Justin Tinsley in October of 1995 I sat down with my man Dennis and we threw in Fat Joe's

Jealous One's Envy album. It was the first time I'd ever heard anything about King of New York and the famous, if a nickel bag is sold

in the park I Want in, was an interlude on that album.

From here on nothing goes down unless I'm involved.

No blackjack, no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park. I want in.

You guys got fat while everybody stopped on the street. It's my turn.

When was the first time you ran into that term as a American and a hip-hop fan in general?

I would have to say it was roughly around the same time.

It was the summer of 1995, so I was around nine at that point and I was running with my older cousins and you know Older cousins put you on things and at that point it was definitely hip-hop and so they had all the magazines they had the subscription to the source

and the July 1995 cover of the source featured Biggie Smalls with at that point in time

the Twin Towers but the font said King of New York and I was like wow like that felt pretty demonstrative at that moment and that's the first time I remember hearing the term King in New York.

If you've never seen that cover, Biggie is wearing a white kangle cap with a black all leather one piece on with of course the koogee shades.

It's a classic Christopher Wallace look.

But considering we're here today to crown the next King of New York,

you have taken great pains in your latest piece on landscape

Justin to explain why that person is Jeline Bruiser. He represents so much of what

that city rides itself on what has been starved for you know when people think

of New York they think of the boisterous they think of the York, they think of the boisterous, they think of the loud mouth,

they think of arrogant, all of which may be true to a certain extent.

But there's so much about Jaylon Brunson, about his demeanor, how he's quiet, how he's tough as nails on the court and he wants to be in New York.

He wants that responsibility of being that guy on this team in that city.

And for so long, Nix fans in particular they were clamoring for

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