SINCE’s HE’S A Dallas ambassador, we had Mr. Yeah Buddy break down what’s popping off in his city All Star Weekend. Along with his Gangsta Grillz release party, Dorrough also lets us know about some other hot spots in D-town, as well as artists he’s working with on his label. Be sure to check out Dorrough’s other cover feature on our annual Sex Issue hitting newsstands soon. You’ve been putting out a lot of new videos and collaborations. What do you have circulating on the net right now? I just put out a new track with Yo Gotti called “Hood Chick Fetish” off the Gangsta Grillz I’m droppin’ All Star Weekend. It’s pickin’ up a lot. DJs are spinnin’ it in the club. It’s gonna be a big record. We’ve also been pushin’ the “Number 23” record. We just dropped the “Caramel Sundae” video. It picked up a big buzz. It got like 6 million views on Worldstarhiphop. Is the Gangsta Grillz mixtape your first nationally released mixtape? I know you’ve done other tapes here and there, but is this your biggest one so far? I did a lot of mixtapes in the past, but this is my first major mixtape. I also believe I’m the first Texas artist to do a Gangsta Grillz, if I’m not mistaken.
How did you link up with Drama for this mixtape? Was it something you reached out to him to do? One day we ran into each other and he was spinnin’ the “Ice Cream Paint Job” record. This was back in the summertime. We exchanged numbers and after that we started hittin’ each other up for drops and different things I was doing. I started givin’ him other records that were on my album and he thought they were jammin’ so we started talkin’ about doin’ a mixtape. I wanted to do something after the album [was released] and he was cool with it. After the album dropped I started putting together mixtape tracks, which are on the Gangsta Grillz that’s being released All Star Weekend. What’s the experience been like for you since “Ice Cream Pain Job” hit number one? This is probably not where you saw yourself years ago; I know you used to have basketball dreams. It’s just fast. One day I’ll be here, the next day I’m there. I do a lot of stuff so fast. That was probably the main thing I had to adjust to, living a faster life than I was [before]. I’m adjusted to it now. That’s been the experience. Everything comes fast. You make some mistakes, you learn and grow from ‘em. So that was the process, and now I’m more of a
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