We were in New York for the New Music Seminar. I don't know if you remember, but at the time the New Music Seminar was really big. This was before the Winter Music Conference. And this was a place where, literally, rappers and House people used to connect with each other.

I'll never forget this. We're sitting in the Red Zone, me and Armando, and here comes a guy with seven or eight people. One of those people in fact happens to be Todd Terry. Todd sees Armando's badge, and turns around to this big Spanish-looking dude from Brooklyn standing next to him.

Todd says to him, "Yo, here that motherfucker is right here!" That big guy was actually Kenny Dope.

The problem was, Todd Terry sampled a record, and Armando sampled the same record for "100% of Disin' You," saying "I'm gonna dis you right now." Todd interpreted it as Armando saying, "I'm going to dis you right now" - meaning, Todd Terry.

In those days, I was a thug. All I saw was Todd Terry grab Armando's badge and talk to this big guy standing next to him. I didn't know it was Kenny Dope. I'm like, "Who is this?" Armando says, "That's Todd Terry." And at first I was like, "Oh, shit! Hey, Todd, what up?!"

But these dudes started surrounding us. He's talking to Armando and I don't know what's going on. I was like, "I don't know what this is about, but dude, stand up for yourself. Defend yourself!" Armando's telling him, "Todd, I wasn't dissin' you - it was just a sample that I took" - and on and on.

Kenny Dope started coming up, saying, "I don't care - you're in New York, you're in New York!" [This part was actually delivered with Terry Hunter doing his best Brooklyn impression. Has to be heard to be appreciated!]

So there was a champagne bottle right next to me. Armando was like, "Terry, be cool man!" I break this champagne bottle on the side of the speaker. By this point, they'd caught the attention of Larry Thompson and Tyree Cooper. So people are like, "Oh shit - Chicago versus New York! Chicago versus New York!"

So I go up to Kenny Dope and I say, "Look, you guys might beat us up, but I'm going to stab everyone one of you sons of bitches in here!" There's this big commotion in the middle of the Red Zone and it's Armando and me with a half cracked bottle of champagne with people from Chicago runnin', and people from "New Yawk, New Yawk" runnin', and security runnin'. It was so funny.

Everything got defused. The next day, we're chillin', and here comes Kenny Dope and Todd Terry. Todd had figured it out and everything was squashed. Kenny walks up to me and was like, "Yo, what up? Respect, I didn't know that was you. We sold a lot of your records at my store that I work at in Brooklyn. You're a real dude, you stood up for your man, we like that. Yo, give me your number." Since that day, me and Kenny Dope have always remained in contact and we're like brothers now. Todd Terry, too. Because of Armando. So you go figure that.

That was such a great story! I was like "Armando, you're always getting us in trouble!" Armando wouldn't hurt a fly! But here was one of the biggest commotions, and because of that situation, it's how me and Kenny Dope and Todd became the best of friends.