From the confines of Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where he’s served 22 years of a life sentence for a 2002 murder conviction he maintains was wrongful, Corey Miller—better known as No Limit Records legend C-Murder—has unleashed a scorching critique of modern rap that’s reverberating through the hip-hop world like a bassline from a 1999 Master P track. In an exclusive phone interview for his upcoming “Corey Miller Chronicles” podcast episode dropping October 25, 2025, the 54-year-old New Orleans native dismissed today’s trap stars as purveyors of “quick hits” with “no deep storytelling ability,” declaring they’d “crumble like cookies” in a Verzuz battle against old heads. “They ain’t built for the pressure,” C-Murder roared, his voice gravelly from years behind bars but sharp as ever, hyping the Cash Money/No Limit “Super Tour” buzz while schooling the mumble-rap generation on “G-Code grit” that defined Southern hip-hop’s golden era.
C-Murder, whose albums like Life or Death (1998) sold millions under Master P’s empire, didn’t mince words: “These kids drop three-minute TikTok bops—where’s the pain? The plot? The punchlines that hit your soul?” He name-dropped the “quick hit” culprits—rappers chasing viral 808s over narrative depth—contrasting them with No Limit’s cinematic storytelling in tracks like “Down for My N’s.” “Put ’em in Verzuz against Juvenile, Mystikal, me—they’d fold in five rounds,” he laughed, referencing the platform where hits battle hits. The roast ties to the upcoming tour uniting Cash Money (Birdman, Juvenile) and No Limit (Master P, Silkk the Shocker), a “from beef to brotherhood” spectacle C-Murder champions from his cell: “Old heads run it—real recognize real.”
The podcast, recorded via prison phone with host OG Cuicide, drops amid C-Murder’s renewed push for freedom; his 2024 appeal citing witness recantations and prosecutorial misconduct gained traction after Kim Kardashian’s advocacy. “I’m speaking truth from the cage—these new cats scared of bars, literal and lyrical,” he quipped. Fans erupted with 2.8 million #CMurderSpeaks posts: “He’s right—storytelling died with autotune!” tweeted one, while another defended, “Let the young kings cook!”
C-Murder’s critique echoes elders like Ice Cube and Nas lamenting rap’s “fast food” era, where algorithms favor hooks over hooks in the narrative sense. Yet, his voice from Angola—where he’s mentored inmates and written books—carries weight: “I lived the stories I told. They live filters.” As Verzuz co-founder Swizz Beatz teased a potential old-vs-new battle, C-Murder’s roast reignites the generational war: depth vs. drip.
In hip-hop’s eternal cycle, C-Murder’s bars from behind bars remind us: Legends don’t fade—they educate. The Super Tour looms, but his words hit hardest: “Quick hits don’t last—real stories do.” From prison to podcast, C-Murder’s still the boss.
