Chamillionaire speaks on White & Nerdy

“He’s actually rapping pretty good on it, it’s crazy. I guess [Al’s camp] reached out to my management and asked if they could do it. He’s Grammy-nominated, man. He goes platinum. It’s really an honor when he does that. I remember when he redid Michael Jackson’s Bad [’Fat’]. Weird Al is not gonna do a parody of your song if you’re not doing it big. You gotta be a big dog. He shot the video, and people will see it pretty soon. It’s crazy.”

The parody of Ridin’ Dirty which will appear on Weird Al Yankovic’s upcoming record.

“He’s actually rapping pretty good on it, it’s crazy. I guess [Al’s camp] reached out to my management and asked if they could do it. He’s Grammy-nominated, man. He goes platinum. It’s really an honor when he does that. I remember when he redid Michael Jackson’s Bad [’Fat’]. Weird Al is not gonna do a parody of your song if you’re not doing it big. You gotta be a big dog. He shot the video, and people will see it pretty soon. It’s crazy.”

“He’s spittin’ just like Krayzie Bone on the second verse. It’s actually very funny if you listen to what he’s saying. The way Krayzie is harmonizing, he does the same thing. It surprised me. I didn’t know he could rap like that. Just when you think Ridin was gonna stop, something happens to make it bigger. I hear sportscasters on EPSN referencing it. Go to Jamaica, they’re playing it. It won’t stop.”

Just quickly, Playahata.com writes, “There was a time when artists got angry when Weird Al Yankovic recorded a parody of one of their hits but to Chamillionaire it’s a compliment.”

The only artist to not approve was Coolio for Amish Paradise. But this was reportedly a miscommunication since Weird Al will not release work that isn’t approved by the artist. He is protected by law to release what he likes as a parody, but won’t out of principle. Recently the remake of James Blunt’s Beautiful, Pitiful, surfaced on the internet. The artist loved the work but Atlantic, his label, didn’t; so Al pulled the track.