Waka Flocka Flame wants Credit from JAY-Z and RICK ROSS for helping respark their careers ?

#AMPtv recently got word Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame, that he is looking for respect these days, claiming he should get some credit for sparking the term "HAM" and influencing artists' music.





Waka Flocka pointed out Chitown MC Kanye West's recruiting of close friend and producer Lex Luger for Watch the Throne smash anthem, "H.A.M.," as an example of his sound's popularity.

Waka--who claims to have came up with the word "HAM"--says he felt relieved by the similarities. "What are y'all gonna say now?" he says when asked about these songs. "Jay-Z stupid as hell? My sound is wack? You gonna say that? They love the sound. They can't run away from it. That shit re-sparked n*ggas' careers. My sound put life into a lot of people's careers. I feel like my sound changed hip-hop. Period. It's crazy when I came out with it everybody laughed at it, but the next year everybody's doing it. They getting credit for the sh*t you started. You be like, 'D*mn, how is this n*gga a genius for doing something I started?'"

(Complex)

Outside of Jay-Z and Kanye, Flocka also spoke on Rick Ross' use of his sound.

"That's crazy," says Waka. "But what you gonna say? This n*gga [Rick Ross] out here making 30 f*cking sounds with your sound. He watering it down, just putting words together that sounded good. Shit would be harder if it was the truth." If you think Waka might be supremely pissed about the imitators, you're right. He is. "That sh*t made me tight," he says. "N*ggas built labels off our sound--like, literally. You know how many n*ggas sound like Lex Luger and Southside? I go in n*ggas' studios, all their beats sound like my producers. I be like, 'What the f*ck?' But above all he tries to maintain perspective: "You can't be mad at something you can't control."

(Complex)