Dj So Hype………………………………………..pg 4-5

HBK Skipper…………………………………….pg 6

Micky P…………………………………………...pg 7-10

The Game Promo…………………………..pg 11

Artist Supporting Artist…………………….pg 12

G$ ft Lil Scrappy Promo…………………………....pg13

Royalty……………………………………....pg 14-16

Highline Jewelry………………………….....pg 17

Ant Bash……………………………………....pg 19

L’Jay of Livewire…………………...……pg 20-22

The H&T……………………………………..pg 26-27

Da Tykoon…………………………………..pg 28-29

Mac Reese…………………………………..pg30-31

A.Mo…………………………………………….pg 32-33

Dex Beatz……………………………………...pg-37

Loverance………………………………...pg 38-39

Thizzler “Darkest Before Dawn”………....pg 42

Keyshia Cole Promo…………………………...pg 43

Monsta……………………………………...pg 44-46

Kurt Kain……………………………………....pg 47

Double X……………………………………...pg 48-49

Gigs510 & Springz The Grinch Section……..pg 51

Gigs510…………………………………….....pg 52-54

Springz The Grinch………………………..pg 55-57

Young Bari…………………………………....pg 59-61

Day One Productions…………………..….pg 62-63

Dj Blazita………………………………………....pg 64

Allan “The Next Level”…………………...pg 65-67

Stalley from MMG

Derrick Rashad Reeves (born January 31,

1989), better known by his stage name DJ So Hype

is one of the most sought after DJ's in Las Vegas,

NV. Born in Ridgecrest, California and raised by a

single mom in Upland, California (Inland Empire).

His mom moved him and his brother to Las Vegas 9

years ago and this is where his career started as an

Entertainer. He has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for

much of his professional career.

I developed a passion to deejay at age 14,

after finding my first set of turntables in a neighbor-

hood dumpster and started playing music at local

parties. At age 16, I worked as a DJ at Frozen a

Nightclub for teenagers in Henderson, NV.. By age

18, I began spinning for some of the top venues in

Las Vegas, including The House of Blues and travel-

ing to DJ in cities across the US.

I started my own DJ company called Hype

Boyz Productionz. My services include DJ, Produc-

er, Entertainer, Hip-Hop Choreographer, Model,

Actor, Web Designer & Flyer Designer.

At the age of 23 I am best know on the West

Coast for playing any genre of music such as: House,

Dub Step, EDM, Hip Hop, Top 40, Old-School, 70's,

80's, 90's, Party Jams, Electra, R&B, Dance Hall, Reg-

gaeton & Videos.

Some of my accomplishments include win-

ning "The Platinum Showmanship Award" at the Las

Vegas Music Awards. I won the 2011 DJ BATTLE AT

McFadden's located in the RIO HOTEL in Las Vegas,

NV. I was named "DJ of the Year" for 2011 from the

City of Las Vegas.

I get my inspiration for being a DJ from my

faith in God and my mother Rose who is also my

Smanager. My influences are

DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith, P. Did-

dy and Mr. Tyler Perry.

I also work part time

with the After School All Star

Kids teaching Hip Hop Dance

lessons to kids after school and I

DJ at schools throughout the

city. I donate time to DJ for

Charities and other events for

kids.

I have entertained and/

or performed with such celebri-

ties like DJ Kid Capri, Bow Wow,

50 Cent, Floyd Mayweather,

Gary Payton, Ray-J, Y. G., Diggy

Simmons, Ginuwine, The Jab-

bawockeez, The Dream, Al B.

Sure, K.D. Aubert, Hosea

Sanchez, Cali Swagg District,

Meek Mills, T-Boz, MC Hammer, Flavor Flav, Audio

Push, Soulja Boy, V.I.C., The Rej3ctz , The New Boyz

and more.

I hold a weekly residency at SEDONA in Las

Vegas, creating room for my multiple weekly resi-

dencies in some of sin city's hottest venues and

across the U.S.

My residencies and guest DJ has included

The V-Bar, The Mix Lounge, Planet Hollywood Re-

sort & Casino, The Gold Lounge, Revolution, KOI

Night Club, Brand Ultra Lounge, Hard Rock Hotel &

Cafe, Voodoo Lounge, Pure Nightclub, Mansion

Nightclub in Miama, Rehab Pool, Poetry Nightclub,

all in addition to his corporate accounts at National-

ly recognized brand stores "Sean John, Nike, Metro

Park". I recently was honored to DJ at the National

Bar Association in Vegas. I worked with the #1 Ra-

dio Station Hot 97.5 in Las Vegas for 4 years and

started out as their youngest DJ.

CONTACT INFO

Website: www.djsohype.com

Facebook.com/djsohype

Twitter.com/sohype

Soundcloud.com/djsohype

T.O.P- First off we

would like to say thank you for hav-

ing this interview with us. Can you

tell us and your fans a little about

yourself?

Skipper-I’m HBK Skipper, 23 year old hip-hop/rap

artist from Richmond, CA. Member of the HBK Gang.

I started making music in 2010 and been going strong

ever since. I’m mostly known from the Love Rance

“UP” record.

T.O.P- Who started HBK? Who came up with HBK?

Skipper– HBK was the creation of IAMSU. He started

it along with P-lo back in 07 and as the years passed

the team formed into what it is today.

T.O.P- How would you best describe you r music?

Skipper-My music a blend between lyrical hip-hop

and party music. I’m still in the process of learning my

sound so I’m experimenting with different stuff.

T.O.P- Did you think the “UP” record would have

been such of big hit as it came out to be?

Skipper– Honestly, I had an idea it was gonna cross

over, but I had no idea the level of it playing all over

the world and stuff. It kinda took us by surprise but we

were ready for it to happen.

T.O.P- We understand that

you’re in the Bay Area

Freshmen of 2012. How does that make

you feel?

Skipper-It was an honor to be recognized

by my own area for what I'm doin as a solo artist

aside from all the gang stuff. It made me feel like I’m

not doin this for nothing and I’m making significant

progress. It was motivation to keep goin.

T.O.P-I f you could collaborate with anybody in the

world who would it be? Dead or alive? Pick 3.

Skipper– Ma$e, Rick Ross, and Kanye.

T.O.P- Do you have any upcoming projects or any

released projects?

Skipper-My debut mixtape titled “W.E.T.” is availa-

ble for purchase on I-tunes and all digital retailers

right now. Right now I’m working on the follow up

project “W.E.T.2”.

T.O.P- Before we wrap this up. Is there any shout

outs you would like to give?

Skipper-Shout out to everyone who got love for me

and my brothers and supports what we have goin on.

Shout out to my city, and shout out to my clique.

T.O.P-How’s it goin Micky P?

Mickey P– Pretty good pretty good what’s poppin’

T.O.P?

T.O.P-Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Mickey P- In 10 years I just want to see myself in a

solid position in the music industry. Definitely signed

to a major label. Actually in 10 years I wanna see my-

self taking more of the executive approach in music.

Managing my own artist, and having my own label.

That’s where I see myself in the next 10 year’s.

T.O.P– Have you ever considered making your own

label?

Micky P– Yea definitely, before I started recording

making my own label is one of my big dreams I’ve

had. I can definitely see that in the future making my

own label.

T.O.P– Who are your biggest music influences?

Micky P– I would have to go with Wayne as far his

work ethic because he’s always in the studio, always

working., and I look up to that. So that’s why I try to

put myself, I always try to work, and one up myself.

Always be on my job. Lyrically, definitely Tupac.

Pac is one of my greatest influences right now. Every-

body else doin it right now Kendrick Lamar, The

Game, just everybody out there that’s doin it right

now. I definitely look up to thm as influence.

T.O.P– What exactly do you on your spare time

when your not doing music?

Mickey P– Man, when I’m not doin mu-

sic…..Really….I'm just doing music. If im not doin

music I’m definitely thinking about it, working on the

next project. If I’m not doing music basically I’m just

kickin it you know, partying, and thinking of the next

thing to do, working. Yeah, that’s about it.

T.O.P– So everybody knows your going to be the

next big thing it’s pretty obvious, if that’s going to

happen, but why don’t tell the people a little bit about

what you do in music.

Mickey P– What I’m doing in music basically….I’m

from the Bay Area but I don’t classify myself as a Bay

Area artist. I’ve taken a mainstream approach to mu-

sic that’s why I think I can credit most of my success

to, my earlt success I try to please a bigger crowd,

that’s what I’m trying to say. But that’s what it is I’m

trying to do to change people’s perspective of what

people think about hip-hop. Just basically get it out

there to a bigger crowd and I think with album com-

ing out “Neon Black” I think that’s what its guna do.

It’s really guna open up the fan base for hip-hop and

it’s guna change a lot of the way’s that people think

about rap and hip-hop as a music genre.

T.O.P– What do you think is going to take you to the

next level. What’s your next big step that you’re try-

ing to take?

Micky P– The next big step, I think just broadin’ the

fan base with the “Famous Soon” movement, and the

“Neon Black” album. We can always get better, that’s

what my philsohphy about the music. I’m constanly

trying to get better, I’m trying to put in more work.

Basically we’re just trying to get the movement out

there. I mean in this area we’re getting pretty big but

it’s nothing if we don’t expand. I’m thinking nation

wide within the next year. That’s definitely the next

biggest thing is getting the movement out there, push-

ing my music to a bigger and broader audience.

T.O.P– What do you

think seperates you

from every other rap-

per? Why do you think

your gonna be the best

one out there?

Micky P-I get this a

lot ,but if you listen to

my music you can al-

most instantly almost

tell the difference. Within every artist everybody is

going to be different to a certain degree, but then

again when you listen to them there’s kinda of simili-

arities. Like, ok you can tell this guy is trying to sound

like this guy whoop whoop. One thing I can say about

myself I don’t really compliment myself that much I

really don’t like to talk about myself, but I think

there’s a uniqueness to my music. That nobody ever

hears, so I think that’s what contributes to my success.

The music is really something no one heard before. I

always try to be creative in the studio, always come

out with something new. Even if it’s the same, even if

it’s just hip-hop I try to put a new spin on it to make it

fresh for everybody else. So I thnk that’s what sets me

apart and I have a good idea of what people want to

listen to on the radio, like the mainstream. I have a

good idea of the mainstream. That’s where I’m trying

to incorporate my music, so yea.

T.O.P-Out of all the artist you work with so far who

has been your favorite?

Micky P-I don’t really work with that many artist. I

try to keep it to myself, but everybody I’ve been fea-

tured with I probably say I look up to them. Out here I

got my producer Julio Salgado out in Salida, CA. As a

producer I really respect as a producer since day one.

Some local artist out here in Stockton, Tracy, basically

everybody. I respect everybody doin there thang right

now.

T.O.P-When your name gets more out there. Who’s

the artist that you want to be on a track with?

Micky P– Let me see...right now in the mainstream I

want to collab with basically anybody MMG, thays

one of my big dreams

MMG, Young Money,

anybody from that camp,

but if I can pick one artist.

Actually I would say is

Wayne. I like the creativi-

ty I can see that collabora-

tion going places. It can

deefintely go places so I

say with Wayne.

T.O.P– Before we would like to know if you have any

shout outs, any new mixtapes, albums, songs coming

out?

Micky P– Definitely we got a couple projects coming

out of course the “Neon Black” day view album is

coming out. I wanna say aroung November I don't

want to say an official release date yet., you can

keepon checking with me. You can look me up at

Youtube.com/realmickyp, follow me on Twitter

@therealmickyp, and look out for a few mixtapes,

There’s a couple tracks that didn't get on the album,

and we’re trying to release that on the mixtapes to the

fans. Shout out to all the Famous Soon movement,

everybody rockin with me, shout out to T.O.P. Maga-

zine coming through kickin it with the boy. Basically

we’re guna have some big things coming through. The

Famous Soon Movement and all that. We’ll definitely

have things poppin’.

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still coming with heat. This rap game is like a election,

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definitely say The Game is in the winners circle. This new

single brings together some of the heavy hitters in the mu-

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T.O.P.Magazine- comin at everyone again this time

with the Ant Bash from Daygo would you mind tellin

the people about yourself?

ANT BASH-Well first off free my cousin Eric

Apeight. But I’m a rapper, I love my fans & im on this

grind for my family and my real people. Shoutout to

everyone supporting

T.O.P-alright alright i feel it now Ant Bash your

known for your clever wordplay and hard hitting

beats how does your music fall into place so perfect-

ly?

ANT BASH-well all it is to it is just getting in my

zone & blocking everything else out, every time I get

in the studio nothing else matters

T.O.P-They say that the rappers the are focused such

as yourself make it the farthest. what do you think

separates you from the other artist out

ANT BASH-What I think separates me is the hard

work & taking this serious. I grew up on music & rap-

ping. It kinda irritates me seeing artist in it just for the

females and fancy stuff. Money and family is most

important

T.O.P-When you perform how do you feel what

pumps you up what gives you the energy to make the

crowd go crazy

ANT BASH-Just seeing the crowd gets me pumped

up, to me its a blessing having people watch you and

see what your about. So I go as hard as I can for eve-

rybody

T.O.P-Now growing up who inspired you to make

music? Have you ever had a moment when you felt

like music is "to hard"?

ANT BASH-My biggest inspiration was my grandfa-

ther, he would always hear me rap so he sat down and

lectured me about dream chasing. I soaked up every-

thing he said. And I feel like that all the time but I vow

to never give up

T.O.P-Forsure we and your supporters are glad you

don't’ give up either! And so far everyone you have

worked with ,who did you have fun with most when

collabing with?

ANT BASH-I appreciate that. And I would have to

say Kidd Swagg, because we came up with a hook real

fast & basically freestyled the song. Had a cool time

making a track with him

T.O.P-alright thank you ant bash we appreciate your

time before we go, anymore shoutouts, mixtapes, al-

bums, songs comin out?

ANT BASH-I appreciate you havin me. And once

again free my cousin Eric Apeight. Shoutout to my

dude drew bill behind the cameras & I just released a

mixtape on HNHH called "Purp & Wax" check it out!!

alright thank you for your time Ant Bash!

T.O.P-So what you got goin on? Anything

new?

L’Jay– I’m in the studio right now workin on

“Room 209”. I’m still pushing “Bottom of the

9th” with J.Stalin we just dropped a video

called“P*#!y on You” make sure ya’ll go

check that out. It’s off the hook. We got a

couple more videos we putting in together,

so those are the main 2 projects I’m working

on right now. I also got a sextape out right

now you can download it for free at

www.ljayallday.com see me in action, ya

know.

T.O.P– After you got signed with Livewire how did

that make you feel?

L’Jay– Well it was a great opportunity to ex-

pand what I’ve been doing in the 209, I’m

from Stockton. I do a lot of shows in Stockton

forever. first I was singing and people knew

me as that. Then I just started throwing par-

ties, and the parties got up where people

from the bay hitting me up like “Oh I’m trying

to get out there put me for a show,” because

the parties were crackin and me being

signed to Livewire, it just expanded what I

was doing. Because “The Prenup” album, I

did a lot of the tours with Stalin. That just ex-

panded what I was doing plus I was perform-

ing. It was just a great opportunity for me to

put my city on the map, and also show my ar-

tistic development.

T.O.P– The year coming to an end. What can the

fans expect from you?

L’Jay– I have 2 more projects I’m trying to

drop by the end of the year. One is called

“Swag on Point” with my partner El Capone.

That sh*t is dope. We got Livewire artusts on

there, got Mistah Fab on there. Livewire

rocks with Fab, we got Slim from “112” On

the album. We got my main mixtape called

“Room 209” that one is the crème of the

crop. So “Room 209” is like my biggest pro-

ject that I’m really trying to focus on right

now. Those are 2 projects you can check

out.

T.O.P– So what made you want to get into music?

L’Jay– I’ve been doing music forever. I was

real active as a kid. I did all types of sports, I

did baseball, football, basketball, and I ran

track. I was good at track, like real good . As

I got older I decided to do one thing. It was

either do track cuz I was good at track. I ran

a 800 or do music. So I was like I’’ll just do

this, just see how it works. I’ve been doing

music for so long probably since I was in

3rd or 4th grade. I just kept on doing it. It

just became fun. Then I went to a talent

show. From the talent show it just got bigger

and I just stuck with it..

T.O.P– Who were some of your inspirations? Music

wise or from the community?

L’Jay– Inspirations, my mom, my dad, those

are my real inspirations in my life. In the com-

munity I would say Brandy Spencer. He’s a

young brother out here doing things for the

community. He came from hard times he still

doing great things so I look to him as inspira-

tions as well. Especially when I be out doin all

these shows I know could hit him up like, ”Ay

man how the city doin what’s goin on?” He

always let me know of what new talent going

on. He is a inspiration to me. Also Stalin be-

cause he also works real ,real hard. We got

great work ethic. So those are my are my re-

al good inspirations. I like work ethics and I

like people that’s really focus on doing good

things. Either putting out good quality music

or just doin good thangs for the community.

T.O.P-Can you explain how it is to work with J. Sta-

lin, Philthy, and other people from Livewire? Be-

cause when you guys work together there something

amazing happening in the studio.

L’Jay-It is amazing. Like Philthy he put out so

much music and so many videos. It’s a great

thing because he always got good visuals out

for his fans to really get a glimpse of what he

Trill West and San Quinn

The H & T is a Pittsburgh/Atlanta

based Hip Hop and R&B group comprised

of four college students. Who were born

and raised in Pittsburgh, PA ( Alumni,

Swagga, Bilal Abbey, and Luxo). During

the summer of 2011 they released their

first single entitled “Might Be” to critical

acclaim locally, leading to a string of

shows and features on some of Pittsburgh

most respected blogsites. The H & T fol-

lowed up the success of their debut single

with a string of releases, embedding the

name into the cities mainstream.

By the end of the summer, The H &

T shocked the city, earning the award of

Most Popular Demand by reppittsburgh-

hiphop.com for their music, and capturing

the hearts of music lovers for their charis-

ma, originality, positive energy, and fun in

their live performances. November 19,

2011 The H & T released their debut mix-

tape “The Epic Project” which gained na-

tional recognition being featured on

Datpiff’s Top 8 in the first 48 hours of be-

ing released. Since it’s release, the release

has gained over 20,000 views pushed by

solely by 4 dedicated artists and their fol-

lowing.

Early 2012, The H & T began work-

ing on their second release entitled “5234

Forbes”. 5234 Forbes was a joint EP, in

collaboration with the Carnegie Mellon

University based production duo “The

Rhythm Thief.” The EP was an experiment

to expand the sound of new hip hop, fused

with the art form of Jazz/Classical influ-

enced by live instrumentation of “The

Rhythm Thief.” Upon release, the mixtape

matched the success of “The Epic Project,”

also being featured on Datpiff’s Top 8 for

it’s first 48 hours.

Since the The H & T’s burst onto the

Pittsburgh Music Scene, the group gained

a combined 60,000+ views on YouTube (6

Official Music Videos, 1 Documentary) and

features in WWS Magazine(Los Angeles),

Soul Pitt Quarterly(Pittsburgh), City Paper

(Pittsburgh), and numerous blogsites local-

ly. In addition to recognition in the media,

The H & T has been entertaining and up-

lifting audiences through their humble

personalities, and energetic performances.

In March 2012, The H & T visited Wash-

ington D.C., Baltimore, and New York to

beginning setting up an East Coast Tour.

Their travels ended up in New York City,

where they suditioned and were selected as

artist of BET.

Other endeavors by The H & T in-

clude producing and recording a theme

song for the Static Shock Blackout Fan

Film, as well as the theme song for the

WRCT 88.3 Lockdown Radio show. Lock-

down radio is “a 1 hour Hip-Hop commu-

nity based radio hosted by the youth that

provides a creative platform of expreesion

for the youth of Western Pennsylvania.”

As stated above, members of the H &

T are also college students spread out be-

tween Carnegie Mellon University, Clark-

Atlanta University, and West Chester Uni-

versity. Dedicated to music, The H & T

pursues their passion despite their work-

load, using their gained knowledge and

skills to progress their craft. Packing a tal-

ented roster of 4 artists, a brand new

sound, and the mentality of a label, The

HT & T is bound to leave their mark on

the music industry and the world.

Were family if one of us or all of us

are suffering from writers block or lack of

inspiration we sit together or email music,

beats, songs, and just vibe out and clear

everything going on and refocus then write

and come up with new music. We always

look at our music and performances like

the best amusement park in the world you

never been to… you have so many rides

one is fast, one loops around, one has wa-

terfalls, and one is scary. With there being

4 of us with different sounds it meets well

and keeps the audience on their toes al-

ways thinking what’s next. People never

know what to expect they just know it’s go-

ing to be a great ride. We want them to

smile, slow rock, jump in the air, scream,

dance, then put their hands up all in one

sitting and genuinely just effect people they

feel more excited and enjoy us while were

enjoying them and capturing their hearts.

Instrumentation

Swagga– Piano

Luxo– Drums

Discography

Mixtapes and Albums:

The Epic Project (Debut Mixtape) 2011

#5234 Forbes The EP 2012

All Love No Hate (Debut Album) Octo-

ber 2012

New Singles

Ride On Em: Released April 27th 2012

Blow My Mind: released August 17th

2012

(i-tunes, amazon, and anywhere to

download music)

Island Def Jam Digital Distribution

T.O.P-If you wouldn’t mind tellin us a little bit about

yourself and where your from?

DT– Well let’s see my name is Da Tykoon and I’m a

hip-hop/rap artist from San Francisco, CA. I spend most

of my time making moves and making money when

I’m not making music. Stated my professional career

during 2005 and since then I’ve released numerous pro-

jects while also running my multimedia company

“OuttDaGutta Digital” based out of the Bay Area/ Sac-

ramento regions.

T.O.P– How did you come up with your name the

“Da Tykoon”?

DT– One definition of the word “Tykoon” is a powerful

and /or wealthy business person. I think that’s one way

to describe me, check me out and let me know what you

think.

T.O.P– Who were some of your inspirations when

you were younger? Music wise?

DT– I listened to a lot of artists growing up, but I would

say: Rakim, E-40, Ice Cube, Dr, Dre, Snoop, Wu Tang

Clan, Nas, Busta Rhymes, just to name a few.

T.O.P– What was the name of your first record-

ed song? When and where?

DT– A lot of my first songs were mixtape tracks,

I recorded a lot material all at once. I think the

name of the song was “Don’t Understand” and

was recorded in Sacramento, CA.

T.O.P– What’s some advice that you would give

to upcoming artist?

DT– Have a business plan and have a budget.

Sometimes you talent can only get you so far.

Other than that people can relate to and make the

best out of every situation.

T.O.P– What was one of your most memorable

moments in your career as an artist?

DT– I was performing on stage at a “Junteenth”

Festival in Oakland and my little brother was

walking through the crowd with his friends. He

looked up and saw it was me so I called him on

stage. He rocked with me during the rest of my

performance. My little brother (FREE Young

F.A.T.) is one of my biggest fans. I still remember

it because at that point in my career I realized that

I was doing the right thing. People believed in

what I was doing and I had the power to motivate

other people to do better

T.O.P– Do you have any upcoming projects or

projects out already?

DT– I currently have 5 albums available on I-

tunes and other websites. 20+ mixtapes, DVD’s,

etc..2 websites (www.islapentertainment.com &

www.getyagearupclothing.blogspot.com) both up

and running. We specialize in multimedia services

(graphics, photography, videography, marketing,

shirt printing & more). My most recent album is

titled “It’s a Minor 2 a Major” which you can

purchase digitally and in stores. Future projects

include a collaboration album with my labelmate

“Black Dream” of Islap Entertainment, along with

some documentaries and short films.

T.O.P-Before we end is there any shout outs you

like to give out?

DT– Free my Little brother “Young F.A.T.” I’m still

pushin the line till you get home. Besides that I wan-

na give a shout out to my family and everybody that;s

involved with the “OutDaGutta Digital/ ISlap Ent.”

movement, let’s keep it lit. Also to our fans for all

your support, come to the next show so we can kick it

ya dig!

T.O.P– We like to say thank you for woking with us

and wish nothing but the best for you.

DT– Fasho it’s good anytime, thank you for the op-

portunity.

By the grace of GOD I received a justifiable homi-

cide, and my case was dismissed. Always a rap fan

and having a family member who actually got

signed a deal. Hearing him on the radio in juvi is

what I got my pin on the pad. Behind the walls, the

writing was always kinda politically correct, but

after awhile I just couldn’t stop that G sh*t from

hitting the page. My brother Yavon is who showed

me. I can make music on a computer. Since then,

it’s been a wrap. My style won’t switch, I make

that music for the ones who have and are seeing

what I’ve seen.

T.O.P– Being where you are at today in life, did

you ever expect to be this successful as you are

now?

MR-No not at all. I can’t even call it successful.

Just well seasoned with a chance to show the

world I’m still kicking and pushing.

T.O.P– Who came up with BUG Ent.?

MR– Me! Mac Reese, Black Under God Enter-

tainmet, sole proprietor. I’m affiliated with many

but stand alone on my own 2 feet. Every song, ed-

iting, mixing, mastering, every video, and all pro-

motion comes from my fingertips. But I go family

who push the line and support me: Jay Boo, Bless,

Rich Stickem, Black & B are my brothers.

Black Under God Entertainment (BUG Ent0.

T.O.P– Do you have any upcoming prjects?

MR– Everything I’ve been dropping has all been

internet promo to market myself to the public. I

got 5 internet albums “Fairfield’s Most Hated Part

1, 2, & 3”, “The Fall of Bug Ent” and the most

current ”Still a Federation N****” all on I-tunes

(Mac Reese/I-tunes). Right now as we speak I’m

working on a official self entitled solo album for

the streets and local stores! “Jewel Cased & Bar

Coded”, be on the look out for that….Coming

soon!

T.O.P-What motivates you so much to keep going

and pushin?

T.O.P-Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and

where your from?

MR– I’m from Solano County’s Fairfield, CA. I was

born in Richmond, CA Brookside Hospital. Back and

forth from The Flats to The Bay. I graduated Junior High

in Oakland at Castlemont Junior High. 26 now, I been

homeless on the streets of Fairfield since 13 years old

(9th grade). I loss my parents to jail sentences at that

time, "moms 5 years” and “pops 11 years”. I completed

no high school, 8th grade was my last grade completed,

since I’m not ward of the court (A minor that is under

the care and control of the juvenile court and not his or

her parent). It was me and the blacktop till death do us

part ya dig! While my peers were in class, from 14-17

years of age I was dating a 30 year old dope fiend broad

learning sh*t the hard way. 15 years old I was smoking

crack which started from grimmeys in the tree. Sleet

outside, pulling licks, scamming, skimming, and plotting

what ever it took to feed myself and my habits. Moving

fast at 17 I was arrested for murder in Fairfield, CA.

MR– Making hood music is all that matters. Recogni-

tion or no recognition. I make music for my hard

heads. I'm on my way 1900’s sh*t and don’t plan on

switching my style ever! I push to make and bring

back the music we grew up on. C-bo, Brotha Lynch,

Old School E-40, 3x Craxy, Luni Coleone, Mac Dre

etc., Bringing that G sh*t back is what motivates me.

T.O.P– before we end is there anything you would

like to say? Any shout outs?

MR– I’ma keep this G sh*t pushing and my pen to my

pad period, no questions. Shout out to my city Fair-

field, CA and everybody pushing a heard line from

my sector Infamous Kaboo, Ice Meez, Taj-He-Spitz,

Shill Macc, Jay Boo, Federation/Kinsmoke, Chaddy

Boe, AseCard, Yung Von, Nan Bam, Young Cazzy,

Lil Raider and my Nasty North Family, all my Vallejo

n****’s and the 707 period. One love.

T.O.P-Alright T.O.P. Magazine coming to you with

A.Mo. Now A.Mo why do you mind telling the peo-

ple about yourself?

A.Mo Swaveonte- What I could say is My Name is

A.Mo aka Ayii 2da' Miggidy. I'm From Earth Starting

point West Oakland. I'm a Human Being that express

Love through the arts more frequently music. Percep-

tion is Reality. So with that said I could tell you any-

thang but everyone will have to perceive me for

themselves to gain they own opinion

T.O.P-Forsure now A.Mo tell us a little bit about

your music who have you had the most fun work-

ing with?

Amo Swaveonte-I have the most fun workin alone

really. I don’t actually have to worry about others

work ethic & i can vibe out wit my weird a**.. ndeluv

is my lil brother & we vibe out when we use to mash

a lot. The whole NhT Boyz Camp we talk a gang of shit

when we make shit happen & Duckworth (shout out

Them Hellas) always has a very out of the box artistic

way of expression I f**k with. Not to pro collab

though. Yeah I have a purpose with doing music and it

really has little to do with music so my mind isn’t

wired to want to collab with people at this point.. Al-

ways open to though.

T.O.P-Sounds good. When you first started off how

was it? Was it easy to get your name out?

Amo Swaveonte– Its actually hella easy to get your-

self out. All you gotta do is PUT OUT HELLA MUSIC at

a certain quality. The thang is WHAT do you want to

put out & have people view you as after. You only get

one first impression & it could be a monster to

change that perception of you. So BE AWARE of how

you want to be perceived., but for the most part if

you express yourself correctly and keep that line of

communication open with your listeners they will

know YOUR GROWING WITH YOUR MUSIC so its all a

transition & they Love to be apart of that journey.

T.O.P-I feel it I feel it. Out of all the songs you have

made do you have a favorite?

Amo Swaveonte– Uhh.. I have a few classics like

“Fresh Magic” & “Backstroke” or even one of my all

time favorite songs I’ve ever done “Lavish Dreams”

that I've already released.. But to keep it lit some of

my favorite songs that I PERSONALLY like 100% vibe

with haven’t even been released yet & are on my

next project.. My EP “AMOtivation Think. Love. Life”

has a song called “Synergy” that VIBE THE F**K OUT!

plus the message is Love & Humanity so if u can vibe

to positive vibes and feel pure thats hella great.. I rap

& sing on the song so the dynamics just do it for me.

But I fasho got a few favorite songs of mine that I

battle up against each other all the time on my per-

sonal playlist!

T.O.P-How about artist do any inspire you?

Amo Swaveonte– Uh sh*t growin up the craft of mu-

sic I get inspired like word play n rhyme schemes of

like an Eminem or flow of Ludacris or marketing

schemes of Diddy. But at this point EVERYBODY in-

spires me that has some form of influence.. we must

study the world around us to become our ultimate

selves.. Its been too many great people in the past

that I could learn from and finish off their life's work

to not be the ultimate human being of this time peri-

od. The difference between me & most is I’ll take the

time to soak up the game and most people soak up

what they feel is ENOUGH and grow up and now

THEY GROWN.. I’m an ADULT I will never stop grow-

ing. We are all equal we just put in different levels of

work.

T.O.P-What do you feel can take you to the next

level what can make A.Mo better

Amo Swaveonte-- GOD. & acceptin him.

T.O.P-Forsure I feel it again. Now you dropped a

song produced by Iamsu. How did that come

about? What was your reaction to the beat?

Amo Swaveonte -The beat sound like some old school

sh*t but got that new bounce to it. Plus I was gone

lyrically aim us in the direction we authentically will

be headed in the future. So FUTURE MEETS PRESENT.

My Brotha SlvstrDesign which is hands down the

greatest graphic designer in SF actually OF ALL TIME

but most people don’t know they make'n history

when they are actually make'n it. Well he works with

damn near everybody so he had the beat on ice from

IAMSU for some work exchange so he just threw it to

me because he knew what I would do to it.. I damn

near half way wrote the sh*t like just freestyled the

sh*t and put some bars I had from another song I was

gone do that fit perfect with the message I was goin

for and the rest was history. I actually have another

song with IAMSU beat called "Is We Coo?" thats one

of my favorite songs I've done about a relationship

that might just better be off friends than romantic.

So it cleverly describes that situation.. Its gone be on

that AMOtivation boyii.. IM TELL'N YOU IM KILL'N

THIS FALL & WINTER! be on the look out for it then.

T.O.P-A.Mo the one to watch out for! Thank you

for your time we really appreciate you for working

with us A.Mo

Amo Swaveonte-Great Look.. if anybody wanna find

me just Google Search: ItsAmoBabeee (facebook.

tumblr. twitter. instagram. youtube. Soundcloud.

EVERYTHANG)

T.O.P– Would you mind telling the people what you

are all about?

DEX– I’m all about producing for the Bay Area,

Worldwide, just making beats, producing. We’re over

here at my studio “3700” gettin it in. We have Young

Gully, Shady Blaze, Love Rance, and Thizzler on the

Roof in the house tonight, putting together a Bay Ar-

ea Compilation. Were just networking, trying to make

moves, and stay consistent with music. That’s what

Dex Beatz is all about, trying to make music.

T.O.P– What made you want to be a producer?

DEX– My homie bought me a beat program, told me

start making beats. At that time I was an MC back in

the day and I was kind of fiddling around with these

beats. It just kind of grew on me, I just kept doing it. It

snowballed into almost a career move, here in the Bay

Area. We kind of just kept making beats, I’ve been

making beats for about maybe over 15 years now. And

my first break was when I did “Rockin Up Work”.

That was about 99’ or something. Eversince then I had

the platform to all the right people and actually got

heard. That’s how Dex Beatz started “Rockin Up

Work”.

T.O.P– So you said you started out as an MC. What

was your name?

DEX– I went by XP, it was my initials.

T.O.P– Where you from? Bay Area?

DEX– I’m South San Francisco.

T.O.P– Born and raised?

DEX– I’m actually from Toronto, Canada. I’m from

the East Coast.

T.O.P– So how did you end up in the Bay Area?

T.O.P– Who was your favorite influence growing

up?

Loverance– I think who influence me the most as far

as rap goes was Ludacris and Eminem. Two of my

favorite rappers. And of course who inspired me is

women. Those are who inspire me everyday.

T.O.P-Does that have to do something with your

song “Beat The P**** Up”

Loverance– Of course but I feel like you know . It has

to do with everything that I do. The way I talk, the

way I dress, the stuff I write about is for the women.

I’m heavily influenced by women.

T.O.P– Who would you like to collaborate with the

most?

Loverance– Who I liked to umm…Well of course my

mom loves Prince. So I would love to collab with

Prince one time. I know its kinda weird but I think if

we got in the studio and put something together and be

something dope. You just get any artist that wants to

collab. I’m down to collab with everybody. But I think

Prince is on the top of the list.

T.O.P– Going back Old School that’s good. How

supportive was your family with music?

LoveRance-My family is like the “show me” family.

Like I can tell them I’m bout to run for president and

it doesn’t mean anything unless I run for president. So

you know they were very supportive but they want to

see when I’m actually by that point you know. They

always support us and whatever I do. They rather have

me come with a finished product because then they

know I just didn’t say it than I actually did it. They

were supportive and I thank them for that everyday.

T.O.P– When you first started music were there any

haters?

LoveRance– Of course there were haters. Like my

grandma told me, “If Jesus was hated on, you can be

hated on .” Haters mean you doin something. Haters

never hate on the 2nd place, nobody hates on 3rd

place. How many people that you know hate on the

weakest team in NFL? Nobody, they only hate on the

5 best teams. Shout out to my Niners, Superbowl ba-

by. But anywaays they only hate on the good teams.

And you know if they hatin’ on me, I must be doin

something right. So you can’t let the hater’s defray

you from what you got going on.

T.O.P-What made you come up the name LoveR-

ance?

LaveRance-Actuall my real name is Rance, so that

was kinda simple. Plus I think the word “Love” is a

very powerful. I feel like it’s losing its meaning with

the women and guys are actually afraid to say my

name. Like it’s just Love Rance , “like can I just call

you Rance?” You must be afraid of love but yeah be-

sides that beacause of “Aim” and “Twitter”. Aim

name was “GottaLoveRance” and when Twitter came

about “GottaLoveRance” was to long so I cut it down

to LoveRance and it just stuck.

T.O.P-Do you play your music only or do you play

others to?

LoveRance-I play other people’s music. It’s so weird I

don’t know why I don’t like listening to myself. I al-

ways started listening to myself on other people’s mu-

sic because I wanna compare. I feel like if this is the

hottest song out right now and I feel this is my hottest

song right now I recorded. I always like to play them

side by side. Just to see how I really feel about it. This

music thing is a competition. So you know, you gotta

compete. You gotta know what’s going on around

you. You gotta know your opposition You gotta know

what’s behind you, who’s infront of you, who’s ridin

side by side with you.

T.O.P-When you first heard your song on the radio

what was your reaction?

LoveRance-Random I was on a date. I actually missed

the song. I was on a date, I was in Hayward chillin

with a girl. So whack because she made me turn my

phone on silent. So I;m sittin there like you know

phone ringing off the hook. I don’t even know what

the hell was goin on. It’s like the end of our date. So I

checked my phone. It’s like 30 test messages, 15

missed calls. I was like, “Why was everybody callin.”

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another hit single “Trust and Believe.” Since her

previous single featuring Lil Wayne “Enough Of

No Love.” She continues to express how she

feels and her experience's through her music

which all people may relate to. Since her previ-

ous ablum “Calling All Hearts” Keyshia’s

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gles “Enough Of No Love” ft. Lil Wayne, “Zero”

ft. Meek Mill, and her solo hit single “Trust and

Believe”. Keyshia’s new album is the album to

get and it’s dedicated to all he women all over

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T.O.P-Would you mind telling the people about your-

self?

Monsta-What’s up wit it, I’m Monsta Ca$h

Click and I’m half of Ca$h Click. One love to

chapter one. Representing East Oakland,

California. Ca$h Click stand up, Oakland

stand up. Out here with my Lit Dinero other

half of Ca$h Click. We’re out here T.O.P.

Magazine what’s happeing?

T.O.P-What so youhave going on? What’s new?

Monsta-We just got off the “Bugged Out” tour

with Roach. That was cool, Main Attrackions,

Shagidy just did a little spot with 2 Chainz on

tour. Lit Dinero got his mixtape droppin, got

my mixtape with DJ Ambush droppin Novem-

ber 30th. So we keep pushin, make sure Oc-

tober 23rd you get that Main Attrackions al-

bum drop. We makin a name for ourselves’s

we doin it.

T.O.P– What made you want to start rapping in the

first place?

Monsta-I used to watch MTV Raps as a kid

and watch Big Daddy Kane, Flava Flav, Pub-

lic Enemy, Run DMC. I was liking it so I grew

apart of it and started writing in high school

and as I started writing. And as I started to

get older I started recording. As I got older I

started f**kin with it way more tough. We

started our sh*t and it went crazy from there.

T.O.P-So when you guys first started out who came

up with Ca$h Click? Green Ova?

Monsta-We both came together. But Green

Ova is what my boy from Main Attrackions

came up with. We been f**kin with each other

since they started and we started. Then we

all cam together. Ca$h Click is our own sh*t.

We got 2 other artist on there to. Uptown

Greg that’s our producer. We doin our thang

right now, underground we takin over.

T.O.P-How did you get the opener for 2 Chainz?

Monsta-My cousin is his tour manager. So my

cousin gave me a call and was like,” You

tryna get on this?” So yea we made it hap-

pen.

T.O.P-how does that make you feel to have the op-

purtuntiy to do this?

Monsta-I don’t really get big artist, but it’s re-

ally just a blessing tho because the people

we listen to, we doin a show with. That’s why

its kinda crazy though, but it is what it is.

T.O.P– What can your fan’s expect from you in in

the beginning of 2013?

Monsta-New sh*t, new high sh*t, new differ-

ent sh*t, more shows, more videos you feel

me. It’s going to be crazy. Ca$h Click we

comin, Green Ova too, its going to be going

down.

T.O.P-Where you

from?

Kurt– I’m from El

Paso, Texas originally

but have lived in Cali-

fornia since I was 15.

I’ve lived in San Die-

go, Grass Valley,

Berkeley, Santa Rosa,

and Marysville since

then.

T.O.P– Why did you

want to pursue a ca-

reer in music?

Kurt– It was what I

was good at. Dropped

out of High School

at 14 and had to deal

with real life. And

music is an outlet

sort of like therapy to

me plus I was a natural when it came to networking

and promoting, so basically all signs pointed in that

direction.

T.O.P– How did you come up with “Kurt Kain”?

Kurt– That’s a funny story. When I was about 16 or

so I was runnin from the police and f***ed up my

knee, and had to rock a cane for like a month or so.

And one of my homies son’s came up with the name

and it just kinda stuck. People always think it has to

do with somethin else though ya dig.

T.O.P– Do you have any released projects or upcom-

ing projects?

Kurt– Yessir, Kurt Kain and Hollow Tip in “Ship’n

and Handlin” is in stores and online everywhere and I

got Kurt Kain and Young Gully in “Mirror Minds” in

stores and online November 20th. I’m also working

on a new mixtape series called “Long Nights and

Plane Flights” and a couple more group albums with

the “Mercenary’s” “Ryda’s N Huslas” , “The New

Merc Order”, and me and

my bro Bussy got a mix-

tape on the way called

“Rookies of the Year”.

T.O.P– Describe your

music in 3 words?

Kurt– Real life gas

T.O.P– How far do you

think you can take your

career as an artist?

Kurt-I’m shootin for the

starz with every intention

of gettin’ there.

T.O.P-Before we come to

an end. Is there anything

you would to say? Any

shout outs?

Kurt– Yesir, shout out to

my big brother Hollow

Tip, Mic C, Rcenal,

Buzzy, Rich K,O,, Mr. Blap, Sav Judah and all my

Mercenary Ent. fam also shout out anybody I f**k

with in this music Young Gully and YH, The Propane

Gang, Mikey Stacks, Freddie Mac and all my folks

out in Chico, shout out to all the supporters ya’ll

f***in rock! Shout T.O.P. Magazine for the interview,

I see ya’ll. Shout out my boy J.O. holdin it down

with the designated driving when I’m gettin drunk and

everybody else. If I forgot to mention any one my

bad too many people to name, one love fasho.

CONTACT INFO

CELL PHONE: 916-822-0896

EMAIL: music4kurtkain@gmail.com

T.O.P-So who is Double X?

DX-Really I’m just a normal guy living a normal life,

working a normal job. I got the name double x, cuz

when I was a kid, I was fat, and always wearing, XXL

t-shirts, so my big cousin started callin me double xl,

when i decided to get serious with music, i dropped

the L, or made the L silent. How was it like growing

up as a kid- growing up as a kid was ruff, I am the se-

cond oldest out of 5 kids, and my mom was diagnosed

with cancer in 1995, I was 8. When other kids was

playin, I was learning how to take care of myself.. I’m

not saying I didn’t have a child hood, but it wasn't a

easy one. My moms died when I was in 7th grade. I

flunked that year, started smokin pot. They said I had

issues. I moved from home, into a broken home, with

my moms sister, and it was all downhill from there.

But the struggles and obstacles can make or break a

n***a, and I think it turned me into a soldier, and you

can here the pain I’ve experienced in some of my mu-

sic.

T.O.P-Who are some of your inspirations?

DX– My mothers will power to fight for her kids is

why I think I’m so strong. That’s my main inspiration

that keeps me going everyday, with music, work, and

in life period. as far as music, my cousin is King T,

and he came to my moms funeral and gave me 100

bucks, that sh*t made me wanna get into music in-

stantly, “Like what! 100 bucks, he a rapper, dope!!!!”

I gotta give Priceless Da Roc some credit. We grew up

together, and we initially started making music togeth-

er. My path took me a different way, but that dude has

came along way from rappin’ in my room, and chillin

at the youth center. He inspires me cuz I know him,

and its possible to make it if you work hard. Most im-

portantly, like he told me, “you gotta stay consistent.”.

I’m tryin.

T.O.P-What makes you different than other artsist?

DX– Honestly I hate to say it, but I think I’m different

cuz about 80 % of my music is something I’ve live,

done, seen, or I’m making the song to try and motivate

these lil n***az to get off they ass and go do somethin

with they selves other then smoke weed or sell it. The

other 20% percent of my music is me having fun, or

experimenting. I admit, I experiment, I don’t k now

my style yet. I’m still able to go any which way I

want. I display my life in my music. Alot of rappers

are afraid to tell the truth, because they think people

wont like it. I try and keep it. Its better that way, plus I

feel people like you, will relate to it.. Who the f**k

wants to listen to a independent rapper rap about Bent-

ley's and Benz’s. I might say 22s on the whip, cuz

n***a when I wrote that sh*t I had 22s on my whip. If

you got internet, go to craigslist and got 500 dollars,

you can have’em to. So you can relate to that.

T.O.P-Describe your music?

DX-I think the majority of my music is motivational

rap. I display when I was broke, homeless in some

sh*t, then I talk bout the 9-5, and wanting more etc.

etc. You gotta like me to like my music, cuz I don’t

think I’m capable of making bangers. I just get the

beat and display how I feel on it, and its a rap.. I like

doing mixtapes, cuz I don’t gotta be all serious. Mix-

tapes are fun, I don’t write my hooks, I just hum

something and words come out. Then I pick up a pen

and pad, and press record. If u like it coo, if you don’t,

press skip. If I ever dropped a album it’d be be-

cause someone has interest in me doing it, and I’d

sit down and take my time. My mixtapes are just

my favorite tracks out of everything I record. I’m a

lab rat. Everyone says that, but really I am, so is

my crew.

T.O.P-Before we end- is there anything you like

to say?

DX-Thanks T.O.P. Magazine for even giving a

sh*t what I got to say. Like I said, I’m just a nor-

mal guy, with a normal job.. Secondly, introduce

my crew, Skeptic510, and Dope Acorsese. The 3

of us made Let’em Talk Ent. You can check Skep-

tic out at www.skeptic510.com and you can check

Dope out on YouTube, he making all the dope vid-

eos coming out of the east bay Dopevisionfilms.

and you can download my mixtape for free at

www.iknowdoublex.com. After all, ya’ll know me

now, much love and I appreciate ya’ll readin

this....peace.

www.iknowdoublex.com.

These are 2 of the many Bay Area artist on the rise coming out of Oakland, California. Using

their skills, talent , and unique sound to make it to the top. T.O.P. Magazine bringing you the

most exclusive. Look at what Gigs510 and Springz The Grinch have to say.

T.O.P– Here with Gigs510,, do you mind telling us

who you are and what you do?

Gig510– Well me, I’m just like a regular dude I guess.

Nah I’m just f***in witcha. I rap just in case you don’t

know me. I rap, make beats, I used to dance, and still

do on the low. Pretty much I’m a all around artist tho

out of Oakland. East Oakland, California Sem City you

already know. But man I f**** with a squad called

“TH3M” T-H-3-M that’s with me, Ghost you can

Twitter him @Ghost8800, Lil Gas Twitter him

@LilGasss, and HKO just got added on. That’s pretty

much it right now.

T.O.P-As an artist what do you see can take you to

the next level? What do you think you to improve?

What do you have to do?

Gigs510-Honestly, its finding my own lane. I look at it

if I can make my sounds sound unique as possible ya

feel me, I’ma stand out. I mean there’s only 2 kinds of

people if you really look at it. People who fit in or

they stand out. A lot of people fitting in are trying to

fit in and keep up with the people standing out. So

that’s what I’m trying to do with my music, is having a

very unique sound that builds its own market. I think

that will take me to the next level. Once I really ac-

complish that product.

T.O.P– What was your reaction when “Punchlinez”

became such a big hit?

Gigs510–Really I just looking at it like that was dope. I

been focused on building the YouTube fan base. It

was just an experiment that I kept runnin’ wit. Once I

started to seeing numbers and sh*t go up on those

videos. Like “Punchlinez” I was thinking “Yea, I kinda

know what I’m doin at this point.” I know I got lots to

learn, but if felt good to really just see that I put that

together and I knew what I was doin and the re-

sults came out like what I was aiming for.

T.O.P-What inspired you to make the 2 great

songs “Should I be signed 1” and “Should I be

signed 2”?

Gigs510-”Should I be signed 1”, I look at it like you

don’t see a lot of artist that are really rapping and

showing you that its really a real talent. I think that

a lot of sh*t you hear now on the radio, it’s like

edited computerized bullsh*t you feel me. Simple

flow type sh*t. So when I was putting those out, I

was trying to show people I’ma real MC.,I really

rap.

I been doing this since elementary school not even

trying to do it for the fame or anything. It has al-

ways been apart of me. So when I put that out, it

was really something to grasp attention and pull in

a couple more people to follow what I’m doing. As

far as my rap sh*t, that are into lyrics, that really

respect real hip-hop. So when I put those out, it

was me getting out a lot of aggression, and prove

that point, and show who I am lyrically. Like peo-

ple debate if I should get signed or not.

T.O.P-You said you started back in elementary.

Did you decide yourself that you were born one

day and just wanted to start rapping or was it you

had an influence? If you had an influence who

would it be?

Gigs510–If I had an influence umm...right now I’ll

say my influences growing up would be Kanye

West musically wise because I look at what he

does. I feel like I relate to it as far as being able to

create my own sound when it comes to produc-

tion and knowing how to make a certain song be-

ing able to go outside of doing just rap. I really

write, I really look at it like any kinda music that’s

put in front of me that I write to accomplish that.

If I look at it like that probably like that’s my in-

spirartion right now, Kanye. He’s really a dope MC

and he can really produce his own sound.

T.O.P-How did you come up with Springz The

Grinch?

Springz-Man, Springz The Grinch is a character. I

started with Springz and that didn’t even come

from rapping. I used to play basketball like any

other impoverished black kid. Thing is, I jump

higher than most my height and sometimes even

taller kids. I had a reputation and the name

Springz came about. But The Grinch came from

one of my early verses. I said somethin about,”I’ma

swing don’t flinch, run away hit the fence, take the

whole family Christmas I’m Springz The Grinch.”

T.O.P-What made you decide to become a rap artist?

Springz-When I started it was actually cause I ven-

tured into some YouTube videos of dudes makin

beats on FL Studios. And it turned into me down-

loading the program for myself. I thought I could

make a better than the two I seen doin it. I never

really compared afteri did make the beat. Probably

because after I been up all night, which was nor-

mal. Makin a beat I thought “What next?” I made

my first rap then and there. Sun was probably

comin up as I wrote rhyming words on the right

side of the paper and strung random sentences to-

gether. I wrote a total of 8 bars and recorded it to

my metro phone. I woke up to my brothers tryna

wake me up tp go play basketball like they normal-

ly do. I’d probably sleep in til 3p.m. without them. I

told them I wrote a rap and made a beat, They lis-

tened to it and was like, “Bruh..keep rappin.”

Shortly after that we made a group called “The

Problem Kids” and did our first song with all E.

Rice’s production. The school was feelin us and we

got pretty big off of that.

T.O.P-What makes you stand out more than others?

Springz-I think what makes me stand out is my

originality as far as song content goes. Not a lot of

people in the Bay are there conceptually with their

music. There is a handful of people and though and

shout outs to them, but we always strive to better

because its always someone better than you and you

gotta make yourself better. You notice the champi-

onship team always revamp their strategy to beat a

better team and that’s what we gotta do as artists.

T.O.P-What do you want to get accomplished by the

end of this year?

Springz-I want to get some videos done and also

obtain a bigger buzz outside the Bay Area, expand

my network. I couldn’t say this year but next year I

will have some cd’s in Rasputin’s/

T.O.P-Is there anything you would like to say? Any

shout outs?

Springz-Shout out to The Team, Cali Made, as well

as Shankle Mob, Wake Up, Hot Head Ent., NPGT,

Major Gang the list goes on, but just know that we

starting this New Oakland/ Ghetto Renaissance

Movement and we changing the world one hood at

a time.

T.O.P– Young Bari, one of the hottest rapper’s

comin out of the Bay Area and Young Bari we want

you to tell the people a little bit about yourself for

those that don’t know who you are.

Young Bari– What’s up I go by the name Young Bari,

pushin a hard line out here in the Bay Area out of San

Francisco, California. I’ve been doin my thang for a

minute and I’m still walking my journey.

T.O.P-Young Bari has many hit songs, his most re-

cent is “Mob Solo” produced by Iamsu. What influ-

enced you to make that song? Did you just hear the

beat and loved it? Did you just want to expand your

music by putting this hit record out?

Young Bari-Yea, how it all came about was that I slid

through to the HBK studio. The record was actually a

Su record already. When me and Su vibe I get real hay

deep know what I mean. I’ma type of artist that I get

real picky when it comes to my music so he just went

down the line and went to the studio. I was vibin’

with the record so he gave it to me. It came about like

that. Just shot the video and just dropped the video.

We’ll see what it do. We cookin up right now “Mob

Solo” coming soon, the project, the mixtape “Mob

Solo” record pushin out in the streets right now, LA

streets right now, and we’ll see what it do. Shout out

to Su.

T.O.P-Where you from exactly?

Young Bari-I’m originally from San Francisco , Califor-

nia. Grew up around the Fillmore neighborhood,

moved to the Richmond side. We in Richmond right

now. Richmond like my second home because that’s

where I came up movin from The City. I’m straight out

of San Francisco, California. That’s were I was born,

that’s where I was raised and grew up around. That’s

all I know, I’m just pushin a hard line for the Bay

know what I’m sayin, pushin a hard line tryna put my

city on right now.

T.O.P-How influential was your environment, your

surroundings to your music? Because a lot of people

can’t be saying that there surroundings and there

resources were there, not everyone helped you.

We’re they welcoming to your music?

Young Bari-Well man, its like rapping was always

something that I could do. Its never not took serious

until I got in the studio. I

was in the streets, I was

rappin playin around

with the homies outside

just vibe’in. Everybody

was telling me that

heard me that I need to

start taken it serious

and stat doin somethin

wit it. And that’s exactly

what I did you know.

The streets just got

attached. Like I said I

grew up around the

streets all my life. I grew

up in a suburban kid

school. That’s all I know,

that’s what I grew up around. I just talk about what I

know and what I bee through. And it’s just the begin-

ning for me ya know. I talk about stuff people can re-

late to. It’s real to me, nothing fake. I got nothing to

hide. If you know about Young Bari you know I’m

comin. We the real definition of this real music, this

real MOB music. That I’m tryna bring back that the

people ain’t gonna forget about. I’m real original, we

cookin’ M.O.B. My Other Brother MOB all day.

T.O.P-For yourself as an artist what do you think

can expand you? What can take you to the next lev-

el? Is there anything you feel you have to work on as

well? Young Bari– To keep it real, I just feel like all I

need to do is keep doing what I’m doing. Just keep

grinding and keep making music on how I feel and

what I want people to hear. Stay original never forget

were I come from. Just keep holding it down for my

stomping grounds. As far as getting to that next level,

is just a matter of time for me. That’s all I can say, I’m

ready to keep grinding. It’s like the main thing! Like

Keep pushing, keep putting out this music,. Keep

feeding these streets.

T.O.P-When your in the studio and you hear about

you say your real picky.

What kind of styles do

you like to hear mostly?

Young Bari-It depends

what vibe I’m in man, I

have different vibes. I

have a vibe where I feel

like I want to take it to

the club, take it to the

parties. If I want to talk

about real life situations,

if I want to make a song

about a female, I’ve

been experiencing with,

and been going through

stuff like that. Just de-

pends on what my vibe is

and what I want to talk about. But I can take it any-

where. I’m a cultural track fiend at the end of the day.

I’m a straight to the point kind of artist. I like making

music were as soon as it comes on, you’re goin to in-

stantly feel it. From the beginning to the end. So it

just depends on what vibe I’m in.

T.O.P-has your family been supportive of your music

as well?

Young Bari-Oh yea man since day one. Moms was real

supportive. Pops was managing me for a minute. Just

where I came from, my neighborhood, my back-

ground, everybody has been supportive for me since

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T.O.P-Tell us a little bit

about yourself?T

Blazita- I'm a female DJ

that spins a little of every-

thing but mostly the hot-

test music out and whatev-

er makes people dance and

have fun regardless of the

genre. I do a lot of clubs in

NYC, R&B and club mix-

tapes. I also have a radio

show on DTFRadio.com

with Doggie Diamonds

called ForbezDVD Live

where we do controversial

interviews and support un-

derground hip hop. If you

really want to know more

about me check out my

video series on YouTube

with KwanleeTV and

ForbezDVD.com called

"Who is DJ Blazita" that

gives people an inside look

to everything I have been

doing the past few

months.

T.O.P-How did you get

into DJing?

Blazita-I always loved mu-

sic - I used to make mix-

tapes out of cassettes when

I was really young. In high

school and college I was a

radio personality and then

from there I met DJ UMC

who taught me how to DJ

and rock parties at Penn

State. After I graduated I

moved to NYC and just

went hard from there to

what I'm doing now.

T.O.P-How did you come

up with your Dj name?

Blazita-I just made it up -

"Blaze" plus "ita" to go

along with me being a La-

tina - I'm Puerto Rican

T.O.P-When did realize

you keep longevity and

maintain a successful ca-

reer?

Blazita-I'm still working

on that. I've been recog-

nized by a lot of industry

awards and events, so

many people will call that

successful. I still have a lot

of things I want to accom-

plish as the "hottest chic in

the game" though.

T.O.P-What was one of

your craziest moments as

a Dj?

Blazita-I would say lately

almost every party I rock

has been crazy. It's a great

feeling that after so much

work and sacrifice I'm fi-

nally having fun doing

what I do and that people

are there to witness it.

T.O.P-Where can people

reach you at?

Blazita-On my site

DJBlazita.com

T.O.P--Any shout outs?

anything else you would

like to say?

Blazita-Thank you to

T.O.P Magazine for the

interview. Follow me on

Twitter, Instagram, Face-

book @DJBlazita . Shout

out to #teamBlazita

T.O.P– Why don’t you tell the people about yourself

and what you do in music.

Next Level– I am The Next Level, bada bing bada

boom. Just kidding I am though, but that’s who I am. I

am The Next Level it’s on Twitter

@IamTheNextLevel but as an artist I’m

just the Next Level as far as music goes.

I’m pretty much anything. It’s all the posi-

tions in entertainment I generally do all

their general positions. As I’m going on

twitter right now I can actually see the po-

sitions I do because I don’t remember them

all.. Let’s go to my profile right here and I’ll let you

know. Of course I’m the editor, of the whole thing

and TheNextLevelTv.com, marketing, production,

news, music, promotions, sales, TV, film, radio,

broadcasting, media events, DJ, artist, and much more.

All positions, I cover all positions generally because I

am the person to get it all done. Like if I really need to

get it all mixed and mastered I’ll smash it out to some-

body else or to get it more detailed but that’s what I

do everyday and anyday.

T.O.P.-So you’re a rapper as well. So

when your rapping, writing when your

just making a rap. Is there any person

that influences your rap?

Next Level-I grew up listening to 40,

2pac,Biggie,Bone Thugz N Harmony, and

you know like a lot of the older stuff, the

older generation. But who influences me

now a days is the technology as it grows. Me because

vocabulary will change throughout history and tech-

nology as it grows. Influencing me the way things are

now, wasn’t how it used to be. So before a Drake. You

singing and rapping was not it. You couldn’t it was

like “Now I’m just a rapper” or “I’m just a singer”

Now it’s a combination. Now looking at a Drake were

I’m going to add a little singing and I’m goin to rap in

it, or the combination. One thing I like about Drake is

he can combine that and it sounds cool. He’ll flip it

and make it a pop, or now all the way out it’s a hard

rap song.. Things like that, or producers are multi-

taskers. I say people that can do it all. Like Kanye

West for instance. Producing and rapping stuff like

that. I like that stuff. Those who influence on lyrics.

You can tell because they’re rapping about it. So

they’re telling you I’m doing this to. I’m doing that to.

So that’s people that are really doing it. Those are the

people that I look at. The work ethics. Like 40 drop-

ping 3 bar codes at the same time. Like dang, How he

do that? I can’t even keep track. But stuff like that

those are my influences. Lyrically wise I think what

influences me not artist as

lyrics. Your going to ask

me, it’s going to have to be

like the Discovery chan-

nel, Science channel.

Those are the things that

influence me and rapping

because there’s definition

of those things. So I could

belike boom! The words in those things like Discov-

ery, Science, history things like that are what influ-

ences my lyrics.

T.O.P– As an artist, what do you think can separate

you from the crowd?

Next Level-Off top everything else I do behind the

music, because when I was a rapper at the beginning

like at your age of being a rapper, I was just the rap-

per. And I was like, “I’m just a rapper uh-huh”. You

know that’s all I did, and then I started soaking up all

the positions, I became everything. I do everything. So

what distincts me from everybody else, I think that I

have a fan base already, I have an audience, I have a

radio show., and I already have 1,300 plus episodes in

3 years. Each of these people have a hundred people

behind them and I’m pushing for every record label a

lot of them don’t know that im doing that. But I heard

E-40 say this once, “We need a DJ Khaled in the Bay

Area.” And I heard that man I was like, “Man that’s

what I need to do.” bring people to the bay and start

putting all those people together. And I think that’s

what makes me different is because people tell me

what not to do. I do. They say, “No you can’t put all

those people on one song.” Like, “Why not?” I could

do that if I want. So people don't even know it, I could

do this. It’s because they can’t do it. So they’re telling

you not to do it. Don’t let anybody tell you what to do.

At the end of the day, to the people that don’t hate,

and the people that do love me, and listen to what I’m

what doing. They’re shocked like, “Oh my god, you

got all those people on one song?” It’s unreal to them,

so that’s what distincts me from everybody. I do what

they say not to do. If it’s worth it. If they say jump off

a bridge, that’s just a for-

sure your not going to do

that. But if someone says

“I’m going to do a show,

“No man don’t do a

show.” Like you can tell

that they’re hating al-

ready. So it things like

that. You have to learn to

distinct what to do and what not to do. If it’s going to

help you out, benefit you, then I think that’s what dis-

tincts me, because I do it and I’m aggressive. Like re-

ally go out and get it. I make it happen and I get it

done.

T.O.P-Did your surroundings impact your music?

Next Level-Of course, because I came from a area in

Gilroy at that time. It was the only ethnicities were

Hispanic, Mexican Americans, and Caucasians white

people. I grew up in that area, there was no other eth-

nicities. So me being Filipino, Fijian, Indian, yeah it

did rub off, because then I would go to mom’s side

which is an Fijian Indian, that culture is different.

Then I’d go to my dad’s side which is Filipino and

that culture is different. Then I’d go hang out with my

Mexican partna’s , then the African American

partna’s. I grew up with a bunch of different cultures,