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Shyne Writes Open Letter Apologizing To L.A. Reid

10:57 a.m. · October 28, 2010 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Quickest beef since Wale vs. Cudi? Shyne has officially buried the hatchet with L.A. Reid, the executive who overspent wildly to sign Shyne to Def Jam, who Shyne then decided was holding him back two weeks ago. Shyne apparently realized his commercial prospects are next to none, and the fact that L.A. Reid wants to pay him for his awful, awful music is good enough to stay on Def Jam:

I was wrong about my assessment of Chairman Reid. After I stopped being all Carl Thomas emotional and things like that, I thought about the facts. Fact is L.A Reid was there when I was locked, a few feet away from death row and the Black Panthers. L.A. was on the visit floor on Rikers Island looking at me through them blinding bars, showing me he believed in that gang boy revolutionary music I make. A bond forged at the nadir of suffering [that’s] unbreakable. That’s why I chose L.A. Reid over all the other distributors. We already went through it. I’ll never forget what L.A. did for me behind that b-wall. Caged like an animal, stripped of all my rights; he gave me freedom— freedom to follow my vision. Freedom to make my momma smile after so many tears and sleepless nights weeping for her baby boy like Rachel the matriarch weeps for the Israelites.

Hyperbole, much? But still, is there any chance at all that when Shyne puts out an album it won't brick super hard? I mean, who is out there right now hitting re-fresh on rap sites waiting for a release date? Probably not even Shyne's weeping momma. [Real Talk]