In an exclusive interview with Havoc of Mobb Deep, he explained why Queens rap artists tend to stress where they are from a bit more perhaps than other boroughs.

"We all know that it's recognized that Hip-Hop started in the Bronx," the producer/MC explained. "When Hip-Hop starts in the Bronx and spreads to the other boroughs including Queens, we all wanted our own identity. We didn't want to be identified as being from the Bronx, you wanna represent where you're from."

He went on to explain the perception of Queens by other parts of New York. "There's a misconception of Queens being just houses and nice, but there's a lotta drama in Queens. We probably have a little complex where we are constantly saying that we're from Queens because we wanna stand out. We wanna let you know that we are not from the Bronx, we are not from Brooklyn — we are from Queens!"

Hav also spoke recently about his current productions, including the scoring of Showtime's Supreme Team documentary as well as a new Mobb Deep album full of unreleased Prodigy verses. Cormega's recent single "Essential" from his upcoming project The Realness II is also produced by Havoc.

"Havoc and I have known each other for years! He's on more Cormega albums than any other artist!" Cormega said in a statement. "I appreciate that Havoc put extra effort into my single, 'Essential'. With Havoc, I have it all — name, track record and most importantly we have history and chemistry."

Havoc was a featured performer at this summer's Rock The Bells Festival where he praised festival creator LL COOL J for "creating an event of such magnitude with our favorite artists."