DJ NIK BEAN What’s your most memorable moment as a DJ? My most memorable moment as a DJ would have to be [when I met] my biggest female fan. Some people might call her a stalker, but in reality, she is just a huge Nik Bean fan. The girl consistenly hit up my Myspace page and stayed at all the shows. She has the whole Nik Bean mixtape catalog. Eventually, she just flat out told me she wasn’t gonna stop [stalking me] until I gave her the business. Mission complete! (laughs) What’s new with you? Just maintaining. I took a few months off to get my life together, but now I’m back like I never left. I’m gearing up for the release of G Malone’s longawaited Beach Cruiser LP (Cash Money/ Universal). I got my Lexus, finally! I’m focusing on the marketing job that I’ve been doing for entscoop.com and Street Certified DVD Magazine. I feel like a new person now, so I’m gonna do something to mark this page in my life. Next time you see Nik Bean, he ain’t gonna have braids! Where do you DJ? Right now I’m DJing at Club 740 in downtown Los Angeles. Come check it out and you’re guaranteed to score a local hoodrat. My residency is on Thursday nights once a month, so holla at the kid. Tell us about your radio show. Streetz of LA Radio is now finally official. The show is aired weekly on datpiff.com. I play a variety of new joints from coast to coast and try to get a live guest in the studio every week. Plus, we’re gonna be dropping a lot of videos with footage from the shows as visuals for the fans. What new projects do you have coming up? Tons of mixtapes. I’ve got tapes coming with David Banner, Yung Joc, Suga Free, Mack 10, Mistah FAB, Daz, Kurupt, Noreaga, and two with G Malone. Also, I’m doing the marketing for this new website called entscoop.com. The website is giving me the opportunity to get behind the camera and become a correspondent. I’m trying to branch off into doing a lot of other things. The site isn’t just gonna cover music, it’s designed to be a one-stop shop for everything. It covers the whole entertainment spectrum. I’m talkin’ about fashion, movies, sports, video games, and of course music. There’s so much money out there. You can’t just get stuck in the Hip Hop world or you’re gonna find yourself limited on what doors can open up for you. Eventually I’m gonna come out with my debut LP The Hustler’s Manual, but right now I’ve got so much on my plate, I ain’t in a rush. I’ve already got some joints in the vault.
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