Lil Wop might be in the beginning stages of his career, but his name is in heavy rotation already. Over the last year, Mr. So Fresh gained a following with his song “Pimp Shit” and can now be heard throughout Orlando clubs. With a mixtape in the works, Lil Wop talks about his growth and upcoming endeavors. Introduce yourself and let us know what you represent. It’s ya boy Lil Wop, King Midas, everything I touch turns to gold. I’m from Orlando, FL, born and raised. I’ve been going hard in this music thang for about a year and a half. I’m independent, I’m not signed with anybody right now. Your name is coming up a lot right now. How have you been able to get yourself recognized? Really, just going out and being in these people’s faces, just hittin’ the clubs, promoting, being in the streets, and keeping my face relevant so they know I’m here to stay. What are you most known for? I know you have a pretty big club song right now, what all do you have going on? The song I got with P.I. Bang right now is called “Pimp Ish.” That song is gettin’ heavy play in the clubs. I’m working on a radio song. I got one song that’s getting a heavy buzz in the streets with me and Stefon4U called “Sexual Chemistry.” So is this your big breaking out moment in your career so far? Yeah, this is really my breaking out moment. I been rappin’ for a long time but wasn’t really tryin’ to do nothin’ with music. You know how people just make music wit’ their homeboy’s and stuff but aren’t really pushin’ it. I only been goin’ hard for a year and half. What was it that made you decide to focus on the music route? Well I always been lovin’ music. One of my homeboys had a record label called Trap Star Entertainment. I linked up with him and we started doin’ music, but then we kinda fell out so I started doin’ my own thing after that. But that’s how I got goin’, he knew people and that’s how I got connections and people knowing my name.
What’s the hometown love been like? Are a lot of people reaching out now? Yeah, I got a couple shows coming up. I open up for Travis Porter and Brisco during the Classic on the 19th. Then we got the show at Icon on Thanksgiving. PI Bang is doing a mixtape release party on the 6th, I’m performing out there too with a couple other people. Have you had an opportunity to take the movement outside of Orlando? Just to Palm Beach a couple times, linking up with Cash Chris from Maybach Music Group. That’s my homeboy and when he has a show, he’ll call and I’ll go out there to perform with him. But as in promoting and going out to these other cities, I haven’t really started on that yet. I’m just getting my mixtape together right now, then I’ma go in head first. What’s the name of the mixtape? Florida’s Finest. It’s almost done. During the Florida Classic I’ma do a sneak peak and put out 6 songs to let people see what the mixtape is gon’ be like. Tell us about your music. What type of songs do you really like making? That feel good, club music, music you throw in when you gettin’ ready at home about to go out, when you feelin’ nice, music that gets you crunk. I want you to think, “Let me throw in that Lil Wop CD.” What do you want people to know about Lil Wop as a person? Why should people support you? I’m different. I’m not on that same trap music, drug this and drug that, I make regular street music. I’m not trying to be all extra hard, I just make feel good music. Where do you want to ultimately end up? What’s the goal? To have my own record label and be my own boss. To supply my family with everything. At the end of the day, just to live out my dream and get paid for it. Do you have a website or contact info? Follow me on Twitter.com/LilWop or lilwoptsent@gmail.com //
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