Field Mob's Shawn Jay Arrested...Smoke Explains Their Breakup

» by October 2, 2009, 11:25am

According to reports, Shawn Jay from Field Mob has been arrested for failure to appear on charges related to cocaine and marijuana possession and is locked up in Jacksonville, Florida. The charges allegedly stem from a March 27^th arrest and also involved him carrying a concealed weapon. Hip-Hop Wired recently spoke with Smoke a.k.a Chevy P, the other half of Field Mob, who cited that the reason for the group's split was because of constant legal issues.

“Basically there was legal sh*t going on, sh*t we did in the past that we ran from and it finally caught up with both of us. We both were doing our lil' thing, and when I got my record deal when I was 19, I was on a roll. I didn't tell the people at MCA or nothing. Outside of getting some money, this rap money while on a roll, I tried to do this sh*t on the low so the police won't catch me then try and pay for it when I get the cash. Get my sh*t right. But that eventually bit a ni**a in the a*s before I could stack up enough bread to go deal with it, as far as getting a lawyer or whatever. It's the same with both of us. That's both of our problem and it caught up with us at the wrong time but hey I ain't gone lie, I still look at this situation as a better situation but hey, I gotta prove that to other people."

Smoke further explained the strained relationship, adding,

“That's what it was! I went to jail, he went to jail. That's basically what it was. It never was a break up. People made it into a break up because we were rapping individually but when I was in jail, he was out. When I got out, he went in. Then when he got out, I went back in and then now I'm out and he about to go back in a few minutes. There's no need to be working with him if he can't be out to promote it.”

Smoke, who is R&B singer's Ciarra's first cousin, also stated that the most important objective was to keep Field Mob's fans fed as he releases his mixtapes in preparation for his solo album Caprice Classics which is scheduled to drop next year.

“This is what we do regardless; we were individual rappers before we were a group. This is what I do. Regardless if he go to jail, this what I do. I gotta stick with it! Keep checks coming in, keep doing shows. I keep shows, I'm always doing shows. Field Mob, we had a cult, still got one! They need food, they need to be fed, I got what's for dinner, period and they pay for it. Whether it's features, or they wanna see a ni**a get on the got da*n stage and rap mad like a gorilla, they still need that sh*t, they want that sh*t. I basically feel like I can do that with my solo sh*t, I can do that. I got that Field Mob sound people are looking for and craving for.”