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il C has dealt with a fair share of losses in his lifetime, but at this year’s OZONE Awards he finally brought home a win. Even though there’s still plenty of ground left for the Mississippi rapper to cover, it’s good to know that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Congratulations on your win at the OZONE Awards. Is there anyone you want to thank? I wanna thank my nigga Stax, my nigga Omar, my niggas Zulu, Mario, and Keith, Battlefield, everybody in Jackson and everybody on the Westside. Were you surprised that you won? Yeah, I was shocked ‘cause I ain’t really getting no radio play. I don’t even try to put myself on the radio, I just keep it street. I didn’t know my fanbase would vote for me like that. It’s all good. I can’t lie, when I do my shows in my own city, they goin’ crazy down here. When I hit that “Gutta Shit” they be ‘bout to start fighting. I speak about that real, everyday life shit. What is some everyday life shit you’ve been going through? I’ve been through a lot. My mama died when I was about 7 years old and I had to move in with my uncle. When I turned 14 he put me out in the streets and wouldn’t let me come back to the house. If I came anywhere near the house he’d call the folks on me. I didn’t have anywhere to go because most of my family was in jail. My sister had moved to Michigan and I wasn’t finna go up there. I ain’t gon’ lie, when a nigga was 14 I was homeless. I was looking at the older niggas on the block and they was getting money, so shit, I said if they doing it I can do what they doing. I been through a lot of shit, gunfights, all that shit. It ain’t nothing to brag on.
How are you able to focus on music with all these things still going on around you? I just got outta jail yesterday so I’m tryna stay cool for a minute and do what I gotta do. I’m on probation. I can’t even smoke shit. If I get caught doing something I’ma be gone for a minute so I’m just chilling right now. I been telling my niggas, man it’s gonna be hard to do. So what’s the plan? Me and my niggas Stax, Keith and Omar, we’re just working. I just put out my CD Welcome to the Battlefield. Everybody’s been calling for shows as soon as I got outta jail. I’m ready to hop on the stage ‘cause I done missed about four or five shows but they ain’t tripping. They know I was going through some things. But I go hard in the paint every time I do a show. What exactly is the Battlefield? Battlefield is a home away from home. I was really born and raised downtown ‘til I was like 12 or 13. Then I moved to the Battlefield. Battlefield is a neighborhood off Terry Road. Ask anybody, you can’t ride through that neighborhood without all that bullshit. But me and my nigga Pierre started that Battlefield click shit, throwing them B’s up. We rep that shit to the fullest, real talk. My nigga Pierre is in jail right now on some bullshit, on a murder charge. What are your ties with Lil Boosie? Man, shit, Boosie’s known me since I was like 14 or 15 years old. I knew him through my nigga Slow. Him and Slow had a good relationship. Hanging around Boosie, it seemed like he was the same kinda nigga as me. He do the same kinda shit I do. When I used to go to the studio with Slow, he’d come pick Slow up with me, just ridin’ in the car chilling. The last time we was down there a few months ago, the man smoked up all his purp up and so we just left from down there. We just left it alone. But Boosie told me to come back or whatever. We never went back though ‘cause my nigga Slow got killed. I ain’t seen Boosie ever since then. So now that you’re back home, where can people check you out at? You can check me out on the Westside, in the Battlefield. You can check out my music on Myspace.com/LilC601. I go hard every time I’m in the booth. I come with that real shit, not that ol’ fake ass shit. It’s the shit that a nigga done went through. Words by Ms. Rivercity Photo by Erica Hicks
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