Whether it’s the signature call-outs on records he cosigns, the unique haircut designs, or his out-of-the norm wardrobe selection, Sam Sneak always stands out. Making a name for himself on the underground radio scene, Sam is currently noted as one of Miami’s leading record breakers. You’ve come up over the last year. What’s been going on? I’ve been working with more artists since the last issue like Bizzle, Unda Surveillance, Grind Mode, Brisco, Triple Cs. I got a gang of people I’ve been working on and breaking in Miami at Take One. I’m Triple C and Rick Ross’ official DJ. I’m everywhere. I’m Poe Boy’s DJ. I’m Jam Squad. If you want to find me I’ma be at Take One every day of the week. Sometimes I might venture off and do Oxygen, or Mansion, or Sobe Live. You have a trademark slogan on all things you put out. How important do you think the “Sam Sneak” voiceover has been to your career? It’s been major. Everywhere you go in Miami, and some parts of Florida, you’ll hear “Sam Sneak” or “Jam Squad” over a lot of records. A lot of times your record ain’t bumpin’ if it don’t got that on there. It makes it official. I won’t put that on everything anymore. Certain tracks I’ll put it on and some I won’t. Who does those signature haircuts you get? That’s my barber in Carol Mart. He hooks me up all the time. Every weekend I feel like doing it, I go to him and he hooks it up for me. I got a high-top fade going on. I always get different things. I had Triple C on there. If you go on my Myspace page you’ll see everything. I had Sneak on the side of my head, 80’s Baby. I had the dude do so many different styles. You do a lot of different things to make yourself stand out. Have you always been a different type of person or do you do these things to gain attention as a DJ? I’ve always stood out. You say it’s standing out, but everybody else calls me weird.
I’m the only DJ in Miami that wears small shirts. They say I’m the only dude that has small shirts on all the time and fitted jeans. I’ve always been a weird kid, ever since middle school. They said I was special. Obviously being weird is working out well for you. Yeah, I love it. I’m blessed. I thank God every morning and every night. And every time somebody calls me, like how you called me [for the interview], I’m thanking God for being blessed and being weird. What’s up with Jam Squad? Who’s DJ crew is that and how long have you been a part of that? That’s actually something I started back in ’03 with me and three other dudes. It’s me, my dude DJ Papo, he’s at White Diamonds and Diamond’s Cabaret. Teflon is Bizzle’s DJ and sometimes he’s at Rolex. It’s also Fatt Boi; he’s at Coco’s. He also goes by Shrek. He looks like Shrek for real. I got the younger Jam Squad dudes that are trying to come up. We’re real tight though. Everybody’s cool with each other. What else has been going on career-wise for you? My lil brother Dred Skeezy is coming soon. We’re throwing him a birthday party at Mansion on May 26th. They got the group Hitman Enterprise with Fraigo Da Boss and Tef 2 Def. I drop in sometimes Friday nights on Poe Boy radio on Streetsfm. com. If I’m not there it’ll be DJ Chronic, or one of the Poe Boy DJs. Shout out to XO Management, North Miami, the whole Eastside and Westside of North Miami. For anybody’s that trying to get at me to play their music, they gotta get their music and business right. You can’t come to me with money; I gotta like the record. Don’t think I’m gonna make it happen and you gonna sit on your ass either. You gotta work the record yourself too. Website: Myspace.com/Djsamsneak Words: Ms. Rivercity Photo: Dred from NLTG Photography
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