Who’s a part of M.O.E. Entertainment? Victor: Myself and Lil Man, we’re the CEOs. There’s Lil V, Young Cash, and the other members of the 904 Click: T-Smiley, Chicken Mann, and SJ a.k.a. Dirt Diggler. M.O.E.’s the label. It stands for Money Over Everything. The group is called 904 Click. How did the 904 Click get started? Victor: Me and my brother Young Cash and another one of our brothers started the 904 Click. When I met Lil Man me and him hooked up, and he had T-Smiley and Chicken Mann on his side. Then we added Calico from my side, and SJ was the last member. He came in like four years ago. Most of us have been here since 1999. T-Smiley: They was linked up as buddies on the street level, and they had a lil club situation too. We all used to go to the club, turnin’ it out, whatever. Everything was just clickin’. We started making music. Young Cash was always gonna do the music thing, so he shot off and got it pumpin’ like it was supposed to. We gonna follow him up with the 904 Click. It’s always been a group, but everybody wanna do solo projects too. Victor: All the artists are solo artists. T-Smiley: We’re behind Cash as a solo artist, as far as jumpin’ out there and makin’ it happen. Why did you decide to push Cash as the first solo artist? Victor: It was so hard to push the 904 Click, cause we did that for years but it slowed up all the time. It’s hard to keep four members together. Everybody got different projects. Some were going to school at the time. At that time Joey [Cash] really felt like somebody had to step up. He was already doing it. When I got shot, a lot of us had quit. Joey was the only person that kept going to the studio and was still working. He was the first one to be really ready. So Cash kinda holds the whole 904 Click together. Young Cash: When the general fell, I helped it back up. Victor: Yeah, when the ship was sinking, he really held it together. What albums are you getting ready to put out right now? T-Smiley: Right now, it’s Cash’s album and mixtape. The 904 Click got two albums done already. Victor: It’s called G.R.I.T.S.: G’s Raised In The South. Do you feel like Jacksonville needs representation? Young Cash: Hell yeah. Victor: Jacksonville is a gangsta city. I really think it’s a gangsta city because we don’t have nothing to do around here. It’s either go to work or be in the streets. It ain’t a big city like Atlanta where people got money. There’s no big singers or rappers or NFL players here. It’s either streets or work. It ain’t no in-between. It ain’t a lot of people here that got money. I feel like once M.O.E. puts more money into this city, it’ll be more opportunities for other black indie labels to make money. What style does everyone bring to the group? Victor: T-Smiley is more on the gutta side, for the streets. SJ is just a white phenomenon. I feel like he’s gonna really wreck the game. He grew up with all of us, so everything he’s speaking is real. Young Cash: Me and SJ grew up together playing sports.
SJ, do you think you’ll get a lot of Eminem comparisons because you’re white? SJ: The only comparison between us is our skin color. I’m coming way different. I’m coming through your door. Young Cash: Eminem is more on the comedy, super-lyrical end. SJ is more like a game-spitter. SJ: I’m comin’ every time with shit flowin’. Paintin’ the streets. Good, bad, everything. What single are you putting out right now? Victor: “Man” is the first single. It’s about what we’ve been doing for the last ten years: ballin’ out of control. We blow money like powder. We’re known for blowin’ money. Ask they streets, they’ll tell you. T-Smiley: Money Over Everything. Where do the other group members fit in? Chicken Mann: I just fit in the best way I can. I rap about real life situations. The ups, the downs, and everything in between. Victor: All our music is about real life situations. It’s about what we’ve seen and done. Young Cash: I can rap about stuff that’s super gangsta and speak it in a way that everybody can understand. T-Smiley keeps it super gutta too, but I put it into the limelight. T-Smiley: Unfortunately, this ain’t no screenplay. We ‘bout to be actors when they let us get this movie deal, but right now it’s dead serious. This shit ain’t no acting. Victor: Most people get in the game and try to be gangsta, but we’re actually trying to get away from that shit. We’ve been in the streets forever. We’re actually doing this shit. Most people go backwards; they get in the game and then try to be gangstas. We tryin’ to go the other direction. We been gettin’ money ever since we owned Club Choices on the West side. What separates the 904 Click from all the other groups tryin’ to come up right now? SJ: The thing that makes the 904 Click so unique is because we can come in so many different ways. We’re straight hardcore. We can make people relate, even if they don’t know nothing about what we do. I bet we can get anybody to bump our shit. Chicken Mann: We paint vivid, real life pictures of this shit. Anything else you want to say? T-Smiley: One time for Backdoor Productions, MG holdin’ it down like an anchor on a cruise ship. Young Cash: One time for Mike Jones and the Swishahouse clique. Victor: Lil Webbie, Boosie, Bigga Rankin and the Cool Runnings crew. Rest in peace to Ced Henry, the first and last M.O.E. soldier we lost off the team. T-Smiley: Q45, King Ron, all the radio stations. Much love to 92.7 The Beat. Jacksonville, get on our back cause we finna ride out and take y’all with us. Do you want to give out any contact information for your studio? Victor: Yeah, it’s Top Notch Studios, Jacksonville’s hottest new studio. Holla at us: 904-777-9662 or 904-545-0385.