Chingy on Why He Signed to Ludacris Instead of Nelly, Chaka Zulu's Murder Charge (Part 5)

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In this clip, Chingy spoke about signing with Ludacris’ label, Disturbing the Peace, which Shawn Prez said surprised him because of Chingy’s connection to Nelly. Chingy explained that he was friends with the brother of St. Lunatics rapper Ali, who Chingy said he stayed in the studio and recorded music with. Chingy went on to speak about forming a group with Ali, and Nelly’s manager hearing the music and representing them. Chingy added that he was opening for Nelly in 10,000 seat venues, and he went on to share a story about going to a party and Nelly telling Chingy that he would sign him but not the others in his group. From there, Chingy explained that in the summer of 2002 he heard the “Right Thurr” beat, and he added that he had the hook and verse for years. Chingy also spoke about recording “Holiday Inn” the same year, and he revealed that his then-girlfriend is the woman on the hook. Moving along, Chingy spoke about Ludacris being on the “Anger Management” tour with Eminem, and he added that he went backstage at the St. Louis show. Chingy went on to speak about meeting Ludacris’ manager, Chaka Zulu, who he sent his demo tape. Chingy added that Chaka knew “Right Thurr” would be a hit, and told him to finish it and send it back. Chingy revealed that he then got his deal with Capitol Records and “Right Thurr” was #1 the following year. To hear more, including Chingy’s reaction to Chaka Zulu being shot, hit the above clip.
Interview by: Shawn Prez
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[@kjo2130]

One call away is still in my playlist. Classic track.

[@haddingtoniangcp2464]

I'll have to go watch the video again. Take me back to 03

[@francobrown4409]

That holiday Inn was my jam

[@QuiseKirilenko]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 Facts.

[@BallerBrownsWorldMusic1]

One call away and calling me back with Tyrese. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@siravenueonsoundcloud3218]

My high school memories

[@ckaiborbor]

I appreciate Prez letting Chingy set up his story in full

[@user-yc7vv2mz3v]

Riight...he lets the artists tell their story without cutting them off like somebody we all know🙄

[@Iron2468]

​@@user-yc7vv2mz3v unlike Glad 🤣😂😂😂

[@013DREC]

Chingy had a nice run. Right thur, Holiday Inn, and One Call Away. Great hits! Glad to see that he’s doing well.

[@eumirgomez6020]

Don't forget balla baby

[@ADawg3]

And "Pullin' Me Back" with Tyrese.

[@shawnstone1164]

@@eumirgomez6020 high rolla baby 🤣

[@brandonbates9587]

And his verse on the singer's Houston song "I like that" with Nate Dogg and I-20

[@eumirgomez6020]

@@shawnstone1164 yesir jajajaja

[@goldeneyemusicverse]

He gave detailed play by play game on making hit records, which is rare on an interview. Coming up w the song, producer working w the MPC, sending an unfinished demo, getting word to finish the track. Mix, master and vinyl send it back for promotion… and a six year old hook! Dope.

[@cr1slop3z]

I love when artists tell the story of how a song came about

[@BuzzWorld2]

I don't see how Chingy is on the worst rappers of all time list... he made hit songs.. making a hit song is not easy If that was the case... Everybody could do it.. Shoutout to Chingy 💯

[@CrownPublishingContent]

💯💯

[@iyonlionofficial8372]

Just people pushing their own agenda brodie.... chingy has timeless and multi eras hits i swear "One Call Away" will easily be played at an 80 year old birthday party and have those nanas bumping

[@jayleeclough1199]

He's a bum. One hit wonder albums. He grew boring to people after his first album was oversold.

[@iyonlionofficial8372]

@@jayleeclough1199 you clearly don't know what one hit wonder means 😆... Industry Politics lead to alot of fire rappers being benched, Chingy just happens to be a country rapper who "wasn't supposed to come yet".... he probably should've started his own label just like Ludacris

[@bruh.3598]

It’s very easy to make a hit

[@FreeformThoughts804]

This was probably one of the best interviews on VladTV. I am a sucker for detail in order to establish background for a story and that's exactly what this brother gives.

[@Ashera630]

I always loved Chingy he’s just Real and he ain’t Never Switched Up. I Respect That💯💯💯✊🏾🤴🏾

[@waedjradi]

@Bama Boy Meechie Lol you must not had pay close attention to his storytelling. Chingy states that; shortly after having a new member, their group experienced a fall out, which lead them to do their solo acts, yet they were still on good terms.

[@waedjradi]

@Bama Boy Meechie Hahaha

[@jessicajackson2438]

Much respect Chingy he definitely had my high school days lit

[@masonldn8647]

He tells stories very well. He doesn't miss a point and connects at the end

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

Couldn't have said it better! I was just going to say a similar thing 🙂

[@HaHaVolva1599]

He tell stories better than me when I'm asked what happened by the police

[@francobrown4409]

"What yu doing? Nothing chilling at the Holiday Inn! " Those 03 04 vibes 💯

[@502kingpaul]

I like how Shawn Prez just ask the questions and pretty much let’s the interviewees go with no interruptions. Really allows them to open up more freely without trying to get certain topics just for click bait

[@willieeiland9771]

I feel you 💯 but sometimes people can get long-winded and it sounds like rambling. Not this interview though.

[@xaviercollier9998]

Yeah instead of saying I know big meech, and all the LA gangstas

[@dtowntexg]

He just interrupted him lmao dafuq

[@kerwynwilliams]

So why are u subscribed to Vlad? Just to post negative comments about him?

[@kel5088]

@@dtowntexg omm lol

[@Coviel]

Dang I like how he tells his story. It's all layered out and makes sense.

[@raisingthebar5766]

Yeah but too bad your comment doesn't make "sense" 🤦🏽🤦🏽

[@janita25able]

I use to work with his mother who was a beautiful person RIP Vernita ❤️❤️❤️

[@lorrainethomas1984]

Chingy ended up Beefing with Nelly. I think there was Jealousy on Nelly's End & Nelly didn't want anyone else more successful than him. 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@treyruiz7934]

That’s just how it usually is

[@AirDwindler402]

Who the fuck are you? TMZ?

[@thegamingchef3304]

I disagree. I don't think Nelly was the jealous type. In fact I was impressed with how Nelly constantly put others on. On that Welcome to Atlanta remix Murphy Lee talks about how Nelly was supposed to be on it, but he told Murphy Lee to do it because he wanted Murphy to get his shine. Murphy Lee told that story. I remember commenting years ago how I respected Nelly for that.

[@JohanLWill7_]

@@thegamingchef3304 well Murphy was his artist as well

[@lorrainethomas1984]

@@thegamingchef3304 We can agree to disagree. It's just an opinion nothing concrete in what I said. I do remember Nelly suggesting Murphy do that song instead of him. Too bad him and the Lunatics are on the outs. Including Murphy Lee........

[@steven_green]

If Chingy get on a feature with one of these young rappers, he'll be back 🔥

[@Kkayy020]

Chingy wants to make sure he breaking it down in details I’m really enjoying this 🔥

[@GranFinale]

Damn, this dude take the scenic route to get to the point. Sheesh. ⏳️

[@char_d.0908]

Glad Chingy is doing well. He's really goes in depth with his storytelling!

[@sonofthunder5876]

I like how he tell his stories...just let him flow

[@eequalsmc2sqrd59]

So: They needed someone to OPEN SHOWS TLOVE got us to OPEN THE SHOW SO ( surprise surprise) we OPENED THE SHOW😂

[@savvyhendrixs8457]

Grew up in Las Vegas listening to him it’s great to see that he is alive and well

[@2ezzillatube]

Chingy first album was a classic

[@sainttrunks1982]

JackPot 💰

[@2ezzillatube]

Alot of people ant know he cud rap rap

[@DLabri3]

This brotha really a positive example in Hip Hop. Amazing story

[@blessed1ne]

Shawn Prez is an amazing interviewer. A lot of people in the industry need to take notes

[@deemann7818]

Rob Markman as well...great journalist!!

[@ibiro868]

If Chingy had a fair chance he would have had a crazy catalog. His run would have been at least a decade

[@jerrardwelch2272]

No one had a chance on DTP

[@jasonjay1053]

Shoutout to Chingys promotional team , I remember coming out of school & going to the park & at the park they had a album release bbq promoting his album with his picture hanging on gates. This was in the Bronx ! at that.

[@xminc.907]

Very cool bringing the creative process to life in words shout out good energy to Chingy.

[@TheSupremeDunk]

In a nutshell....Nelly and Ali was never gonna make anything happen ..especially with someone who Nelly acknowledged and knew could possibly be competition or else he would have acted on it.

[@bjvu9460]

chingy , competition to nelly? lol. chingy isnt even on luda level and luda has not sold nelly records. all of luda albums combined maybe hit nelly first album record sales which went diamond. so you dont know what you are talking about. chingy was hot for a minute though but get real dude

[@vontesantos5981]

B Jvu Ludacris was a bigger star more than Nelly r u serious that bacc for the first time is a album u can play all the way through without changin the chiccen n beer album that word of mouth battle of the sexes release therapy man Nelly can't compete with that bra he only had maybe two good albums bra tf

[@mattrogers868]

This made me respect him even more 💯💯💯💯

[@227rootbeer]

Good to see this brother is good and healthy. He also kinda looks a new age youth pastor.

[@Saveyourbs]

Passtah Changy!

[@mrtooles8410]

Damn he kept saying 2001 shit makes me feel old time flies by ... Gotta enjoy every moment

[@durandparkerjr9502]

I like prez as an interviewer 🔥💯

[@susienader7301]

DJ QUIK AND CHINGY GET DOWN still bangs🎶🔊💃

[@Kiyan3100]

definitely, chingys best verse

[@BishopP36]

When he mentioned zo, from the track starz, I went the to Nelly school in st Louis and I had the pleasure of having classes with him and meeting him thru the time I was there.

[@TubularTV]

Chingy was on fuego

[@ez-duz-it]

It’s a slippery slope being an artist, and signing to another artist, because it can boost your career, but it can also hinder you. Luda solid for letting Chingy do his thing, but Chingy was destined to be a star regardless. With the rest of DTP (excluding Tity Boi, who later became 2 Chainz) they were all talented but being under another artist they were only gonna go so far. It was smart not signing to Nelly, because sometimes an artist with an ego is gonna stunt the growth of another artist that’s signed to him, but alot of times just because an established artist has a big fanbase, dosen’t mean that their influence is STRONG enough to PUSH another artist. Nelly was successful but he could only really push Murphy Lee, not the entire St. Lunatics.

[@goodetodd5731]

Nobody under. Nelly ,went anywhere!

[@wc878]

He barely pushed Murphy Lee LOL

[@rickimhotep1236]

@@wc878 Be real though, Murphy didn't have that IT factor. His stealo felt like he was a tagalonger, and his music felt the same way. It's how the biz goes. Just cause your mans is down with you don't mean he can be as successful as you are. He gave him a shot at it and that's all he could do.

[@rickimhotep1236]

@@flyboysneighborhood Ain't no cap bro. IF he had come out on his own without Nelly or anybody else connected to him, he couldn't have made it. He would've been just what he turned out to be, a decent rapper who was able to make a few songs. I got love for the bro, just being real though.

[@Jussjokez]

He never pushed Murph u trippn!!

[@focusedchick]

His accent is so st louis 😊

[@focusedchick]

@107th Champlain lol... plenty of ppl from a specific city choose to change how they speak when they get on. He didn't. But I'm sure you knew what I meant

[@bree_amputee]

Every track Chingy put out hit #1 I had all his albums. The way he told this story felt like I was thurr 😍

[@neilledejongh1290]

2022 And Still Listening to Chingy

[@goodfellabeats]

Love the details in stories like this.

[@187mrsmith]

I remember watching the beef video while both sides going back-and-forth like nah this that's we got the city we got the city eventually people were able to calm it down and make them come together 2 squash the beef! At the end of the day there's always enough 💰 to go around for both people to make it's always better when people from the city come together versus going against each other

[@jarellbrown6974]

I'm glad the beef got squash to bro cause at the time it was bad and then Nelly and chingy was arguing over the word Dirty since we all know that's a st Louis lingo but chingy claimed that folks in st Louis was using the word prior before Nelly which may be true to a certain degree and I just think Nelly branded the word and put it out to the world for put us to get put up on game on how they talk out there which was good marketing and I remember Nelly's older cousin was in the beef movie and he was a street cat and he didn't play about him at all and he was like if anybody got a problem with Nelly got a problem with me and don't no motherf**** wanna see me or my comrads in these streets and then when chingy got the deal with capital records/DTP the st lunatics found out about it on the radio and their feelings was hurt since he didn't tell the guys about it and they felt like chingy was acting brand new when he used to be on tour with them but Ali tried to get him signed to universal but they didn't want him which was one of the main reasons how he was able to sign with the other company.

[@curiouslymavismade]

I still have an original copy of this album bought in 2003. Funny how time flies.

[@OwlCapone8630]

Right, right, right thurrr

[@koulor315]

lmao this is interesting he explains as much he can of the details of what happened behind scenes, i love it

[@Xolanidj]

My mans Chingy heard that first beat, and he really thought of "Gimmie What you got for a porkchop"! 😂😂😂😂 No but really, Chingy is breaking it down really good. Especially for those of us who were coming up in the STL scene back in that era. When he mentions those other acts and names, it makes me really think back to how we really felt like STL was gonna be the next big music spot like ATL. It was always interesting to see these go from having a local buzz in your city, and then blowing up.

[@munneypte4511]

😆 since 96 which is crazy!

[@sidekick1606]

I felt like he wrote that whole song back in the mid 90's. When right thurr came out and he dropped that bar Gimme what ya got foe a pork chop. My interest in the song damn near faded, but at the time that beat was undeniably hard tho lol

[@Icewaterr]

😂

[@nahslimmoebobjoe3793]

Ahead of his time. Fast forward to 2022, chicks have dudes saved in their phone as “Free Meal”.

[@Xolanidj]

@@nahslimmoebobjoe3793 Well, shit. You got a point there! 😂😂

[@staxmarley8259]

Midwest legend 🫡🖤👑💯

[@Treaxvour]

Chingy knows we want the whole detailed story and he giving it

[@Pronto25]

I love to hear artist behind the scenes stories, cause it gives a in depth look into there life,

[@nerdbamarich2063]

Very dope interview with chingy ✊🏾

[@calving1168]

Mans got some crazy memory.

[@mysentiments3298]

Great interviewer for not interrupting

[@SoundBiteInc-]

If you watched the beef dvd, you know the history

[@Brutis1996]

I like the way you do that right thurr right thurr

[@icedoutchurchin]

Chingy and 50cent was hot as hell in 2003

[@z-mane1438]

Holidae inn one of my fav beats 😂

[@deepthought2972]

Damn…Stories is amazing man

[@187mrsmith]

I Rember the Chingy nelly beef it was the most like why these 2 beefing they make party music not gangster st music lmao

[@willstaywinning]

They first albums had a lot of street music. They singles was party music

[@jump6098]

Nelly literally said “street sweeper baby cocked ready to let it go” on country grammar 😂

[@jnissis797]

Both are from the streets, Chingy’s family is well respected in Saint Louis.

[@mrsain19]

who was it that Nelly called "River Rats" back in the day? lol i remember that caused alot of issues in the STL for him.

[@n00utz81]

Feel old for a second and start blasting Chingys 2 hits lol

[@JohnBoyBeattie]

Chingy is such a great storyteller.

[@keonnewilliams9511]

Great interview 🖤🎥🎧👍🤔✌️

[@MrCHURCHBOY274]

Dang this guy wrote right thurr in 99 then it became a hit in 2002 sheeesh

[@frankperry9354]

That is amazing!!

[@rhondaross2478]

I remembered he stayed in some apartments off Benefiting Bellefontain Rd behind Schnucks in St. Louis and he said “ I’m finna be on the radio, watch” And goddam his ass was playing a few hours later with “ Right Thurr” I was right in front of a thriving artist that was taking off!❤

[@curtisbrasfield7805]

His kinfolk stayed next door to me in Canfield and thats all they played was Right Thurr 😂

[@focusedchick]

It seem like everybody in North County stayed in them apartments at some point

[@johnlove8163]

@@focusedchick lol 💯

[@KingLouisDaSaint]

@@focusedchick I damn sho lived in Canfield about 4 years. From 1999-2003

[@focusedchick]

@@KingLouisDaSaint I heard that! I had two friends live over there in the early 2000s. We used to walk over to Schnucks even though we had cars. Don't know why...lol. Probably saw you and didn't know...lol

[@wavesonswim8128]

The producer Trak Starz is what made Chingy. All his hits were with them

[@mrsain19]

not ALL......but they definitely developed a certain sound for him that separated him from Nelly and everyone else in the Midwest. Kind of reminds me of what Beats By The Pound did for No Limit.

[@midwestdamu483]

I remember that Out Of Order album. Pretty solid album with the hit single Work Sumn ft. Twista. Da Hol 9 should've blown up too. St. Louis had some low key hit makers before Nelly and Chingy. 314 reppin Derty

[@johnlove8163]

Classic stl shit

[@KingLouisDaSaint]

Da Hol 9 shoulda blew up fa sho! They music rocked the clubs back in the day

[@Flyestbabydaddy]

Yeah Da Hol 9 stayed wit the club shit

[@deemartin6394]

Looking like Charleston white

[@pickyvickys5774]

Yea yea yea nah nah

[@SLFRVA]

I like how prez let’s the artist tell their story without cutting them off it shows respect 🔥🔥🔥 chingy was a hit maker fo sho had everyone doing his dances

[@pearryon]

Chingy is the type of dude you say "that's crazy" to. Because he tells these long azz stories 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tremaine312]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ibukayov]

😂

[@pattydinero6292]

I love Chingy - he remind me of me, and why I go alllllll the way around the world to tell a story. TO GIVE YOU THAT CONNECTION OF ALLLLLLLL THE FACTS! He did that.

[@darrelrichard5207]

Chingy jus a solid dude so blessed his history something special spectacular

[@herbyoung2767]

Imos Pizza. Damn I miss St Louis.

[@SOCAL-ot1oc]

Been waiting for the Nelly questions

[@aeonflex4261]

I used to be on Chingy bad 😅… I’m talking real bad! Had me doing that goofy ahh “Chickenhead” dance and all 🫠

[@johnrharrisiv]

Chingy walked this down in absolute perfect detail 💎

[@AvonAli]

Telling a woman you chilling at the Holiday Inn and asking her to bring four of her friends in 2022 would be insane.

[@s.k4471]

I was super devastated 😃 I was really devastated 😄

[@noelreign9965]

High pitch country voice , a catchy hook (E.I), and an aggressive and sometimes melodic flow when he rap. Nelly offered something new to hip hop at the time not Chingy. Hip hop was evolving when Nelly, DMX, Thugz n harmony, and Twista came out. Now hip hop lacks creativity.

[@Mj-kb6ig]

It's funny you say that. Because the past decade has been nothing but Trap. even in Latino music, it's all Spanish trap. I mean, how much of the same thing have we had for 10 years? In the beginning I did enjoy a ton of it, but it's gotten to a point this is disco music. It's become generic, and I'm tired of hearing a chrip and brrr in the background, with an 808. I've been wondering what new sound will evolve, but this is where we've been the last 10 years. It's trap/stripper music. I look back at the early 00s, and man was each rapper distinctly different. Now? There's nothing special about hip hop.

[@noelreign9965]

@@Mj-kb6ig I forgot to mention the producers. Jason Epperson(Nelly)Swizz beatz(DMX) Dj uneek( Thugz n harmony) and Legendary trailer (Twista). Thanx for commenting. Thumbs up

[@joshuaattractsmoney]

You right….hip hop does lack creativity these days.. smh.

[@jamaicamartin9708]

Close your eyes while he talks I thought it was 21 savage talking lol

[@JrtheKing91]

Great story ✊🏾

[@bobbylewisjr5250]

Dude made some 🔥 music

[@TyreeceBrownTV]

Chingy was sitting literally head to head behind me at the Airport orlando an on same plane back to stl I was shocked

[@vladtv]

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[@davonbrooks228]

The fact that he had right thurr for 7 years before it came out is crazy

[@TeachNReveal]

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. 🎯 appreciate the people in your circle.

[@johncampbell9537]

Opportunity don't come around like that everyday ! You got to do what best for you period .

[@YoungBlaze]

Remember... "It's 2001" -chingy

[@345TheWakeUp]

Gimmie what you got foe a PorkChop

[@KYSE3]

Shoutout to Chingy man Dope Chronological Story….

[@thebettingpublicsportsshow]

Chingy tells a story like he knows the person asking questions knows dirt or is really interested in the dirt. So Chingy defense mechanism is to make sure every nook and cranny of the story is presented so he can begin to chip away at the story. I don't know if that is even a defense mechanism or not, but I notice some of him in story telling us similar to me.

[@jarellbrown6974]

I notice that to but I think the reason why it seems like a defense mechanism is because he wants the people to pay attention to his story as he goes in to depth about certain events that happen to him and I notice that the first time when he did a interview with Bet a few years ago on this show called "Finding" and he had the same calm mannerism on that show just like he doing now.

[@buhohaha]

Ima make a chingy playlist his song was the shit

[@jallison5457]

Nelly should have been signed Chingy , Nelly could have signed a lot of guys out of St Louis, he put the Lunatic’s on, but truth be told Murphy Lee was the only one that was nice on the mic.but for whatever reason he didn’t pop like he should have. bottom line is when it’s your turn to go, you gotta go.

[@KingLouisDaSaint]

Yup. Murph was supposed to be huge, but he couldn’t pull it off. The city was ready for it, too

[@Chrisxcellence]

Thought this was Chris bosh by the thumbnail 😂😂😂😂

[@dantemackey7471]

Sean Prez is like"man... when you going to get to the point!"

[@tonyoliver5537]

Nelly and the St. Lunatics felt disrespected because they found out about Chingy's deal with Ludacris on the radio, he never came to them about signing with Ludacris.

[@cipriandobrea7369]

Why would he? Why do you think he was obligated to?

[@tonyoliver5537]

@@cipriandobrea7369 Nelly and the St. Lunatics took him and his then group on tour with them when they were un-signed and he opened up for Nelly at various shows.

[@treyruiz7934]

Take mad long to get to the point 😒

[@UgandanAllstar]

WORD

[@geraldmiles703]

U ain't lying

[@kikieaddy2576]

Lawd, Ham mercy I forgot the question ‼️⚠️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@tiffanythurmond9600]

😂😂😂 he’s probably been trying to get this story out for awhile

[@atilockz]

Is it not better to get full details

[@dougerutoe2461]

Chingy jackpot one of the 1st albums I ever listened to from start to finish

[@shawn1819]

I bought that Jackpot album the same week it came out. Downloaded it strate to my original xbox and jammed tf out of it

[@Sal.C.Breezy]

Prez did a Cool interview with Chingy👍🏽💯 Keep him doing the interviews Vlad not that other person😀

[@marcusyoung5682]

I'm from stl. Ucity. Nelly said it wasn't any more talent in stl once he got a deal

[@Aaron.McNair]

You know I like that, I like that 🤣🤣 soul plane lol

[@cee3458]

Give us the short version next time Chingy