Controversial rap song by LJ? (1 Viewer)

[shadyridr]

Rap linked to Chiefs' Johnson stirs controversy in K.C.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Diss, too, shall pass.

Larry Johnson

Rams Reyna-US PRESSWIRE

The rap song purportedly performed by Larry Johnson is controversial even for the fifth-year Chief. His time in Kansas City has been anything but tranquil.

Mere hours before a road trip to Chicago, Kansas City coach Herm Edwards found himself fielding questions not about the Chiefs' anemic offense -- or the possibility of an 0-2 start -- but of rap music and MySpace pages. Pro Bowl running back Larry Johnson is at the center of controversy, as a profanity-laced song full of racial slurs and criticism of the franchise appeared on the Internet with Johnson's name attached to it.

Though observers say the voice is a dead-ringer for the Chiefs' outspoken back, Johnson, in a 29-second post-practice statement Friday that was much shorter than the alleged rap, denied any participation. His brother Tony, who also serves as his manager, said the song is probably the work of an imposter and that the family has shut down at least 30 Web sites purporting to have ties to Johnson in the past six months alone.

"Look, the closest thing my brother comes to rap is playing the guitar," Tony Johnson said. "I get a call that [says] he has this new rap called 'LJ Dissing.' I'm listening to it, and I'm like, 'This ain't Larry.' I know my brother. I know his voice if it's from singing in the shower or talking on a day-to-day basis. No way this is L.J. No way possible."

In his five years in Kansas City, Johnson has been blunt about everything from wanting the ball more to his perception of how the town, initially, didn't like him. But this alleged rap is controversial even for Johnson. It uses expletives in referring to Chiefs president/general manager Carl Peterson and takes a jab at veteran running back Priest Holmes.

In one line of the rap, it says that 31 -- Holmes' number -- is "embarrassing himself" in his comeback after 22 months of injury hiatus. Holmes, whose locker is next to Johnson's, was the Chiefs' No. 1 back before suffering a serious neck injury in 2005.

"Can I come back, can I come back?" the rap says. "And if you don't pay my money, I ain't never coming back. So f--- that."

Basement Entertainment owner James Tinberg told NBC affiliate KSHB that Johnson recently was at a party freestyle rapping and that the song was cut into a 3.5-minute rap. He told the station that the lyrics were edited to make Johnson "say funny stuff."

By late Friday night, the song was taken off the Web site and a note was posted saying the Johnson track was a fake to gain publicity, in part, for Basement Entertainment. The note apologized to "L.J. ... [and] the Chiefs football team, for any problems or harm that may have been caused by our actions."

By Friday afternoon, Johnson had spoken to the Chiefs' front office, but Edwards declined to elaborate on the conversation. Neither Peterson nor Edwards listened to the rap. Edwards sounded incredulous when asked if the controversy would affect Johnson's playing status Sunday against the Bears.

"Here's the concern -- in our society now, so many things come up on Web sites and Internet," Edwards said. "First of all, I don't even have the Internet. I wouldn't even know how to use it. There are a lot of things that happen that people are subject to, and you never know where it comes from. For me to sit here and try to be Inspector Clouseau and figure out who did it. ... I can't do that. I've got to beat Chicago. I can't worry about stuff like this.

"He said whatever he had to say. He said, 'I'm not involved in it.' Why is it so hard for us anymore to believe somebody?"

An NFL spokesperson said Friday the league is looking into the situation but that no action against Johnson was immediately planned.

I doubt LJ actually rapped this. The funniest part of this whole article is the bolded part. Should Edwards be a coach of an NFL team if he doesn't even know how to use the internet?

 

[FFdork]

I just heard a little blurb on this on ESPN last night. LJ says it wasn't him. More convincingly he contacted NFL security about the matter when it came to his attention. So the early indications are it's probably not him.

BTW, if Herm Edwards truly can't use the internet in this day and age, it's yet another reason the Chefs should be thinking about who they want for their next coach.

 

[Supercool]

Who cares!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dt's Mules]

I just heard a little blurb on this on ESPN last night. LJ says it wasn't him. More convincingly he contacted NFL security about the matter when it came to his attention. So the early indications are it's probably not him.BTW, if Herm Edwards truly can't use the internet in this day and age, it's yet another reason the Chefs should be thinking about who they want for their next coach.

my grandmother is almost 90 and she can use the internet. methinks herm isn't very bright.

 

[HoTnickZ]

I dunno, that impression of Herm... LJ was real creative with that. Seems like a talented guy.

 

[Lash]

tick...tick...tick

(countdown to beginning of KC new coaching search)

 

[King Biggie Cube]

yo thats tight right therrr...

 

[Kevin Ashcraft]

Sarcasm antenna down?

I dont care for Edwards, but EVERYONE used the internet now, except for the Amish.

They may not use it except to check email once or twice a week like my mother, but she knows how it works.

 

[Cookiemonster]

yo thats tight right therrr...

Dude, it's getting abrasive...

 

[The_Hoser]

Maybe he can form a supergroup with AI and Deion.No, I'd be shocked if it was him. He just got paid -- why would he be lighting up the Chiefs right now?

Who cares!!!!!!!!!

You came all the way in here to say that?

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Carl Peterson.

What is this world, that you have wrought?

Wow.

 

[Reaper]

Sarcasm antenna down?I dont care for Edwards, but EVERYONE used the internet now, except for the Amish.They may not use it except to check email once or twice a week like my mother, but she knows how it works.

I'm not so sure about this..... I'm pretty sure If Herm says he doesn't use the internet, that's what he means.I know one thing - Herm definitely doesn't cheat and use video where he shouldn't, and he wouldn't know what to do with it if he did.

 

[The Shizzle]

LJ is a studio gangsta.