patientlywaiting C-Ride Miami, FL
REPRESENTING Carol City GREW UP LISTENING TO Luke, No Limit, Hot Boys CURRENT HEAT Coming From Da Bottom w/ DJ Ideal CO-SIGNERS Cool & Dre/Epidemic Records MOVE AROUND “I got in some trouble and had to leave Miami and move to Atlanta in 2000, when Pastor Troy was running shit. By staying in Atlanta, it attracted me to dark 808s. In Miami, they speed everything up, just like how niggas Houston slow their shit down. So when I got to Atlanta, I heard the crunk shit slowed down with niggas yelling, and I loved it. That’s not what I do, but I love the style. I’d rather listen to Lil Jon over Pharrell.” OUT OF THE NORM “Rappers say the same shit because they around the same shit everyday. So I just wanted to separate myself from the average by using different metaphors and words. After the first rhyme I ever recorded, some people threw a contract in my face. I knew I had something right
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then. Plus when I moved back to Miami in 2003 there was like 30,000 more rappers now. So I started focusing on saying things to make you rewind and listen again.” THE AGENDA “I want to unite Miami. Rick Ross got everybody down here trying to see who’s next. I’m trying to make Miami like Houston and Atlanta. I wanna bring unity to Miami and Florida, period. Like, we didn’t support Plies and T-Pain when they was blowing up because they weren’t from Miami. But Miami don’t really get out; we stay among ourselves. I want to change that.” WORKING WITH COOL & DRE “I recorded a CD with another company, and they packaged it up and gave it to a lot of people. A DJ gave it to Cool & Dre, and they kept calling [and[ asking about me. Then, when they saw me, they [were] happy to see I wasn’t looking like a monster (laughing). So it was on. I got with them in the beginning of ’04 when Dirtbag first got signed to Epidemic/ Jive. I was having a lot offers with just three songs. Nothing has really came out yet, but I know I everything happens for a reason.” - Charles Parsons