Whenever a rapper is involved in a shooting, it is the media's, thus, the public's opinion that the industry individual(s) is assumed guilty as charged. The difficult pill to swallow is that in most all of those cases, the accused have been guilty as charged. With these odds, it makes it virtually impossible for the innocent to get a fair deal.

Jamal Bush aka Rock of the rap superduo Heltah Skeltah was released Thursday, January 24th on $125,000 bail from Rikers Island after being charged with attempted murder and assault against another Brooklyn man. It has been alleged that Rock and the victim were known pimps and the dispute that escalated into a shooting began over a prostitute.

Only days after being released on $125,000 bail, HHNLive.com sits down with Rock of Heltah Skeltah to discuss his impending murder charge, alleged gang ties, his up-coming projects, the day of his arrest and much more.

Rock on people calling him by his government name: "I don't even know who the fuck you talkin' about if you ain't tell me another name, understand what I'm sayin'? I'm not Sean Price. Don't call me by my government name. Fuck outta here!"

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HHNLive.com: What's goin' on, homie? Welcome home!

Rock: Good lookin'.What's the word? Ya know, same ol' shit.

HHNLive.com: The last time I saw you was in the Rhodes Music Building on 30th Street in the city when you was finishing up "The Last Stand" in the summer of '06. What have you been into since then?

Rock: Umm...a little bit of jail, a little bit of streets, little bit of studios, a few more countries and all that. Mostly studios and countries, though...touring and working on the new album, well the mixtape. The Rock solo shit. It's called "Shell Shock" and it's a beautiful monstrosity. It'll be out next month.

HHNLive.com: What have you been doin' for the past two days you've been home?

Rock: Workin'. It just took me away from my work. That's what I been doin'...studios. You know me and Ruck got a new album comin' out after the mixtape. The Shell Shock is just the beginning. You know D.I.R.T. is on the way.

HHNLive.com: When is your next hearing?

Rock: Sometime this month. Sometime between this and next month.

HHNLive.com: Because of your status as an artist, did they put a lot of stipulations on your bail?

Rock: Not many, but a few.

HHNLive.com: Can you still leave the country?

Rock: No.

HHNLive.com: Is that gonna cause a problem for you promoting the new album?

Rock: Of course it's gonna cause a problem. You know how they love us overseas.

HHNLive.com: Tell me as much as you can about what happened on January 15th.

Rock: January 15? What day was that? Oh, that's when I got locked up! That night I was in booking. I got knocked that morning. Niggas came to where I was at and snatched me. It was really no more no less. It is what it is. I seen these niggas...I could've ran, but why would I run? I looked right at these niggas like, 'Somebody on this block did some shit.' I looked right at them niggas and watched them come to me like, 'What the fuck are they doin' here?' and opened the door for them. You understand what I'm sayin'? That's basically what it was.

HHNLive.com: What even gave the D.A. grounds to issue the warrant?

Rock: I don't know about all of that and if I did, I'm not sure I could talk about all of that. A motherfucka said I did somethin' and it is what it is. Anything further than that, I would feel like one of them stupid Smack DVD niggas. We ain't gonna get into all of that. You understand what I'm sayin'? It is what it is. I got knocked, the fuckin' charges are pending for attempted murder, niggas slanderin' my motherfuckin' name, I'm out on bail, now, watch me work.

HHNLive.com: So why are they accusing you of bein' a pimp and all that?

Rock: If I could answer that, I might be able to answer something else. It is what it is. I can't get into all that shit right there.

HHNLive.com: I feel you. So when can we expect the Shell Shock mixtape?

Rock: Shell Shock will be out next month.

HHNLive.com: Who you got on that?

Rock: I got Boot Camp on it. I got the long awaited appearance of the Rock Brothers on there. I got M.F.G. on it...Boot Camp, Mag Force, Rock Brothers.. I might have some guest appearances on there. I've done a lot of song wit' a lot of dudes, but I ain't been in contact wit' a lot of dudes and...I ain't get clearance from everybody yet. Whether I get clearance or not, it really don't matter 'cause the monster man Rocko and I do fuck wit' Rock Brothers and Boot Camp Clik, so you know the shit is gonna be off the chain regardless.

HHNLive.com: This whole situation with this case...did they come at you extra hard with more investigators[Hip Hop Police]?

Rock: The Hip Hop Police is a funny thing. They're there, but I ain't never have 'em...it ain't a taskforce of niggas wit' "Hip Hop Police" on their vest. The police just is what they is. They come at you the way they come at you. Either they come at you as blue and whites, they come at you in plainclothes, or they come at you in suits and ties. You know what I'm sayin'?

HHNLive.com: I understand that, but did they come at you on some rap shit about other rappers or the industry in general?

Rock: Nah, they ain't do no shit like that. They ain't give a fuck about another rapper in my situation.

HHNLive.com: Do you pledge allegience or should I say associate yourself with the Blood (organization)?

Rock: Hell no, nigga! Nigga, I'm Decept to death. Everybody, the fans, the media, whoever it is that listens to my shit...whether you listen to it or whether you use it to judge me or whatever the fuck, you not even listenin' to this shit! On "The Last Stand", and everybody loved that album, I said very blatantly, '...even though I ride wit' the red gettin' my pop on, I'm a D-E-C-E-P-T icon..' plain as day! I didn't describe it, none of that. Everybody know that it's all kinds of Blood and Crip shit out in New York and every place else, but I'm a D-E-C-E-P-T- icon, you understand what I'm sayin'? That's what that is.

HHNLive.com: Nuff said. Being that you can't get too much into the case, how much support or criticism have you gotten from people in your camp?

Rock: From people in my camp...people that's a part of my circle know me, so that's a non issue to them. They know me. You can describe a situation and I can tell you if one my niggas was there or not or if they was involved. You can describe a chick and I can tell you if my man likes her or not. I ain't gotta see him or her. We know each other. What bothers them is the fact that this shit happened, that I got locked up and a motherfucka is slandering my name and all of that. It's all support. It ain't no criticism.

HHNLive.com: Why do you think somebody would even come wit' some shit like that in the first place?

Rock: 'Cause it's haters in the world, you understand what I'm sayin'? That just is what it is. Niggas is bitches, niggas is haters, niggas is all kind of things that I don't associate with. First of all, I don't even do government names, so when a nigga comin' at me talkin' about this person and that, most of the time, I don't even know who the fuck you talkin' about if you ain't tell me another name, understand what I'm sayin'? I'm not Sean Price. Don't call me by my government name. Fuck outta here! You disrespecting me if you do that. Niggas talkin' about, 'Yeah, I know that nigga. I know Jamal.' Fuck outta here! If anybody ever do that to you, then you know that that's a nigga that doesn't know me. He might of met me, he might of used to know me, but if you knew me, you would know that's like feeding me motherfuckin' shrimp and I'm allergic to shellfish! That's besides the point. I'm not one of them niggas. Some of these niggas I don't know. Some of these niggas I burnt back in the day on some rap shit. You never know. I've slapped niggas for comin' at me wrong. Who the fuck knows who this nigga is? Just check me out in court. Give me a street name and I might know somethin', but I don't fuckin' know these dudes. What I know is Shell Shock...The D.I.R.T. you know what I'm sayin'? Rock Brothers, Mag Force, B.C.C. That's enough firepower to supply the whole East Coast.