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ou’re affiliated with Zoe Pound. Can you explain what that is? Zoe Pound is a record label and film company that is organized by a group of young Haitians from Little Haiti. The word “Zoe” is meaningful for every Haitian. “Zoe” means “bone,” as in, “I’m Haitian to the bone.” We named ourselves Zoe back in the day because we’re Haitians and our features show it; it’s a sign of togetherness, like a Black Panther thing, a movement. I was born in Haiti, but I’ve been living in Miami since I was eleven. So Zoe Pound transitioned from being a street organization to an actual record label? It was people in the projects needing a way to represent themselves and become known as black entrepreneurs. We wanted ownership. We tried to manifest it as a business to do things in movies, but we’ve always been robbed because of it. In Bad Boys 2 they used Zoe Pound; they called me and paid me for it, but they never got our opinion from our eyesight. They put it together themselves and they never represented us properly, at all. A lot of rappers have mentioned Zoe Pound in their records. Are you affiliated with them? I’m affiliated with all of them. Jim Jones is a guy that I taught how to dress. I dressed real European at the time and I told him to change his look. I’m like a consultant from the hood. What happened between you and Lil Wayne? Those Cash Money guys have nowhere to live right now. It’s sad what happened in New Orleans, but when people come out to a place like Miami they tend to forget to reach out to the urban community. He comes to Miami and films his videos and screams Zoe Pound and all that, so you know, it’s like a favor for a favor. When it came time for me to ask a favor, they start acting like superstars, like they don’t hear you or don’t have time. I felt like they owed something to Miami. They don’t reach out to nobody, so it’s like, damn, how do I get to you to do business with you? I wanted to pay [Lil Wayne] to be on a song with my artist Toro. And when I approached him, I already had a record with Game, Mario Winans, and Wyclef. I let him hear it and asked if he could fuck with it and he was like, “Nah, I ain’t got no time.” But we’ve made peace with that situation. Slim called me and we made peace, so we’re cool. What’s your relationship with Foxy Brown? That was just a chick I was bangin’ for a couple days. She came to Miami and I was trying to get a consultant job at Def Jam. I really wanted Jay-Z to have a reason to call me, so I could do
some business with him. We was fuckin’ around and everything, kickin’ it, doing what grown people do. But, you know, she has a real bad Brooklyn girl kind of attitude. I know how to handle that type of thing, but not everybody knows how to handle it. Anyways, somebody called me and told me to bring [Foxy Brown] to the studio and do something with that kid Gravy. And this is when the infamous Foxy Brown and Jacki-O fight went down at Circle House? Yeah, Gravy was there with Jacki-O. If I had known he was gonna be there with Jacki-O, I wouldn’t have taken her there. He was trying to do the unbelievable. He wanted a record with him, Jacki-O, and Foxy Brown on it, and if I had known that I wouldn’t have ever gone there. So what happened when you and Foxy got to the studio? I went to talk to Jacki-O and she went to talk to those New York niggas. Foxy came over there and said, “What’s up?” and Jacki kinda nodded her head. Foxy went to cussing her out, like, damn. They started arguing back and forth. I tried to tell Foxy to just chill, out of respect, but I knew she wouldn’t listen. So everybody got out of the studio and just left those two girls in there. Jacki whooped her ass bad. I was like, “Jacki, why you whooping that bitch’s ass?” She tried to take the girl’s purse and all that crazy shit. I was like, “Aight, Jacki, none of that Dade County shit.” Man, it was ridiculous. I don’t know. Those girls are crazy. Foxy was really frustrated when Jacki hit her and kicked her. Then they kinda broke it up, and then they got back together catfighting. There was so much frustration. Foxy just went crazy. She broke almost everything in the studio. So are you still with Foxy Brown? Hell naw. I can’t deal with her, man. She’s crazy. If we walk in a store together she might just pick something up and steal it. She just don’t give a fuck. That’s that Brooklyn shit. She is what she was before she made it. She can’t change. That shit is embedded in her. She’s a crazy bitch. We tried to consult the girl but she is crazy. She’s hard to handle. You gotta beat her up every other day or else she won’t fuck with you. But she can’t fight, though. (laughs) I heard you hooked up with some other female celebrities. I don’t think you should quote me on that because I wouldn’t be able to get no more pussy in the industry. I can’t do that. I love to fuck with these industry bitches though, I can’t even lie to you. I love it. // OZONE | 39