247 Ink Magazine (April/May) 2017 Issue#14 | Page 67

Pain Killers Reloaded which was my actual debut album I put out last March which has Wiz Khalifa , The Lox , Bun B , Pete Rock and I think is a dope classic album . I would put that stamp on there , that ’ s a classic album , so I put that out and went on tour with that album with Royce da 5 ’ 9 . That was the first official tour I went on . This year I dropped a project called Love , Drugs , Hennessy which was really a more commercial release for the ladies . Normally they say I make more gangsta shit more , from the street . I have my own company called Team Bang Dope Gang which is a conglomerate which is really a collective of friends and artists I believe in . I ’ m fortunate enough to do business with people I consider friends . We ’ re gonna do a cd with artists that are signed with us , do videos , and just tour , just us , we ’ re just doing it our way , making music our way , touring when we want , selling merch , and connecting directly with the fans . After that I ’ m dropping another album called The Black Sheep . It ’ s called The Black Sheep because I really feel like even in my city , with the industry , I ’ m kind of an outcast to some degree . I really feel like I perfected New York City rap shit and I don ’ t get the push from the gatekeepers , the radio , but I don ’ t complain about it , I don ’ t really give a fuck about it , I do it for the people . I would like to do that because as an artist you want to be exposed to as many human ears as possible and increase the wealth , increase the exposure , get your brand out there more because to have their support is dope but I already have their respect so I don ’ t really care . If they choose to support whatever , I don ’ t fight for love , love is free , if it ’ s not free , fuck it , I don ’ t need it . I do it for the fans , I do it for the people , for my people , so we ’ re just gonna keep putting out good music .
You have a clothing line too , don ’ t you ? I have a clothing line called DopeGangNYC inspired by the 1988 crack era . That era in hip hop I think was the most pure so I take elements of

Pain Killers Reloaded which was my actual debut album I put out last March which has Wiz Khalifa , The Lox , Bun B , Pete Rock and I think is a dope classic album . I would put that stamp on there , that ’ s a classic album , so I put that out and went on tour with that album with Royce da 5 ’ 9 . That was the first official tour I went on . This year I dropped a project called Love , Drugs , Hennessy which was really a more commercial release for the ladies . Normally they say I make more gangsta shit more , from the street . I have my own company called Team Bang Dope Gang which is a conglomerate which is really a collective of friends and artists I believe in . I ’ m fortunate enough to do business with people I consider friends . We ’ re gonna do a cd with artists that are signed with us , do videos , and just tour , just us , we ’ re just doing it our way , making music our way , touring when we want , selling merch , and connecting directly with the fans . After that I ’ m dropping another album called The Black Sheep . It ’ s called The Black Sheep because I really feel like even in my city , with the industry , I ’ m kind of an outcast to some degree . I really feel like I perfected New York City rap shit and I don ’ t get the push from the gatekeepers , the radio , but I don ’ t complain about it , I don ’ t really give a fuck about it , I do it for the people . I would like to do that because as an artist you want to be exposed to as many human ears as possible and increase the wealth , increase the exposure , get your brand out there more because to have their support is dope but I already have their respect so I don ’ t really care . If they choose to support whatever , I don ’ t fight for love , love is free , if it ’ s not free , fuck it , I don ’ t need it . I do it for the fans , I do it for the people , for my people , so we ’ re just gonna keep putting out good music .

You have a clothing line too , don ’ t you ? I have a clothing line called DopeGangNYC inspired by the 1988 crack era . That era in hip hop I think was the most pure so I take elements of

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