saw in Lux’s face or maybe he would
have turned it down a notch. But
the beauty of battles is that they
are pre-written. Once he bomb is
armed, it cannot be shut off.
We have an underdog; a man set
up to lose and pad Lux’ record, and
mid-Round Two, he’s dismantling
him.
Jon Rines: This article is called
“Return of the King”. How does
that make you feel? It could be
looked at two ways, like you
haven’t battled in a while or you’re
the underdog. Did you ever feel
with your potential that you are
the underdog?
Mook: Not in my heart, but I
knew I was the underdog. I’m
not stupid. I’m not going to be
naive to the fact. I keep my ear to
the street, so a lot of people had
me losing this battle bad, but in
my heart of hearts, I knew what
I was going to do all along. To
beat those rounds you had to be
godly — on some other s**t. Like
three weeks before the battle, I’m
like “these rounds are vicious.” The
most that could possibly be done
would have been a toss-up and the
judges say it was a tie. That’s what
I felt like.
Jon Rines: I was more shocked at
your interviews, I guess because
I had you the underdog and you
guys are rivals going down in
history. You won so easily and was
so relaxed in your interviews.
Mook: I mean, I don’t know what
people want, me to jump around
for joy? (Mook laughs) I’ve been
doing this. Lux isn’t any different
to me. This is God doing this.
This isn’t me. I realize this is a
gift that I have and I’m thankful
that I’m just able to touch
people with it. It’s different. The
energy in a Murda Mook battle
is different. The energy and the
stage is different. It doesn’t feel
like a typical battle. So much I
put in to give the fans a different
perspective.
Jon Rines: So you did it. You got
a victory, and easily at that. You
think this increases the money
aspect? Doesn’t it also affect how
you choose your next opponent,
like with DNA talking?
Mook: Well, DNA is cool and
all of that, but that doesn’t make
sense for me to do that. I told
him, “I respect your grind and
your hustle and your tenacity, but
it doesn’t make sense.” Whoever
my next opponent is, they have to
be worthy. I’m not in the business
of making you a star or making
you hot, you know what I’m
saying? So I have to make sure I
hold smart in the decisions I make
and how I hold it up businesswise.
Jon Rines: You see top tiers going
for the money sometimes and take
new guys and they are not into it.
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