Peter Gunz Says Son Cory Gunz Was Too Lyrical for His Era

Cory Gunz is a lyrical machine who came up in the wrong timeline. That’s not just rap fan nostalgia—it’s the raw truth from his father, Peter Gunz.

“Corey was too complicated for his generation,” he said during his recent BagFuel interview. “He was raised on Redman, Method Man, Rakim, Kane, LL, Jay-Z, Nas… real rappers. So when that mumble rap shit took over, it was like speaking Latin.”

Despite landing a massive verse on Lil Wayne’s 6 Foot 7 Foot, which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, Cory never quite broke through as a solo star. Peter believes the industry just didn’t know what to do with him.

“I told Jay-Z, ‘That’s my son, and it’s so hard to manage your own kid. You see him frustrated, looking sad… I just wanted to help him get on.’”

He even remembered Puff trying to sign Cory early—but with a catch: “Puff said, ‘I want to hold him until he’s 18.’ I’m like, nah, we need this now.”

Eventually, Peter went to Jay directly: “Jay looked me in the face and said, ‘Gunz, I hate this job.’ He told me straight up he was leaving Def Jam. I said, ‘If you’re leaving, we’re leaving too.’”

Cory dropped projects like Datz WTF I’m Talkin Bout, but his razor-sharp flow couldn’t crack an audience chasing vibe over bars. Still, as his father said proudly: “If Corey came out in my era, he’d be a superstar.”