Bumpy Knuckles calls out Rakim

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Bumpy Knuckles, who is also known as Freddie Foxxx, will release his new album, Amerikkkan Black Man, in February and the album contains the Rakim diss track, "The King is Down." Foxxx told MTV.com, "I will eat Rakim's ass alive on any record, any stage. When I finish with him, every bit of legendary status he had is gonna go out the window. I swear on everything I stand on, I will eat that n---a alive, bar by bar. I'll tell him to his muthaf---in'face."

The beef between the two rappers began in the mid-'80s when both rappers were based on Long Island and rapping with their respective crews -- Rakim with the Love Brothers and Foxxx with the Supreme Force.

According to Foxxx, he got angry after reading a recent interview Rakim did. Rakim allegedly said, "I never f---ing turned down a battle with that muthaf---er! Foxxx wasn't ferocious like that. Foxxx had two other cats that used to rhyme with him. They were a good group, but Foxxx wasn't ferocious like that baby pa."

Foxxx explained, "I read the article and it set me off. He said I'm 'not ferocious.'How dare he? His ego kicked in. I said I'm gonna let the world who he really is. People are only calling him a legend because of what he did with Eric B. Everything after that was wack. Nobody will say it to his face."

Foxxx also was quick to dismiss the notion that he's seeking publicity for his new album. The rapper said, "I'm too old to be chasing publicity. I don't need the publicity. I ain't no hater. But when I see he's so quick to always shoot me in the foot, enough is enough. Why would I want to get recognition on Rakim? He's nothing to me. Y'all see him differently than I do. On the song, I never called his name. We used to call him 'Pop'back in the day. I don't call him 'Rakim'on the record, I call him 'Pop.' "

Amerikkkan Black Man features guest appearances by Talib Kweli and John Cena with production by Alchemist, Pete Rock, DJ Scratch and DJ Premier.