Interview by Charlie Braxton Ok, when I first met you some years ago, you were going by the name Lil Mall, now you call yourself Meezy now. Why the name change? Basically rebranding. I felt like a whole different person and wanted to have a fresh feeling. It came from my Louisiana rap friends, Lil Trill and Lil Phat. You from Jackson’s Shady Oaks neighborhood, which is a pretty rough area. What was it like for you growing up? Growing up the area wasn’t like it is today. Still was drug infested but with way less murders and...
What Up? Up and coming
V-Town
By Black Dog Bone You’ve been doing music for a long time, I think from when you were maybe 12 or 13, but at that time it was all in the streets. You make a tape you sell it, you make a CD you sell it in the streets. But now everything has changed and a lot of the people from that time they like the other way because they had more control and they didn’t have to wait for the money. How do you feel about it? Well it could go both ways. When you’re more in the streets...
Telly Mac
By Black Dog Bone So, Telly Mac, tell me about where you are from and how you came up. Man, I’m born and raised in the Fillmore, San Francisco, Bay Area you know what I’m sayin’? I started my rap career back in 1996 on Get Low Records, JT tha Bigga Figga you know what I’m sayin’? I was in a group called The Gamblaz, I’m one half of the Gamblaz. We about to be going on a mini tour. Gamblaz and Fully Loaded we bout to get that going. Trying to fill up a few spots and sell out...
Babaluku
by Black Dog Bone What does your name mean? Baba means elderly father respected in various Africa not direct so not only in Uganda but also Kenya. In Tanzania baba means a figure of respect. Luku, I was doing a project and uniting Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania so when I got to Dar Es Salaam brother AY told me luku means electricity so that’s when I got the real meaning its father of energy That’s amazing because everything sounds energy. Yeah Babaluku means the father of energy One thing you told me is that a lot of people come here...
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Hip Hop has never been confined to one sound or one place, it spread like wildfire from its earliest days and is now the dominant sound and culture around the world. Every region adds its own flavor to the mix across the globe and we aim to cover it all.
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