Treach openly speaks about beef with Vin Rock and the future of Naughty by Nature

Things in Naughty by Nature camp seem to be petering out and Treach has a lot to get off his chest.

The Brick City born boss typically doesn't hold back, but it seems like he’s been biting his tongue for a long time on his issues with Vinnie, his friend and rap partner in Naughty By Nature. According to Treach, things have been really shady. Beef has been elusive for the crew hailing from East Orange, NJ.Listen to him below.....

In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, Treach explains why the separation is coming over 20 years later. Treach said:

We never wanted to be the groups that couldn't resolve our issues.Nobody Nobody – me being Treach, Kay (DJ/producer Kay Gee) and Vin being Vin –is larger than the group.

Me and Vin haven’t really spoke in like two years and to more than 100 shows a year-on the same stage. Wouldn't nobody know it, because the business is one thing, personal is something else. But when sh*t is going behind people back and somebody is acting like they above people and other things are being set up that the groups doesn't know about, it has to be stopped. Its been talked about like, “Homey, play your position. Don’t go too far, because sh*t will be exposed.

Me and Vin haven’t really spoke in like two years and to more than 100 shows a year-on the same stage. Wouldn't nobody know it, because the business is one thing, personal is something else. But when sh*t is going behind people back and somebody is acting like they above people and other things are being set up that the groups doesn't know about, it has to be stopped. Its been talked about like, “Homey, play your position. Don’t go too far, because sh*t will be exposed.”

Now, when somebody comes and gets larger than the group, its gonna be a problem.

If you see any of our albums, it says “written and produced by Naughty By Nature.” Because, homey you [Vinnie] was somebody that was over there beat boxing and break dancing and any lyrics you had anywhere was written for you. Don’t never get larger than the group. The producer and the writer of the group are always like “we, we, we” not “me, me, me.” Even if you don’t do sh*t, we gonna make sure you taken care of for the rest of your life.

How dare you ever play like you bigger than the group or you the owner? You the boss or you the shot caller.You never wrote one hit. You never produced one hit song. You [Vinnie] came on as a homey that was there…we threw your a lot of bones [work] just to keep you up in there ’cause you was the homey from the door who was up in there. And we always fit you in when there wasn’t a spot for you to be in. You will never see Vin do a Naughty show [alone], because he can’t. Look at the last Naughty album. This dude [Vinnie] don’t even have a verse on it.Me and KG (the groups DJ and hit making producer) can do this for the rest of our lives. I don’t work for nobody.

When you doing side deals behind homies’ back and we find out about it, homey…Naughty will go on. You can be replaced, by just not having you there. I do my own gigs – hosting, performing, everything. There has never been a time when they asked where the was Vin. Don’t never question nothing I do or play us out. Don’t never go on no side thing, don’t never let me find out about no deal behind my back that I gotta find out later.

Nobody in Naughty never went out and spoke out about certain sh*t, but once, it goes on and sh*t done behind my back, and I have to let them know, I don’t know who’s been spoken to [in the name of business]. All the shows on the calendar, yeah, we are gonna do those shows. After the [contracted shows], its gonna be a wrap for Naughty By Nature as you've seen. Its gonna be a whole new set up, because ain't nobody larger than the team. Nobody is larger than the squad.

Its ugly and its been too ugly without no talking [with Vinnie]. You look for somebody to be bigger than that when you are being bigger than that. If I’m going to be the man I’ve been and somebody can’t be the man their supposed to be, I don’t have time for that. I need to be around positive vibes and people that are on the same level – ego free.

Everybody got a common goal but working together. Ain't nobody hating on nobody, stepping on them to get on top. Everybody working together. If that ain't with the vibe from the people that’s around me, they get a grown man time out and they sit in the corner for a minute…real talk.

For now, the group has not broken up, but it will be strictly business.

I’ll never say never to nothing, because I’m a business man, Vinnie is on a “grown man'' timeout.

In the full audio, Treach goes deeper with the implications for Naughty going forward, including how he feels the group supported Vinnie, his positive contributions to the business side and how everybody played a part in the brand.

Credit: AllHipHop.com