Cash Chris is a new name with Maybach Music. Now residing in Orlando, Chris IS originally from South Florida BUT relocated to central Florida to work on his craft. Being in a centralized location, in a city that brings out the major figures, Chris’ music eventually found its way into the hands of the right cosigners. Through DJ Nasty, Chris was given the opportunity to showcase his talents on-air and at various nightclubs, building a name worthy of the Maybach Music stamp of approval. How did you build a name for yourself in Orlando? I’m originally from Palm Beach, and I moved to Orlando in 2000. My homeboy had moved up here and he had met this producer from Miami named Da Deacon. Me and him started making music. We had a group for a couple years, then I wanted to move on to my solo project. In 2007, I met Spiff TV. At the time he was an A&R for DJ Nasty and the Nasty Beatmakers and he eventually introduced me [to them]. DJ Nasty started putting me on the 5 O’clock Traffic Jam and I would perform at his parties. I started getting a lot of attention from that. When did the situation with Maybach Music come about? Rick Ross came down for one of DJ Nasty’s parties, and Spiff TV was working closely with Rick Ross. He had me come to the radio station and I met Ross; then I saw him at the studio with Khaled, Fat Joe, and The Inkredibles. We talked after that and Ross did a feature for my song that was produced by OZ n Da Deacon. After that, he was hearing more and more of my music, and on March 15th, they aired a video on WorldHipHop saying I was signed. I didn’t even know. A month later they put down the contract and the rest is history. You have the “Duffle Bag” video out with Rick Ross. What are some other songs you’re known for? If you listen to “Duffle Bag,” you’ll hear a lot of shout outs. It’s kinda like my welcome to Maybach Music song. Prior to that, Rick Ross was featured on two of my other songs: “I Like Dat” was the first one, and “Put Em On Me” has Rick Ross doing the hook. It was produced by Natural Disaster.
Music artists you’ve collaborated with? I’ve done a song with Magazeen, he’s a reggae artist on Maybach Music. It was produced by The Inkredibles. I’m currently working on a song with Masspike Miles, an R&B singer on Maybach Music. And I did the song with Triple C’s. Are you putting out any mixtape projects? I’m working on a mixtape right now called Everybody Hates Chris. I got one out right now on DatPiff called Dirty Sexy Money hosted by DJ Slique of Block Movaz. Why are you calling your new tape Everybody Hates Chris? I’m not from Orlando, and I felt like in a lot of situations I wasn’t shown love because I’m not from a certain area. But you gotta keep going on anyway and not let that be a problem. And I call it Everybody Hates Chris because it’s catchy. Everybody’s gonna pay more attention to it. All I have to do is deliver the music. It’s interesting that you’re from South Florida, and after you moved to Central Florida, that led to you signing to a label based in South Florida. Yeah, that’s crazy. That’s the thing about Orlando, being a tourist spot and a central part of Florida, I felt that if I could started gettin’ heard here, because there’s so many tourists, my music could be taken so many other places. A lot of people from Jacksonville, Miami, Tallahassee come in and out of the city. And we’ve got a lot of schools and universities here. What else should people know about you and your story? I’ve been doin’ this for a while. This is authentic music, this isn’t a guy livin’ somebody else’s dream. I did this. When you hear the raps, this is actually my life. I done did those crimes, anything I did you can look up in public records. I’m not rappin’ things I don’t really know about. This is authentic street music. It’s not coming from a guy that was from the suburbs, I’m from a hood. I have a mother addicted to drugs and I’ve never seen my father, so my music comes from a whole different place.
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