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Yikes! Could something be inadvertently going on between Master P and Tyler Perry? During Essence Fest last weekend, it seems as if the two New Orleans natives ran into each other, but according to P, the “energy wasn’t there”.
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In an interview with TheYBF‘s podcast, the 49-year-old seems to have expected a different type of interaction with Perry during their first encounter. “I bumped into Tyler Perry…but it was awkward. I thought we was going to embrace each other. I think that people are afraid when they see me, because they know I’m so independent. And I’m doing this, so I don’t know, am I threatening to them or whatever. I’m ready to embrace him, like a black man from New Orleans. Like, I’m happy for you brother…but the energy wasn’t there.”
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He went on to allude that maybe he’s “too real”, standing firm on his belief that a man putting on a dress is not his way of doing things (Perry’s Madea franchise have reportedly made more than $569 million). “I wouldn’t put on a dress to be in a movie. My morals are different. I don’t care how much money, I just wouldn’t do it.”
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It seems like P might have expected a bit of recognition or to eventually join forces with Perry. “To see me, where I’m rising up now in the film side, I woulda thought he’d be happy, another brother from New Orleans…it wasn’t a bad thing but it wasn’t what I expected.”
The No Limit Records head honcho is on the road promoting, I Got The Hook-Up 2, the sequel to the 1998 cult classic, starring himself, Romeo Miller, comedians Anthony Johnson, DC Young Fly, John Witherspoon, Michael Blackson and more. Watch the trailer below.
I Got The Hook-Up 2 is in theaters now.
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