from him and after a year of waiting & advice from Gloss got my loot back.

im like yo, if people are willing to pay you their hard earned money for a verse you should go out of your way to compensate them, regardless of talent level & associations. I went through my " lets try to collab with bigger named rappers phase" when i was younger, and really only one good thing came from it, peace to the homie Slaine. Im also glad im getting to the level where I can collaborate with people out of respect & there is no $ involved.

But i feel this dude, pause, if i was him i'd try to get at Cappa any way possible to get my money back.

Sumthin_Funky · Post by **Sumthin_Funky** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:56 pm

This is fucking hilarious. Like blessingindisguise said, a Cappa verse just ain't gonna get you much hype to begin with.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:46 pm

[img]http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/5863/246280_4_14208512.jpg[/img] wrote:Every evening I have a by myself meeting,
thinking who's my next victim that I'm cheatin
foolin bork producers pay better than my cabfare
I tell lies, all foreigners get taxed here
Where's my verse, that's what they said, I gave no answer
I jacked them, took they money, now they asking Shiek for they reward

Digs Darklighter · Post by **Digs Darklighter** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:38 pm

good for cappa

i trolled around on this borks blog and seen this...

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- Damon Smith BKA Smoothe Da Hustler
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The Frankest · Post by **The Frankest** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:50 pm

In the year 2002 I bought a beat from Benefit for $75. That was a mistake too, but only on my part because I never used it. It was a crazy idea in the first place because I was never really a rapper.

perabigail · Post by **perabigail** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:05 am

blessingindisguise wrote:I wonder how much a cappadonna verse costs. Anyway this story is sad comedy especially considering he thought cappadonna name would help promote his project alot.

"cappadonna stole 15 bucks from me!"

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:11 am

Tired & Broke wrote:
[img]http://content.internetvideoarchive.com/content/photos/5863/246280_4_14208512.jpg[/img] wrote:Every evening I have a by myself meeting,
thinking who's my next victim that I'm cheatin
foolin bork producers pay better than my cabfare
I tell lies, all foreigners get taxed here
Where's my verse, that's what they said, I gave no answer
I jacked them, took they money, now they asking Shiek for they reward

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:17 am

HustleCrowe wrote:i feel for this dude, no homo, 3,4 years ago I was a naive 20,21 year old who got some misguided information & hit up Sean Price to collab, met him twice, chilled in his apartment in Brownsville but never got the verse from him and after a year of waiting & advice from Gloss got my loot back.

im like yo, if people are willing to pay you their hard earned money for a verse you should go out of your way to compensate them, regardless of talent level & associations. I went through my " lets try to collab with bigger named rappers phase" when i was younger, and really only one good thing came from it, peace to the homie Slaine. Im also glad im getting to the level where I can collaborate with people out of respect & there is no $ involved.

But i feel this dude, pause, if i was him i'd try to get at Cappa any way possible to get my money back.

Sucka Ducka · Post by **Sucka Ducka** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:39 am

wheels · Post by **wheels** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:10 am

The Frankest wrote:In the year 2002 I bought a beat from Benefit for $75. That was a mistake too, but only on my part because I never used it. It was a crazy idea in the first place because I was never really a rapper.