voice. What are some messages you want to get out there to the people? Music is about leaving the trouble behind. I had a real troubled past and I want to leave that behind. I vent out a lot of anger through lyrics. When you saw me perform in Atlanta, that’s a powerful city as far as the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King being from there. Whenever I’m there, I go by his grave ‘cause it gives me an urgency of wanting to do the right thing. Whenever I’m on stage, whatever the situation calls for, I try to do it. I may try to give some history to the crowd concerning civil rights, where minorities came from in the United States to get where we are today. This article is for our Patiently Waiting issue which gives independent artists a chance to get exposure on a national level. What makes you patiently waiting to blow? What are some big things you’ve accomplished? Just being in prison with a lot of people that aren’t ever coming home no more. Being around those guys I started to feel my lyrical savvy and started thinking it could help ‘em. When guys that are never coming home no more tell you that you have what it takes to be a superstar, and then you get the same applause when you doing shows, that makes me patiently waiting. And being able to write it, perform it, and then stay humble with it too. How did you become a part of Big Spenda Entertainment? What’s the story behind that and who all is involved? DJ Mark T, who’s big in the Broward and Dade County underground, broke my mixtape in 2006. I was about to sign a deal with DJ Blackout and Team Blackout when Mims was taking off with “This Is Why I’m Hot.” I was inside of the camp when that started popping and the song got so big they had to focus all the attention on Mims. It left me on the backburner. I had to make a decision if I wanted to sign with them or not. So, I just built up my lyrics and went with it. Mark T kept playing my mixtape. Big Spenda Entertainment heard it and it was a domino effect. It got the best mixtape of the year at the Gainesville Music Summit this year. Benzino, formerly of the Source Magazine, heard my mixtape and he put me in the Independent Grind of the Monster Mag and Hip Hop Weekly. I met Big Spendaz in April and we inked the deal April 14th. They liked what they heard and flew me down to Miami and made it happen. What was the name of the mixtape that won all those awards? It’s called the Fixtape – like how an addict needs a fix or something. Let’s talk about your future plans. Is there anything you have out there that you wanna let people know about? My ninth full-length album is going to be called Training Day. It’s like I’m in training. My mixtape I just did with Real Nigga Radio was actually my eighth underground CD in stores. Whenever you get an album from me, or a CD, or a song, I’m going all out. I ain’t trying to change up my lyrical style for nobody. Hopefully I’ll put out Training Day with major label distribution. We’re shooting the “Big Spendaz Anthem” video on South Beach in October and we’re taking that straight to MTV. I’m going hard with the music. //
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