Well it also comes down to the respect you have for your hood or your cause. Understand North and South arent fighting over colors or turf... it gets deeper then all that. See most Northerners see scraps on the same level as snitches or even child molesters, not saying they all snitch or are all child molesters but nortenos see them on the same level. now a nortenos hood is his family, and just like any real man wouldnt bring a child molester to his house to his family, is the same as y any norteno wouldnt bring a sureno to kick it with or be around his hood or homies. On these streets in northern cali, too many surenos or people calimeing sur have shown not to respect the "G" code, by snitching, shooting at lil kids and so on. Not saying that nortenos dont do things like that but more often then not once a norteno snitches he is no longer a norteno, while surenos still continue to bang and snitch. I understand that L.A. is differnt but if all we know is surenos in northern cali doing these things then of course we assume all of them to be like that. Understand most nortenos have no respect for surenos.
Now as far as the music goes, I know Tokstero had a deal with priority records back in 98 i believe, and they wanted him to work with kid frost and a couple other southern rappers...he told the they could fuck them selves... so there you go. And money doesnt change a thing, if a person can compromise his/her way of life, his beliefs, his pride his loved ones for money, then theirs no telling what a person would do for money...maybe snitch? maybe suck dick I dunno, but thats not the kinda person I want in my circle.
Good response. I can respect that.
I can undertsand your point of view. Then I look at it as the Raza as a whole. Cause if this same question was posted on a Sur Rap board they would probably say that the Nortenos are snitches, levas, and bitches too. To be honest, I have seen bitch made cats on both sides, I have seen solid riders on both sides. The most solid of the Nortenos and Surenos I have nmet in my life were all on a respect trip. They didnt sit around saying scrapa this, scrapa that, and the Sur didnt waste time with buster this chapete that. They was just stand up ass muthafuccas that believed in they lifestyle. Now when the shit went down, it was known what side they were on, and they put it down to the fullest, no ifs, ands, or buts. As far as drop-outs are concerned. They are on every side. LOL the drop-outs sometimes be thinkn they the hardest muthafuccas tho!!
As far as Tokestero. That was a label wantin him to work with Sureno rappers. Now if you some hardcore Norteno, yes, that would be a no-no. Just on image alone. I'm speaking of the people that are behind the scenes that my have ties to Sur. Promoters, agents, A & R, Label reps, shit ..drivers...
Promoter (with x3 tat behind his ear, but is in a 3 piece suit, and dont give off any "gang vibes" except for that what looks to be old ass tattoo behind his ear)
He books Tokestero for a club performance in Visalia. 4 songs, and they payin Toke $3,200 for the appearance as well as his transpo, hotel room, and misc. expenses paid for by the company.
This is just one of many shows that he has lined up for Toke in Cali, AZ, NM, TX, all of which are paying $3,500 or better. He even gets him a spot on the Summer Jam/Splash/Explosion with Snoop, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Keyshia Cole, and LOL Soulja Boy.
Does Toke say FUCK ALL THAT, cause you got a x3 beind your ear, even though you have been nothing but professional when dealing with me?