Interview by Charlie Braxton Your name is Lawerence OTS. How did you settle on that name? I just wanted to be original didn’t want to have the same name as anyone in the Music Industry, plus my birth name is “Lawrence”… (OTS) is a movement my uncle came up with [and] I just ran...
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Master P
Interview by Scott Bejda What’s behind the title of this new album, Ghetto Bill? The new album is called The Ghetto Bill Gates, and I’m the best hustler in the game. That is what it’s about! You got so many great rappers and lyricists but can’t none of them out-hustle me. Anybody could get a...
Tech N9ne
Interview by Black Dog Bone May 2008 I feel like it’s a blessing when an artist doesn’t get big right away. When some 18 year old blows up real big, they usually can’t handle it and they disappear. You have so much experience you’re invincible now. That’s what it is. I’ve been kicked so many...
Meezy
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,...




