Interview: Paul Wall And Chamillionaire Talk Reunion Tour And Moving Beyond The Beef

Interview: Paul Wall And Chamillionaire Talk Reunion Tour And Moving Beyond The Beef
1:20 pm | Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Interview By Maurice Bobb


Anybody that’s ever broken up knows that the shit is brutal. But try doing it in the public eye and it becomes messier than a sewage truck spill on the interstate. Long before diamond-grilled rapper Paul Wall saw success with breakout hits like “Still Tippin’,” “Grillz,” and “Drive Slow” and Chamillionaire blew with “Turn it Up” and the Grammy-winning “Ridin’ Dirty,” the two Houston-bred MCs were a formidable duo bubbling on the underground scene with a unique sound ready to raise to a crescendo. But creative and personal differences—and meddling by who? Mike Jones—murked the collective’s swag and the group split acrimoniously like the Fat Boys in 2004.

But now that they’re both caked up, eating good and time has passed, Wall and Koopa decided to dead the beef and kicked off their “In Love With My Money” Tour at Austin’s annual SXSW Music Festival. Complex caught up with the newly reunited partners in rhyme on their spankin’ new tour bus after just blowing up the spot as headliners for the “Best in Texas” showcase, where they publicly apologized to a legion of live-music fans for beefing before launching into their respective hits. Like most of you, we wanted to see if their first performance together in six years and recent “Kiss and Make Up” act was live or Memorex status…

Full Interview After The Jump!