rap interview

"To be honest, we weren't sitting there thinking about being part of a movement. We were

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ New Orleans roots. Decatur raised. A story of survival, loyalty, and growth. In hip-hop,

"I hope people understand that the Jungle Brothers gave hip-hop its freedom. Long before “alternative hip-hop”

"If you followed our careers going back to the '90s, none of us really "switched up"

"To me, Dilla was like a mystery. I knew his work but never crossed paths with

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ Before Bay Area rap became a sound the rest of the world studied,

"Trends come and go, but we never remember them. We remember the ones whose words resonated

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com Photo credit: Da Don Digitals ___ Hip-Hop has always been at its best when generations

"Today, you can open a laptop and have access to practically every sound ever created. That's

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com Photo Credit: Memo Ortega ___ Before hip-hop became a global commodity, it was a local

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ In South Central Los Angeles, loyalty isn't something you put in a caption.

"I try to stay away from using terms like "real hip-hop" only because every generation thinks

"Like me, Pac kept things simple and stayed focused on the task at hand. But what

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ Some artists make records. Others capture moments. Shade Sheist did both. Emerging from Inglewood during

"When I signed to Death Row, it felt like a dream coming true. Death Row wasn’t

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ There are artists whose names immediately spark nostalgia, and then there are artists

By: Todd “DG” Davis Rapindustry.com ___ Baby Paul aka BpZy has always been one of those names that hip-hop

"From 2000 to 2002, Jay Dee [J Dilla] mentored me, developed me as a singer, and

"I feel like I fit right in the middle of the hunger, resilience, and evolution of