OG Ron C W By Matt Sonzala
ho’s OG Ron C? Where do you come from? I come from Houston, TX. I’ve been responsible for a few things. I helped Michael Watts kick off the Swisha House stuff as some of you might know. I did radio. I’m just trying to hold down the Screw thing right now, make sure the Screw Music keep going. I got a record label called OG Ron C’s Platinum Sounds; I signed 5050 Twin that used to be in the Color Changing Click. I signed Khujo Goodie from the Goodie Mob, we’re doing a joint venture with his record label for his project. Also I got the Wreckin’ Yard, and another guy out of Atlanta called DJ Styles. I’m working on signing an R&B girl by the name of Tye. A lot of people have heard her sing at the Red Cat Café. Who all is the Wreckin’ Yard? Mr. Kaila, Big Nik and Kool Rod, G. Miller. It’s a few friends of mine from school, and we all got together right after I left Swisha House in 2002. The F-Action CDs have been big for you. People really love your slowed down R&B mixes. Yeah, that’s probably my claim to fame now, but some of my best titles that do good on a yearly basis are Spring Break, After the Kappa, well it’s called After Daytona now, and my Grind Mode CD’s and my Breakin’ Shit series. My Breakin’ Shit series are really for those artists that don’t got that record deal and they trying to get on. Their music might be a little homegrown, so I got a series for them. There’s a place for everybody with OG Ron C. This is my 20th year DJing. I’m doing a 5-box set for the F-Action 50. One gonna consist of a F-Action Greatest Hits. I took a little vote on MySpace about what songs people think I did the hardest so I let people choose that one. Of course it’s gonna have a 70s, 80s, 90s and a present disc. Just like when we did the 4-disc set for F-Action 40. We got a DVD too. We gonna do it big for that F-Action 50. 50? The fiftieth??? Who are some of the people you’ve worked with and seen come up on the Breakin’ Shit CDs? Man, Granddaddy Souf, he did the last one. I love working with him. He’s one of the artists that I think hasn’t been getting that chance. And other artists like Casino Mob, Kottonmouth, and DSR were on Breakin’ Shit. I had Kiotti on Breakin’ Shit. I had Chamillion[aire] and Paul Wall on the first Breakin’ Shits. I done had Lil Flip
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on it. They workin’, I guess you could say. They servin’ they purpose. It’s those artists that you don’t hear on the radio but I feel that they had good music. Just because they couldn’t afford that $85 an hour studio with that mic compression that sounds so wonderful, some of them take it to a different level. I feel like everybody deserves a chance. That’s what my conference is about. Everybody wants to deal with you once you get one step up or something. I wanna deal with you when you’re on the ground. You’re doing a live set at SXSW. What can we expect to hear from you? I’m getting back into DJing at parties. I went from DJing parties to being a stage DJ to being a tour DJ, I want to go back to actually rockin’ a party. That’s what you can expect to see from OG Ron C. We gonna try to “reinvent ourselves.” I got that from an old school DJ homeboy of mine, D-Nice, y’all might know him if he’s old school. Some real live words. Tell me about the music conference you have coming up. The conference is March 29th – 31st at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Houston. It’s gonna be real big. We got a lot of folks coming in. I know a lot of people think conferences are all about money, but this conference is free for all those who come from out of town and stay at the Hyatt Regency. It’s $50 for people inside of Houston, for the whole conference the whole weekend. We gonna show you how to get this money. From no money. I’m gonna have a 20th Anniversary Party on that Friday. I’m having music and comedy showcases and a fashion show. As far as comedians, I got Michael Collier, he did the movie Norbit with Eddie Murphy. I got D. Ellis, Hope Flood and Ali. I got Killer Mike, Da Franchise Boyz, Yung Joc and the whole Block Entertainment, Southern Gurl, Trae, he’s a featured artist along with the Grit Boys and Moufs of da Souf, Tony Neal, he’s the president of the Core DJ’s, DJ Jelly from Atlanta, Mr. Pookie & Mr. Lucci, and Pitbull. Those are the artists for the artist panel. I got press from all over, so I’m trying to give access to my peoples and my fans. I got music directors, I got Mac Payne coming in. There’s a lot of people coming in. I’m filming a reality show too, called Life Of A Celebrity DJ. //
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