XXL: Any truth to word that you’re recently signed ODB’s son, Boy Jones?

RZA: Yeah, we in negotiations now with his lawyers and shit, but I’m real excited about that. Boy Jones is a real unique individual. There’s something about his father that’s in him. ODB said there’s no father to his style, Boy Jones do have a father to his style and to get a chance to see that style that ODB invented come out through the genes of his son—not somebody imitating him, not somebody that’s acting like it, somebody that got it in they blood and that kid got it. It’s unique.

XXL: How would you describe his style?

RZA: I can’t even put my finger on it ’cause sometimes I be like what the fuck is that? What the fuck is he doing? But I play it for kids and they love it. The kids love it. I got a big family, 11 brothers and sisters, hundreds of cousins, a whole slew of nieces and nephews, like 25 of them, and when I play his shit they love it. The kids love his shit.

XXL: So is he doing the sing-songy rap thing too or something totally different than his father?

RZA: Yeah, he just got his own thing. It’s unpredictable, man. Dude is crazy. And he don’t even get high so it’s natural. That’s what impressed me, ’cause ODB had drinks and shit but this is Boy Jones’ natural ability.