Havoc of Mobb Deep was a guest recently on VladTV, where he was interviewed by Saigon. In the interview, Havoc recalled once losing a battle to Nas.

"I used to hang with him when I was 16 or 17," he remembered. "I didn't know he rapped, but I found out that he rapped, he already knew I rapped, they were like bust a rap so I bust my rap — he busts his and it was not fair. I felt like they set me up, he was just too ill."

Havoc explained that Mobb Deep had already released their debut Juvenile Hell. "We already had a deal and the record ain't go nowhere," he said. "I knew if this dude gets a record deal it's over. It felt crazy because our record ain't go nowhere, then he came through with 'Halftime' and I had to go back to the drawing board. But he set a high fuckin' bar!"

The two MCs discussed the great history of Queensbridge, and Havoc said that seeing Marley Marl drive through the projects in a BMW and seeing the early success of MC Shan, Roxanne Shanté, Craig G., and other legendary QB artists motivated others in the historic housing project to cultivate their talents.

"I can't explain it but growing up around those kinds of people was inspirational," he said. "We were feeding off each other. No one was thinking about robbing Marley Marl, the love was there. If they could do it, we could do it. Shanté lived right on my block around the corner. Her and Capone lived in the same building."