Our own Styles hooked up with West Coast Hip Hop legend Kurupt for a special and in depth interview for XXLMag.com and a unique extended bonus Q & A interview for Raptalk.net.

Kurupt discusses the situation regarding Cash Money Records, the new DPG album 100 Wayz, working with Sebastian Bach on MTV's show Celebrity Rap Star, his upcoming solo album with a mystery producer and his collaboration album with fellow West Coast legend DJ Quik!  And there's more too!!

As always, there were length requirements for the XXL website interview, so there were things that had to be cut out. So what I've done is collect the edited Q & A's and compiled them for an exclusive Raptalk feature on top of the feature that was done for the magazine's website.

Be sure to click on the link below to read the interview for XXLMag.com and also please drop a comment below the interview at the site's comment section!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE EXCLUSIVE FEATURE ON KURUPT FOR XXLMAG.COM  

Now, please read below for the extended Raptalk interview!

Kurupt & his wife Gail Gotti on their new marriage 

Kurupt: Today was a big day for me. It was my little sister’s 16^th birthday. Her mom is my God-mother Teena Marie (the R & B singer). So that’s where I was earlier. We also got some mixes done today in the studio. We are coming with this Dogg Pound album. The haters are going to hate to the left (motioning to his wife Gail Gotti who is sitting to his left). You’ve got haterade in the building.

[Gail Interrupts] Oh, I am going to sit in on this part. I want to see what kind of answers you give to Styles.

Kurupt: Do you see what I have to deal with?

Kurupt: Thank you. We just celebrated our 4 month anniversary. To keep things alive, we are going to celebrate every 4 months.

Kurupt: For me it’s a lot easier. I don’t know about her. But for me, it’s a lot easier.

Gail: I think it’s the same. We’ve been living like we were married for years really.

Kurupt: She knows that I am the man and what I say goes. The motto of marriage is “What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is mine!” So now we’ve got an understanding to the fullest. She starts up and it’s “Pow!”

Gail: (sighs) Anyway. Life after marriage is wonderful though. It gave us a 2^nd wind and rejuvenated us.

Gail: In Italy.

Kurupt: Sailing in the boats.

Kurupt On MTV's Celebrity Rap Star

Kurupt: That’s another thing I told Sebastian, “How can you beat Hugh?” A person that brings Hugh Hefner to the table? The game is over. I’m shocked that Shar won with the kind of leverage that Kendra had. Hugh is such a fuckin’ boss! I chopped it up with Hugh though. I was like, “What it do O.G.?” He was like, “I’m younger than you boy.”

Kurupt: Not at all. Even though it was a competition, it was like one big family. Warren G, Tone Loc, and Bubba Sparxx. MC Lyte is like my sister. You already know my history with Redman. Bizarre is my number one nigga. He and Proof (RIP) were my number one niggas from D-12. Everybody knew each other and had love and respect for one another.

Styles: I would have laughed my ass off though if you had gotten paired with Perez Hilton or that dude from The O.C.

Kurupt: Jason? That’s my guy though. He’s funny as fuck. Bubba told me so many stories with him and Jason. Me and Jason party big. Even Perez was cool. The most shocking out of all things was Perez. That one rap he did brought the Hip Hop out in him. He was dissin’ and smashin’ people. That nigga was just bustin’ cuzz! Then he said, “I am the Queen” and he lost me there (laughs).

Styles: How did you get on the show? Did you contact them? Or did they contact you?

Kurupt: They came to me with it. MTV contacted my agent David Weintraub.

Kurupt On The Chemisty of The DPG Group  

Styles: A lot of people get put together and don’t have chemistry. I know that Snoop brought you all together as a group. When did you guys get past being just rap partners but actually brothers?

Kurupt: When I first got with Snoop that was solidified. We got in to the game together. We’ve had trouble with our own neighborhoods over what we were pushing. We started our own gang! We don’t gangbang anymore like that. None of us. We keep away from the bullshit. It’s something that we were raised in to. It’s still there but its not because now we are fathers. Snoop has his football league for the kids. We’ve each gone through our own things. There was a time when Daz was mad at everything. He was still at Death Row and me and Snoopy were gone. Then he came home and I disappeared in to fuckin’ la-la land. Then I was mad at the motherfuckin’ world and then I came back. We’ve been through it all and we are still here pushing. Dogg Pound Gangstas is the symbol of eternity.

Stay tuned next week for an update on Kurupt's Movie Projects!!