Ozone Mag #45 - May 2006

Kenneth Elijah Sikes, 19, a.k.a. D-Lou, has always had a passion for music. Rapping since he was 6 years old and writing since he was 13, D-Lou always knew that rapping will be his life. According to D-Lou, “I don’t rap to make money, that’s secondary to me, I rap to feel at ease and to be creative when expressing myself.” Plus getting peoples attention to is a good feeling. And that’s what he did when winning a battle on Dallas radio station KKDA with host Greg Street at the time. His song “Making Money” battled against other local Dallas artists songs and won 7 straight nights. His wins earn the respect of DJ celebrity Greg Street as well as the city of Dallas. D-Lou says after the wins on the radio station, “I really started to feel like a rapper.” I was getting love at the clubs and I was getting calls from promoters to do shows and open up for major acts such as Young Buck, Slim thug, Scarface and lil Flip.

Even though D-Lou has opened for all these majors artist, he still yet to feel as known as he should be. Labels such as Universal and Interscope has been interested, but D-Lou doesn’t let that get to his head. “I’m just going to stay focus and grind it out and wait my time.” With aspirations like UGK, Scarface, Benie Siegel, Cash Money Millionaires and Z-RO, how can a young dirty south native not stay focus? With 4 mix tapes and 1 album that sold 5000 copies and the radio battles, is seems like D-Lou is in no hurry on giving up. Mix tapes, college tours, and club performances in major markets are what D-Lou has in store for 2006.

With major DJ’s co-signing D-Lou such as DJ Greg Street in Atlanta and Dj Comic Kev in Philly, it won’t be long before D-Lou gets what he wanted, to be heard. 3R Entertainment and Sikes Management have joined forces to make Young D-Lou an unstoppable force.

For more info on D-lou, log on to www.D-Lou.com.