Unorthodox flow, aggressiveness,
bars. Dizaster, member of Krack
City, is known to be a complete wild
card, but when you really listen
to what has to sway outside of the
ring (even though he really does
have just as much energy when he
talks as when he battles), there is a
meticulous way that he is working
the Battle Rap World and well
thought-out and logical explanations
to his behavior. Yeah — I was
surprised too. A passionate battler,
who is often portrayed as one of the
bullies of battle rap, Diz has also
been compared to his newest battle
opponent Math Hoffa. My question
was, “why?” Is he really a wild card
or is that part of his schtick? Does
Dizaster really draw up that much
controversy in the battle rap scene or
are the politics destroying the scene
before battlers like Diz get a chance
to help it grow? Can we assume the
battlers understand all this, because
fans like myself still have questions.
Can we expect a fight onstage, bullyversus-bully? Diz was pretty calm
when I called him but seemed ready
to share exactly how he feels about
Math and why, so I got right into
the interview by letting him tell you
all how it all actually happened…
Ev: Break down the Math beef for
me —
Dizaster: Math has been doing
this for two years — I’ll be
talking to Norbes on the phone
and then suddenly Math is on
the line like, “Yo, wassup man.
When we gonna’ battle?” [sic]
This dude has tried so hard
to get me to battle that when
we got put on to the Shady
s**t I, was thinking, “Damn.
I know for a fact that since it’s
in New York they’re going to
give Math a battle against me
right away.” Especially ‘cause
I had a battle with Pat Stay
two days before the Slaughter
House s**t and I couldn’t even
prepare. I’ve already said a lot
and they’re going get mad at me
if I keep giving away results,
but s**t pretty much didn’t go
Math’s way; he was salty as f**k
about it. We were back at the
house and he was damn near
puppydog-eyeing me. He was
like, “Yo dawg, wassup with a
rematch?” [sic] I was like, “You
know what? You’ve been a real
dude with me this whole time,
so I’ll give you another battle.”
Then I announced I was quitting
battle rap, remember?
(Yeah. I thought you were serious.)
So basically, I didn’t want to
battle for like a year — then
I’m seeing his tweets to my fans
on my timeline. People would
be like, “when are you battling
Diz?” and he’d say s**t like,
“The pussy is running now.” I
felt like he was trying to ruin
my reputation and leading
my fans to believe that s**t. I
would never back down from
anybody. First he was talking
dizaster
cover story
s**t and I was like, “f**k off ”
but he kept going so I was like,
“if you really want to do this
battle, I’ll f**k your s**t up.”
Then Lush hit me up and made
it happen… Everyone’s my
brother, man. Everyone is in this
struggle with us — in hip hop.
[Everyone] is not your enemy,
your competition is not your
enemy — the industry and the
world is our enemy. So when
you’re in the war taking down
your own soldiers like that and
ending their s**t bro, that s**ts
really f**ked up to me.
Ev: You say Math is disrespectful,
because he punches people on
stage, but don’t you think that’s a
bit hypocritical? Didn’t you spit in
Eurgh’s face?
Dizaster: I’m not offended by you
asking me that and I’m glad you
asked that — I want to answer
that, because it’s definitely two
different things. Anyone that’s
in battle rap is a good dude. No
matter who’s in the spotlight,
no matter how crazy they are,
their general outlook on life
is, “you want to affect people”;
you’re a positive person because
you’re given the gift to do that
type of s**t or you wouldn’t be
in the position that you’re in.
Now when you’re just knocking
out rappers like that — like, he
ruined those kids’ careers. Dos
and Serius will never be taken
serious again.
(I almost laughed at the obvious
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