(CelebNMusic247 – News) Saigon Breaks Down Why He Joined LHHNY
The Greatest Story Never Told rapper Saigon compares Cellphone footage to being on a reality TV with Love and Hip Hop New York.
Saigon states is ya’ll gonna put him on World Star Hip Hop with some bogus cellphone video, he’d rather put himself on reality TV and set the record straight himself about his life.
Sai tells VladTV:
“If ya’ll are gonna put me on a reality show anyway I might as well do it myself.”
Saigon says nice guys don’t get air time when on Love and Hip Hop NY. He admits he was going through major drama when they tapped him for 6 months, explaining his decision why he joined the cast
He adds:
“I joined ‘Love & Hip Hop’ because it’s a reality show and that’s where the world is going and you want to stay in the loop when you’re trying to get your point across,” he said. “It’s not about what you’re doing, it’s all about how you do it.”
“I think everybody’s on a reality show…and I’ve said that before. If you don’t believe me, get into a fight in public and whatch how many cameras is on your ass. Get into an argument where you look like you’re about to get into a fight in public and everybody gonna pull their phone out.”
Saigon he said in reference to the website’s owner, Lee ‘Q’ O’denat.
“But that’s content you can’t control, because it’s gonna get uploaded to the net. You could have a fight among your people, if there’s somebody with a camera there they’re gonna upload it and say ‘Worldstar‘ and now ‘Q’ is getting paid for my fight,”
“When I had a fight with Prodigy I didn’t want that shit online, but it was all online. I talk to a girl, curse her out and she makes a video and goes on Worldstar, I don’t want that online. So if ya’ll are gonna put me on a reality show anyway I might as well do it myself and this way get back in the loop so I could make it conducive to putting my music out, ‘cause they were doing it to me anyway. I wake up, ‘Yo, you’re all online, you’re all over the place,’ and I’m like ‘Huh?’ And it’s a video somebody took and put it online.”
Saigon reveals that there’s an obvious motivation to capture the more dramatic parts of a cast member’s life.
He adds:
“That’s the thing, reality TV is tricky because if you go on thinking you’re gonna be the nice guy, your shit won’t make the cutting room floor,” he said. “It is reality TV and people tune in for a reason. You can’t go into something that you know what it’s about thinking ‘Oh, I’m gonna reinvent this TV show,’ that’s bullshit. Even my moment on that show, I told them, I said ‘Look, I’m not in a good mood…me and homegirl is not in a good space,’ you know what I’m saying? There’s a lot going on with my son, there’s a lot going on and I didn’t wanna film, but you sign a contract.”
“I didn’t look at it like, ‘Ok, you gotta be ratchet to get on ‘Love & Hip Hop’ because I don’t believe that,” he said. “There’s some people on the show who conduct and carry themselves as they would in regular life, like myself.”
Adding that the schedule of “Love & Hip Hop’s” filming can be extensive, Saigon also spoke to the fact that the show catches its cast in real-life scenarios.
“When they tape you for six months they’re gonna find some moments where you’re not the happiest guy in the world,” he said. “They tape your life for six months, that shit ain’t no overnight shit. Not everyday, but three days a week, sometimes four days a week.”
Earlier this month, Saigon told MTV:
He is “always exposed [his] life to people.” “I don’t haveInterscope Records, I don’t have a major label.”
“Me being independent, this is perfect for me because I’ve been putting my life out there, it’s just that nobody was listening.”
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