Violator

Yeah.

Um, the CEO and founder of Violator Management, Violator Records.

So our version ultimately ended up being the one that the world got, and I can never, ever repay those guys enough for what that did for me.

It was life-changing what that, that moment did for me, for sure.

And I was like, oh, my gosh, I'm going to lose this deal.

so I called Mona who at the time was I had just left Violator I used to intern at Violator like I said when I graduated college I started interning at Violator for some years and I left Violator to go work at Atlantic Records and I was managing Jim So I called her just kind of to get some advice.

Like one thing I always know that's so important is to make sure you maintain amazing relationships.

And Mona and I had an amazing relationship so that I could call her for advice because she was seasoned in this business.

That includes shooting.

One thing, this was my first, this was when I was an intern.

I was an intern at Violator and 50 was a new artist.

50 would come to the office all the time.

And at the time, Mona used to be my boss.

I had left Mo-, um, Violator.

And how did y'all connect?

I was an intern.

they were like, "Uh, we don't know." And I was like, "Oh my gosh, I'm gonna lose this deal."

Mm.

So I called Mona, who at the time was, I had just left Violator.

Um-

They were kids.

And Rampage always talks about Chris Lighty, rest in peace, over Violator, and how Chris Lighty taught him the business and taught him to make sure that his paperwork and his contracts were straight.

And so I'm not gonna put his business out there, but his royalties and stuff, he, he owns his own masters and royalties.

He, he owns all of that.

But then Ja put out a record and he dissed everybody.

Well, he dissed a lot of us on Violator Management.

Shout ...

RIP to Chris Lighty.

Great guy

And, um, big up to Mona Scott-Young because she was a part of that journey with Chris from the inception.

Violator, the album, was crazy too.

Yeah.