A few hours ago, we posted a brand new 40 minute interview with Brad “Daddy” X of the KottonMouth Kings.  Shortly afterwards, we received word from Kevin Zinger of Suburban Noize Records that he wanted a chance to respond to all of the allegations that Brad spoke of in the interview.  We posted one side of the story, so we can’t shelve the other side of it.  In case you missed Big Ian‘s original post about it, you can listen to the Daddy X interview here:

[youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://youtu.be/4fgaet2cQPc[/youtube]

Now keep in mind, if you haven’t listened to that yet, Daddy X went out on a limb, and against his lawyer’s wishes, gave his side of the KMK / Suburban Noize conflict to us.  In short, he claims that Kevin Zinger, who is co-founder of Suburban Noize Records, will not show him the financial books to make sure that the other artists are getting paid. This is the biggest issue he brought up, but some of the smaller ones include not getting paid for repping the SRH clothing line for the past 15 years, being locked out of a label that he co-owns, taking ownership of domain names without the artists’ knowledge, and more.

Well of course there are two sides to every story.  Kevin Zinger took some time to put together this video responding to just about everything Daddy X spoke of, and even included some documentation from lawyer interactions that have happened recently between the two parties.  That documentation is actually part of the video, so you can see that when you check the video response out.  He also shows screen shots of all of the emails to the complete Sub Noize roster, talks about how his lawyers have had access to all the books in the SubNoize office, and how the lawsuit came about.

Now, here’s the video response from Zinger addressing Daddy X’s allegations:

[youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://youtu.be/LeVhL9ccnFc[/youtube]

So who’s telling the truth?  Do both of them have valid points?  Do you think there’s falsities in both statements?  That’s why we’re trying to help hash it all out.  You decide and comment about what you think after giving both an honest listen.

Finally, we’d like to thank both Brad “Daddy” X and Kevin Zinger for being so forthcoming about all of this, and using FLH as their forum.  We have and will continue to strive to put out both sides of the story so as to show no bias, and let the fans decide for themselves.  Much love to both of you, and thanks to everyone reading for your support!

Websites:

• KottonmouthKings.com
• SuburbanNoizeRecords.com
• Daddy X @ Facebook