BLAK CHERRY
MIAMI, FL
How did you get into the rap game? I had a couple cousins that used to rap, and my homeboys were the Lost Tribe over at Slip-N-Slide. We used to always rap together. After they introduced me to the game I went over to this company called EKG Records. They liked my style and signed me, but that didn’t work out. I was out of there about two years ago and I’ve been grinding on my own ever since. I’m just doing everything by myself right now. I’ve had a lot of independent labels trying to get at me, but everybody don’t have their stuff together.
with a baseball bat – but I’d like to try.” I did a remix to David Banner’s “Play” but I flipped it into “Ooh Boy.” I just did the “Lean Wit’ It” and “Betcha Can’t Do It Like Me.” I did a lot of remixes and flipped them.
There’s so many female rappers in Florida, especially in Miami. Does that make it harder to establish yourself? Not really. It’s hard for any female rapper to come out, it’s not just cause I’m in Miami or in Florida. Everybody has their own style and flavor that they can add to the game. But just being a female period, it’s harder than being a male. Females don’t really get respected in the game like a male artist would. Like when Jeezy was coming out, he could go to the clubs and ask a DJ to play his song. But if you’re a female in the game and you’re sexy and you want a DJ to play your song, they’ll try to holla at the same time. So it’s kind of crazy.
Do you think it’s hard to get radio play if your single is too explicit? No, because I can always clean it up enough for radio. You always have your street shit and your radio edit.
You’ve promoted yourself as a ghetto porn star. Have you actually done porn? Nah, I never did any porn, it’s just Blak Cherry, a.k.a. the “ghetto porn star” because the stuff I spit in my lyrics is like painting a picture of some stuff you would actually see in a porn. I bring different things into play when I’m rhyming, like girl-on-girl action and dildos and little beads and kama sutra. I’m just on some next level stuff. If I’ma do sexy, I’ma do it all the way. Is sex the main focus of your music? Yeah. To be honest, a female rapper is not gonna get looked at in any other aspect but sexy. A lot of females come out trying to be hard, but there’s really not a market for a hard female in this game. I’m trying to take the sex symbol thing as far as it’ll go. Making a Sprite can disappear in your mouth? Oh, I’m worse than Lil Kim. I haven’t made the Sprite can reference, but if you go back and listen to the remix I did for the Ying Yang Twins’ “Wait,” I said, “I’ve been tied, I’ve been smacked, I’ve never been fucked
Aside from the remixes, do you have your own songs or projects? I’m working on two mixtapes, one with DJ Dagwood and one with DJ Hurricane. Right now I’m pushing my single “Spank Me,” produced by Twig. All the females love the song. It’s real, real raunchy.
You mentioned Lost Tribe – have you worked with them or any other local artists? Yeah, and I’m doing some work with Piccalo, So South, and Acafool. Just a bunch of mixtapes and stuff, just grinding. What sets you apart as a rapper? I’m more sexual. And I’m more humble than most female artists. When people meet me, they see the realness in me. That’s why a lot of people deal with me and try to help me out. There’s things I’m trying to do as far as the sex symbol thing. I wanna put out some DVDs like the Girls Gone Wild type of stuff, but for black girls, doing more extreme stuff. I wanna get into the production side of it and take advantage of this sex market, cause it’s a huge industry. Do you rhyme about other topics? Yeah, I talk about girls that are going through struggles with their baby daddies. I try to teach girls not to fall for all these lame tricks that these guys spit out. I have a whole bunch of subjects but my primary thing is to be the ultimate sex symbol. Are you going to drop an indie album? Right now I’m gonna do it independently, and hopefully it’ll create a buzz so a majorj will come holla. But if I find an indie label with the right strategy and the right budget to put behind me, that would be cool. Do you have a website? Check out www.blakcherry.com and www. myspace.com/blakcherry6801. OZONE
31