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- Still talking about Queens, you came up at a time when a lot of саts were blowing out of Queens, like Mobb Deep and Nas, and I was wondering what was it like back then. What was the scene like, what was it like to be there?

- Mega: When they first started blowing up, I was in jail actually. So when that shit was happening I was proud of them niggas cuz I was like "Oh Shit." Cuz it's a reflection of the hood, you know, they was representing the hood, and that was a good look for me. Cuz I'm sitting in jail watching dudes that I grew up with on TV. That's big. As opposed to me watching on the news talking about they about to go to jail or something stupid like that. I was proud for them niggas, you know what I'm saying. So that was big, that means Queensbridge was good, you know what I'm saying, especially after all those years of Queensbridge being shut down after the KRS-One/ Shan situation. So it was dope and it was big, like when I came home it was dope. I felt dope that I was a part of it. So when I cam home I was just proud to be a part of it, you know what I'm saying, being from Queens is like being on the Yankees man, you know what I'm saying. It was like everybody was doing they thing, we had a lot of props from the industry, it was dope when I came home. I wasn't even home two days, Mobb Deep had a big show and they put me on stage, you know what I'm saying. Then Nas came and scooped me up, you know what I'm saying. It was like a dream for me, not for me but like for a rap fan it was like a dream. Like my life when I came home from jail was like a rap fan's dream. Like you come home from jail up state from Albany, next day you with Nas, next day you at Marley Marl's house, you know what I'm saying. And within the next few weeks you meeting Foxy Brown and AZ, and shit like that so it was crazy. I met Ghostface, all these niggas around that time, everybody embraced me. I met Biggie Smalls, nigga gave me, Biggie Smalls one of the most humble dudes I've ever met. I mean here he is double platinum artist, every ten minutes his song is on the radio. This nigga hugs me and shit, he like "Yo, I heard a lot of good things about you, man" and I was like "Thanks man, I heard a lot of good things about you too," you know what I'm saying. He was madd cool, so that was a good experience for me. You know what I'm saying, I met Pun. Me and Pun, Pun is like somebody I could actually say was a good dude, like a good friend of mine, you know what I'm saying. Like if I could just quit rap right now, like if I was to never rap again, or let's just say I have move away to fucking the north pole or something and I never could do rap or nothing again, I still lived a good life. Even though I never came out on a major label or something , I did so much. Like I performed on "The Apollo" when Steve Harvey was hosting with The Firm, you know what I'm saying. I did "Soul Train" when Don Cornelius was the host. I fucking opened up for Eric B. and Rakim at The Apollo. I was on Nas' second album , his most successful album ever, I was on Mobb Deep's most successful album ever. You know what I'm saying, I did so much in my time that's why I can't be bitter. Like a lot of underground and independent artists, it's like they got some kind of grudge against the mainstream, I don't got a grudge against the mainstream. I feel sorry for the mainstream cuz the artists are getting pimped and then the people with the power they're destroying the art. So I really feel sorry for them, but other than that I lived a good life, you know what I'm saying, I've seen a lot and I did a lot.