Gorilla Zoe appeared at Pearl C. Anderson Junior High School in Dallas on Friday, March 6. Reportedly, the speech went fine, but 10 and 11 year old students were given posters featuring the
album artwork for "Don't Feed the Animals" and this has created a bit of a controversy, reports
WFAA-TV's Craig Civale. The photo features Gorilla Zoe sitting behind a pile of money, smoking a cigar and drinking a brown liquid.
Some Parents and "activists" were critical of the message that the poster conveyed. The article features video from a TV news segment where Civale notes that Gorilla Zoe called him, in an effort to clear up the misunderstanding.
"He called me late tonight, telling me that he did not mean to mislead the children or offend their parents," Civale said. "He also told me that those school kids actually received a cleaned up version of this poster."
At the end of the day, it's a misstep by all parties, but probably not as big a deal as some are making it.
SOHH.com asked a few rappers about the 50 Cent and Rick Ross beef. One of them was Gorilla Zoe. Here's what he said:
"Playing with certain things man, you can die. That ain't nothing to play with but that's what [50 Cent and Rick Ross] are doing. I let them do what they do. I'm just looking at it like both of ya'll get your money up."
This is the single cover for Gorilla Zoe's "Echo," off of his upcoming album,
"Don't Feed Da Animals."
You can listen to it here:
I am really digging this.
Gorilla Zoe's MySpace has details on his album release party in Atlanta on March 16.
Here is the track listing for Gorilla Zoe's "Don't Feed Da Animals," according to iTunes and
Amazon.com.
1. "Untamed Gorilla" featuring JC
2. "What It Is" featuring Rick Ross and Kollosus
3. "Dope Boy"
4. "Lost"
5. "I'm Dumb"
6. "S*** On 'Em"
7. "Hood Clap"
8. "HelluvaLife" by Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman
9. "I Got It" featuring Big Block.
10. "Watch Me" featuring Yung Chris
11. "Man I"
12. "Talk Back" featuring Ebonylove and Roxy Reynolds
13. "So Sick"
14. "Echo"
Here's the single cover to the second single from Gorilla Zoe's forthcoming album, "Don't Feed Da Animals." It's "What It Is" featuring Rick Ross and Kollosus.
Gorilla Zoe's MySpace announced his support for the "Saving Our Daughters" book series.
With his support, Gorilla Zoe will speak to selected high school classrooms on March 16th at McNair High in DeKalb County in Atlanta; and will also sponsor 10 books for 10 single parent families with daughters in need of healing attending at the school.
The article has more details.
Care of
Straight From The "A". This is an interesting track. Will have to hear the finished version, but it could grow on me.
