(CelebNMusic247-News) Why Peter Gunz Signed on to Love and Hip Hop?
Peter Gunz kept it real with his homeboy Sway on SwaysUniverse revealing the real reason why he decided to air his dirty laundry on National TV.
The premiere episode of Love and Hip Hop New York, it revolved around Peter Gunz Love triangle living with his baby mama Tara Wallace and secretly married to his artist Amina Buddafly. Gunz admits he married the side chick, but he shuts down the rumor that he married her so she would be deported.
Before Gunz signed on to Love and Hip Hop he spoke Sway and Busta Rhymes, who both told him NOT to do the show. Thought Gunz keeps it real with himself and with the show. He admits that the show will portray him as the jerk of the show, but its all for good TV. He also admits that he loves two women.
Peter Pankey aka Peter Gunz reveals that he only has one hit, but he NEVER got paid for the massive hit single, “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby),” because of copyright infringement with Steely Dan and the song “Black Cow.” Gunz made his debut to the hip hop music scene back in the 90s with Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz. He also admits that he has been struggling ever since and with the bills piling up and wanting to take care of his family (Tara and his sons) he signed with LHHNY to pay the bills.
Here’s the drop via a 1998 MTV report:
In the past, Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagen made rappers De La Soul pay dearly for the sampled use of Dan’s “Peg” in their 1990 hit, “Eye Know,” and Tariq and Gunz have had to pony up as well for the use of Steely Dan’s single “Black Cow” — to the tune of $105,000, some seven or eight times the typical industry rate.
But while the sample has created a major buzz around Tariq and Gunz, the two told MTV News that it’s also soured their feelings towards Steely Dan, who, according to Tariq and Gunz, have shunned working with the duo.
Gunz said:
“I wanted to do something on ‘MTV Live’ with Steely Dan.”
“[They would] come out and do ‘Black Cow’ and then we bust into the “Deja Vu” thing. They won’t even, you know? I knew they were recording in this studio, I go by the studio, you know? They’re not here. So they won’t even return our calls or nothing, so I threw all my Steely Dan CDs out.”
Peter Pankey explains the main reason why he joined the cast is that he was down and out, he owed 3 months rent and needed a rebirth of his career, like Stevie J.
When asked if he would sign with Mona Scott-Young for another season of Love and Hip Hop, Gunz replied, “I don’t know but I’m already in so deep.” He went on to say possibly though. Listen to the FULL INTERVIEW with Sway and Peter Gunz…
