feedback you probably get this all the time, but I just thought I’d *giveJB,youI know props on all your accomplishments. I have been a subscriber
for a few years and I have read all your 2 Cents. I know you get a lot of hate from people for being a white girl in the rap industry doing your thing and being so successful. I saw you down in Miami on Memorial Day weekend and you were so courteous and stopped to give me and my girl some new issues. I have you as a friend on Myspace and always read all the bulletins, you really keep people up on the new and upcoming. Anyway I just thought I’d take a second to say thanks, because I have done some promotional work for some record labels and clothing lines down there and have come across some of the biggest successful assholes ever. Just wanted to show some love, looking forward to the next issue. – Brittney, babyeclipse20@aol.com
First off, thanks for showing love to the Dallas rap scene going back *to the 90s. Most people (even those around here) don’t know how long
D-Town has been on the grind. I do have a question on one influential emcee from the early Dallas days, MC Ron C (the real one, more on that later). No love for Ron? Nemesis’ DJ Snake was his producer, and he made some classic music around ’88-’89. I went to school with Ron C, Kottonmouth, and Ra’Koo (Bryan Adams). A few years ago I was excited to hear that Ron C (now going by the OG Ron C) was down with Swisha House, until I ran into Ron at our homie’s barbershop and he informed me that it wasn’t him. He was, in fact, incarcerated with the fake Ron, and when they got out, BOOM! OG Ron C was born! Now coming from the streets, I know how shit can get twisted, so I am trying to see if you can verify who the Houston Ron C is and where he got his name from. Let me know what’s up, cause every time I hear the name OG Ron C, it burns me up! – E Bang, ebang720@yahoo.com (Dallas, TX)
or people associated with certain artists. – Adrian Dantley, nosleeping10@yahoo.com up JB. I’m part of the Miami movement that’s going on in *the What 305. I got a little buzz but money is just stopping me from get-
ting bigger. I got my shit on the underground radio stations, a few mixtapes, and did drops for a couple DJs. I also got 30 CORE DJs playing my shit. I like you – not relationship-wise even though you’re fine as fuck – but you’re cool as hell. You’re getting bigger and yet you still ain’t turned Hollywood; you still be in the hood. I got a lot of respect for you. – Dadeking@aol.com (Miami, FL)
I copped the last four OZONE mags because I see how y’all get *down with the indies. So now it’s Murder Dog and OZONE, my two
favorites, even though I buy at least 15 different hip-hop magazines every month. I got to keep up with what’s going on in different regions. Keep up the good work. – PR Dean, hardtimesrecords@aol.com
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First of all, I just want to give you props for grinding and making OZONE one of the top magazines. But I have to ask you – what kind of sense does it make to have a DJ review another DJ’s mixtape? That’s like having the owner of one record store conduct reviews of other record stores. Of course the owner isn’t going to recommend the other stores highly because he wants people to shop at HIS store. As a DJ, speaking on behalf of other DJs, I really don’t understand how the rating system is fair. But much continued success to OZONE. – DJ Burn One, burnone@tmo.blackberry.net really want to know what’s the politics behind your Miami Memo*rialIDay issue. I’ve been telling you about Webbz, Jimmy Henchmen’s
new artist, but have received no love. It’s not usual for Jimmy Henchmen to handpick an artist from The Bottom and put him on his selective roster. I ride for The Bottom, but many of the artists who were featured in your issue don’t even have a buzz or release anticipation close to Webbz. I’m an avid reader of your mag and hold it dear to me like I used to do with The Source magazine. I hope your magazine will steer clear of the biased path The Source decided to follow. - Big Wills, bigwills@nextel.blackberry.net
OG Ron C responds: If you were in jail with a Ron C it sure wasn’t me. I’ve never been locked up for more than two days. My name is authentic – my real name is Ronald Coleman. Anybody who really knows me knows that I’ve been DJing since 9th grade, for 19 years now. If you do the math, that means I started around ’87-’88. Yeah, people knew about the rapper Ron C with the few songs he dropped, but people also knew about DJ Ron C who was DJing parties in Houston. It’s not my fault the good Lord blessed me to take DJing to another level. Maybe if the rapper Ron C hadn’t gone to jail, he’d be the famous Ron C. I get much love around Dallas, playa. Ask around. You need to do more research before writing to these magazines. As far as the “OG” part of my name, if you’re from the streets then you’d know that those two letters are earned. The streets gave me that name. I hope a real OG Ron C fan replies to this to set the record straight, somebody who really knows, cause obviously you don’t.
JB, I loved your 2 Cents. Girl, you are so right. Not too many people realize that they should enjoy the moment now, or realize that things will get better if they’re not good right now. I felt like you were talking to me. That’s what I’ve been telling myself. To hear you say it just strengthened the fight we all should have to keep going. – Natalia Gomez (Pensacola, FL)
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JB, I’ve been watching how fast you have grown and you look *good. Whenever I told people that a young white girl owns and puts
I read my first OZONE this month with Trick Daddy on the cover, and I must say I am truly impressed. I just left your website, listening to Benzino’s crazy ass, and I am trippin’! He needs to get over it, he hating cause his mag is getting crushed by a woman, a white woman at that! I just wanted to encourage you to keep doing what you’re doing, and I love your 2 Cents. I know you get tired of people mistaking your kindness for weakness, cause I often find myself in those same types of situations, where I’ve either got to cuss somebody out or cut their ass off! Either way, it is only now that I am beginning to accept that God expect us (the righteous) to go off sometimes, because that may be the only way you can get anyone to listen. I say all of this because you have not only encouraged me but you have motivated me to take the next step despite the discouragement and distractions. Life is full of challenges and challenging people, and it is during these challenges that you really find out where your faith lies. I too would like to have my own magazine one day, and it is truly a blessing when God confirms that your dreams aren’t in vain. I wish you all the success and rewards that this life has to offer. Keep your head up and keep doing your thing! What the hell is a slut monkey anyway? – IFE, ife1lovechild@aol.com I can’t believe OZONE came to the Carolinas and missed the hottest *artist in the market. Chop Dezol has been holding it down for years.
I noticed y’all had no one from the entire upstate in the edition, even though Chop Dezel is known through the entire Carolina region. Chop and his crew are reppin’ out of Anderson and Greenville, SC. Consider this a heads up, cause y’all probably got your list from certain artists
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this mag together, they’d be like, “Get the fuck out of here.” Most other people who produced magazines said OZONE would never make it. And now those who used to look down on your mag are trying to be a part of it. Keep up the good work! – Disco Rick, greeneyes2005@bellsouth.net (Miami, FL)
OZONE, that was a good look putting Cam’Ron in your mag. *Thanks for showing the East coast some love. I hate hearing about
how the South runs the music industry. No, it’s not like that. The East coast rappers now have record labels and are signing Southern artists. The number one rapper is 50 Cent. He sold 10 million and 5 million on his last album, that’s more than any South artists put together. I got love for the South, but everybody’s eating their own way. If you go to Cali you hear nothing but Cali music and some East coast and some South. The only thing about the South is that they’ll make commercial songs in a hot minute. You see Chingy making songs like faggot-ass Nelly would. The South is doing their thing and that’s good for the culture but look at the movement and not the record sales. The whole world is leaning and snapping; that’s bullshit, that’s not real hip-hop. And don’t let me forget D4L’s bullshit and “Mike Jones! Who? Mike Jones!” It all adds up to fucked-up, whack-ass music that only lasts one year. Even some East coast artists fuck up too. Cam’Ron’s album was trash; Mobb Deep’s album was okay. I want to thank you for putting East coast dudes on there to show that you are not just dick-riding the South. Everybody should get a shot OZONE
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