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Mistah FAB Reveals Beef With Bay Area Radio Station
September 5th, 2008 | Author: Danielle Harling
As of recently, the feud between Oakland rapper Mistah FAB and the programming and music director's at 106 KMEL, a Bay Area radio station, has reached new heights. According to Mistah FAB, 106 KMEL is no longer playing any song by or featuring him.

"I don't want to make it a corporation situation, it's an individual problem with the programming director and the mix-show director. To be specific, Stacy Cunningham and Big Von," Mistah FAB told HipHopDX. "They have their individual views towards me and they use me as an example. They're like, 'This is what we'll do to you if you ever take a stand, we'll never play your music'. So I'm passed the point of thinking will I ever get played. They don't ever have to play me again and I'm pretty sure they won't."

On several blogs and websites, 106 KMEL has been linked to what many are calling the 'Death of Hyphy' due to the stations lack of Bay area artist's in its rotation.

"Anytime you have a song like the song 'Life Of The Party' with me, Snoop Dogg, and Too Short which made it to number three on '106 & Park' and you do the Arbitron and you do the play lists. It's not a corporation thing, it's why did Big Von never play this record. And you're like, 'Okay, Mistah Fab's on it, there it is'. It's definitely some kind of personal vendetta there and it's been going on for a long time," Mistah FAB revealed. "It's been going on for 2, 3 years. It's been boiling. [Big] Von's never liked me. We're just gonna be real. Like this guy's a failed rapper. Failed rapper turned DJ."

Mistah FAB recently struck back at Cunningham and Big Von with his freestyle over the beat to the classic Boogie Down Productions song "The Bridge Is Over" [click to hear].

In his freestyle, Mistah FAB immediately begins taking shots at Big Von, "You don't gotta play my record Von and you don't gotta play my sh**, but to me you a b**ch."

"That was just me going in the studio talking the truth. Everything that's said in that song is true facts. We have documents that state the comments made by Stacy Cunningham, comments made by Big Von," Mistah FAB explained to HipHopDX. "Like I say, I'm passed the thought of will I ever get played on that radio station. I want to be the voice for the hidden frustration, the hidden struggle of any artists that want to say what I'm saying, but they're not in the position to be relevant if they do say it."

Currently, Mistah FAB is working on a new album entitled The Bus Ride which is expected to be released spring of next year and Mistah FAB will be releasing his new single "Still Gone Eat" featuring Rick Ross and Glasses Malone in the coming weeks.



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Posted By: YV | Saturday, September 6, 2008
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wow 'A- (the difference)' is an idiot.

You're acting like what you speak are facts when its OBVIOUS that it's just your opinion.

You're right for one part, Big Von doesn't like FAB's music. But it's not because Fab's music 'sucks', it's simply because Von is a bitch when it comes to him and Fab... he'll never spin any of Fab's tracks no matter how good the track is. "Life of The Party" was a hot single by Snoop and reached good rankings on '106&Park', but Von didn't want to play the song just because of the fact that Fab was on the hook. That's what you call 'bitchassness' right there man.

Big Von has bad blood with Fab, and that type of controversy is what's killing this Bay Area scene. It's not Fab's fault that he got mad at Von for not playing his tracks. Von's the one who can't even support the Bay's artists; and it's not just Fab, all the other artists out here aren't getting radio play either.

All Von plays is that mainstream crap. When people go to visit the Bay from Atl, NY, Chi, etc. they feel right at home because Von keeps playing music from other areas. It's not like how it was in 2006 where outsiders would come to the Bay Area and get a crazy vibe on the radio than what they're used to.

Posted By: E.S.O. Boy | Friday, September 5, 2008
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Lmao off Andre 4000 ignorant ass. Nigga Yellow Bus Radio was on Wild 94.9, not KMEL. Thats rival stations bruh. Why u think Von was hating on Fab in the first place...

Posted By: atamediumpace | Friday, September 5, 2008
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WTF happened to Bailey? he had a hot album, and a couple mixtapes, but is now nowhere to be found.

Posted By: anyaisabel | Friday, September 5, 2008
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Correction: Not Vons lyrics..Vons ratings

Posted By: AnyaIsabel @Andre 4000 & tower | Friday, September 5, 2008
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Andre4000:
What part of the bay are YOU from? Yellow Bus Radio was on 94.9 , not 106.1 oppisite of Von's show. Although Von did not like him before then thats when his music STOPPED getting played. YBR was killing Von's lyrics and a bitch ass nigga that he is he did everything in his power to stop that. e-40 is prob. the only person who gets played on a regular basis, I can not even remember the last time federation has had a song on KMEL. Von and KMEL even went as far as to EDIT his parts out of remixes on songs...Now tell me isn't that a little much? But PLEASE stand behind Von 150% actually because he needs it...Hes been doing alot of F'd up things to ALOT of artists from the bay but Fab decided to say something about it.

Tower: Thank YOU! I agree with you.. but there are people out there trying to put other people on but its hard when bitchmade niggas can't stand to see someone do better than them..

Posted By: Tower | Friday, September 5, 2008
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The bay is home to me... but the whole bay is full of crabs. They all don't let no one come up. Radio, Event Promoters, B-Boys, graff artists, etc. The list goes on and on.

The bay is home to a lot of original talent, it's too bad everyone around the bay holds it back. Look how long it took 40 to get some of the juice he deserves in terms of being original/having a style. Shouldn't short be near the status of snoop?

Posted By: antdeshawn1 | Friday, September 5, 2008
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yeah i heard this a while ago being that i live n the city(hp stand up) whatever beef von got wit FAB they need to squash i wanna hear FAB on the radio..they dont really play hella local shit but like somebody said thats everywhere

Posted By: JayP | Friday, September 5, 2008
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMg1SvSpqs

Posted By: ANDRE4000 | Friday, September 5, 2008
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I am from the bay and stay hyphy with it all day...But c'mon FAB. You acting like a F-A-G...I know VON personally...as well as other niggas from the Bay...VON, Hoodrat Miguel...they got mad love for the bay. How this nigga gonna say KMEL isnt behind him??? FAB had his own show called YELLOWBUS on KMEL! Fucking idiot...Fuckin KMEL had a summer jam and had the whole Federation and his ass on stage. Nigga, if you made slammin music...your shit will get played. They got mad love for the bay...E40 gets played...Federation is played all the time. He lost some stripes for this one...I stand behind my nigga VON 110%.

Thats official from ANDRE4000 doing 100 in a 25.

Posted By: NxCALIxHITMAN | Friday, September 5, 2008
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New Bay vs Old Bay.The old Bay by far had the better music.All that new Hyphy music is alright,but that old RBL,IMP,Cold World,Mac Dre,3Times....hands down better than that Hyphy.The only New Bay cat doing his thing is Big Rich.FAB,sorry bro....not a fan.

Posted By: E.S.O. Boy | Friday, September 5, 2008
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My God u people on hear are such clowns. Fab hasn't made a hyphy song in two fucking years. Stop pigeon holding the whole Bay, along with FAB as just a one dimensional. FAB was spitting fire b4 hyphy, and he doin it after.

And too the dumbass who compared hyphy music too Soulja Boy and that hoe ass bubble gum snap music, u got us way too fucked up. Hyphy is from the streets. The music is feel good music, and a break from all the gun talk that everybody else is on. The movement aint never gon die, unlike crunk and snap. If u think I'm playing, come fuck around out here and You'll see how Fasssst niggas get hyphy on that ass.

Posted By: wee bae | Friday, September 5, 2008
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FUCK THE RADIO!

these radio DJs are drunk with power..... rappers like Mistah FAB can flood the internet with his shit(which to me is way more effective than going thru radio).... although radio does have it's advantages............... it's definitely not game over because one radio station in the bay area refuses to play fab's music.

Posted By: atamediumpace | Friday, September 5, 2008
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Fuck the radio. Radio didn't make hip hop what it is, the listeners did. Cox, Clear Channel, Cumulus, and CBS, are in collusion to control what the masses hear. You don't have to believe me, just read Behold a Pale Horse. The bottom line is radio is only interested in force feeding a certain type of message into the minds of their listeners. That's why I encourge this whole generation to support the artists they like, and to forget about the radio altogether until the FCC decentralizes it.


^^^ - I somewhat agree with this comment.i never listen to radio anymore, since like, 2000. I only listen to artists i like and discover new acts by word of mouth or going to shows. Radio, however, will not get better. Now that is controlled by ClearChannel, CBS, COX, etc... music programming will be more fickle in the future and less music will be played. take a look at the morning radio now! No one plays music anymore, I don't wanna hear some idiots rambling about BS, I wanna hear music. ClearChannel, Cox, CBS and the others also want to tax internet radio three times as much as FM because no one is listening to radio anymore.

www.savenetradio.org

Posted By: THE 'son | Friday, September 5, 2008
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Who (got bodied) ? Cry some more Fabby. You get no respect outside of The Bay as it is.

Happy Bar Exam 2 bitches!