HILLARY: Rapper and producer SpaceGhostPurrp
and his Raider Klan contributed quite a bit
to today's rap scene, even though some MC's
aren't fans of his.
ROB: SpaceGhostPurrp man, what’s going on
with that b?
ROCKY: F him, fuck him. Straight up.
X: You got my respect at the end of
the day, you a bitch ass nigga, but you still
got my respect for what you were, you know
I got “Fuck Purrp” tatted on me.
HILLARY: There are plenty of mixed feelings
surrounding Purrp but who is he and what's
he done to deserve all of this fuss?
HILLARY: Born Markese Money Rolle, SpaceGhostPurrp
hails from the Carol City community of Miami,
Florida and is mostly known for founding Raider
Klan in 2008.
PURRP: Raider Klan is something I came up
with when I was 17.
It was about bringing everybody together,
embracing black youth, promoting good talent.
HILLARY: Starting off with just SGP and his
cousins, Raider Klan would expand
exponentially to become the first internet
collective of its kind.
DENZEL: So SpaceGhostPurp came out with this
tape called Blackland Radio 6.6, which created
a whole wave within the underground because after
that he went to NY and him and Rocky linked up.
And, you know, it was Raider Klan, A$AP Mob and then Purp came back to Miami and that’s when we met.
But we talked over the phone about the whole Raider Klan thing, and I was one of the first people to join.
PURRP: You had Raider Klan Atlanta, Raider
Klan Miami, Raider Klan Memphis, Raider Klan
LA, Raider Klan New York.
You had all that shit in one thing, and we
were in highschool making this shit, like,
this shit was fun.
HILLARY: Because Raider Klan had so many members
join and depart the group, it's tough to say
just how many there were but it's easy to
see their contribution—especially SpaceGhostPurrp's.
PURRP: I feel like I inspired a lot of people
enough to bring back what I wanted to see
in rap and like, when you listen to Raider
Klan music, you go’n see what I’m talking about.
HILLARY: SGP credited Three 6 Mafia's early
90's work as inspiration for his own
creations like 2012's "Mysterious Phonk."
JUICY J: When I first started listening to
SGP, he reminded me of Lord Infamous—
RIP Lord Infamous—and Koopsta Knicca, Lord Infamous
and Three 6 Mafia.
Like his videos, the way he had the skullcap
on, the whole vibe.
And then his beats was sounding like old Three
6 Mafia beats.
So I thought that was cool coming from a young
dude like that, you know.
HILLARY: Today, Three 6 is enjoying a cultural
resurgence, which can be traced back to Purrp.
HILLARY: Even the goth vibes of rappers like
Lil Uzi Vert and XXXTENTACION can be traced
back to SGP, who faced 
the same battle to express himself, saying quote:
HILLARY: In 2011, A$AP Rocky and the A$AP Mob
started a short-lived friendship with SpaceGhostPurrp
and Raider Klan.
PURRP: He hit me up, and was like yo you inspire
a lot of my shit. He dropped "Purple Swag"
after I dropped the "Blackland" shit, and I
Aint go lie, yea I saw the influences.
HILLARY: Since both teams rocked gold grills
and dark clothing that would eventually influence
hip-hop, and fashion at large, who began the
trend is a never-ending battle between their fans.
This who-bit-who debate alongside some scuffles
between crew members at shows and on Twitter,
ultimately ended the friendship.
HILLARY: And then there’s the similarities
between these two lines, which Purrp delivered first.
ROCKY: At the end of the day he know what
it is and he trying to lie to people,
pumping that we took styles from him.
HILLARY: Meanwhile, it’s clear that the
hieroglyphic writing we’ve seen Rocky and
A$AP Mob use since 2012 was created by SpaceGhostPurrp, who said, quote.
HILLARY: Spaceghostpurrp’s gripe with Rocky’s
admiration would bleed into other relationships.
YACHTY: He was like bro I'm gonna give you some beats, I got hella beats. This is Purrp talking to me,
Purrp was an underground legend, I
was excited!
I started hanging out with A$AP Bari, Rocky
and you know.
CARTI: I just signed to ASAP Rocky man, make
some noise man, we lit in this bitch.
Fuck that nigga SpaceGhostPurrp, I don’t fuck
with that man.
HILLARY: Purrp also had a range of feuds with
Raider Klan members including Yung Simmie,
Xavier Wulf and Denzel Curry, which seem to
dispel any notion of the Raider Klan reuniting
after their last project in 2015.
XAVIER WULF: You can’t have everybody but
then not have like Purrp.
Which is what would happen.
Exactly I don’t think he would.
And then he fucked up a bunch of relationships
and shit so it just wouldn’t work.
HILLARY: I’m Hillary for Genius News, bringing
you the meaning and the knowledge behind the music.
