Big K.R.I.T. - Interview with HipHopDX (Response to Kendrick Lamar's "Control" Verse) lyrics

Rap, Hip Hop has always been mad competitive. It's exciting because it was probably crazier for his fans, for him to mention my name among rappers that people would consider top tier, [rappers] people kind of look at as being the future and my name just randomly popped up. So what I got an opportunity to see a little bit last night and this morning, was just people that probably never tweeted me before, whether it be negative or positive. For me, it was like, ‘Thank you for the promotion.' It let people know that, ‘Yeah, I'm from the South and yeah, I'm country but you ain't going to take me lightly. Ain't none of these rappers going to take me lightly on a record.' And [Kendrick] know that. So that's why my name ended up on that list. If you think about ‘1 Train,' or any record, I'ma give my all. People know that I'm a lyricist and I can compete with some of the best and it is what is. I appreciate the shout out because that's really what it is. It's a competitive sport; it's a gladiator sport. Don't nobody want to get murdered on a record. That just it is what is. So I don't know, brother. I was like, ‘Hell yeah.' It is what it is. Thank you for the shout out and shout out to all the fans that he may have that didn't know about my music and now they gon' go back and listen to records and check out ‘1 Train,' and want to know why he felt the need to mention my name. And I'm 100% sure he probably gets tired of going to barbershops and hearing my name mentioned where he is and vice-versa. It's all good man. It's all within the sport.