Names: FLEX GANG- NASBOY, KAAAYBANDZ, MANII BANGA
Location: BORN IN BERKELEY (NASBOY, KAAAYBANDZ) , OAKLAND (MANII BANGA) LIVES IN OAKLAND (ALL)
Tell us about you: WE HAVE LISTENED TO MUSIC OUR WHOLE LIVES, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING MUSIC FOR FUN 7 YEARS WRITING A VERSE EVERY NOW AND THEN. A LOT OF OUR OLDER BROTHERS AND COUSINS RAPPED, HAD VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND KNEW OTHER RAPPERS. SO SOMETIMES WE TRIED TO WRITE RAPS TO BE LIKE THE OLDER BOYS. WE ARE ATTRACTED TO MUSIC BECAUSE IT’S A WAY TO GET THROUGH ISSUES WHATEVER YOU ARE FEELING A SONG CAN HELP YOU FEEL SOMEONE RELATES TO YOU AND IT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO AFFECT YOUR MOOD. SOME SONGS JUST MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD OR BETTER OR JUST MAKE YOU FORGET YOU ARE FEELING BAD KINDA LIKE A DRUG. WE WE'RE ATTRACTED TO DOING MUSIC BECAUSE WE BELIVE IT HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE A CHANGE. WE STATRED A MOVEMENT TO BRING THE FUN BACK. WE FEEL THE YOUTH ARE DESTROYING OUR GENERATION, IT’S FULL OF HOPELESSNESS LIKE WE ARE THE FUTURE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILTY OF WHERE THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY IS HEADED. OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD UP TO A MOVEMENT WHERE WE INFLUENCE OTHERS TO HAVE GOOD CLEAN FUN, ITS OKAY TO GET A LITTLE WILD AND TALK A LITTLE MESS BUT THE UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE AND FEAR OF BEING YOURSELF HAS TO COME TO AN END. RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND ELDERS. THESE IDEAS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE RECOGNIZED IN OUR MUSIC BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS BE RECOGNIZED IN OUR ACTIONS. I MEAN WE ARE STILL YOUNG MEN, WE STILL HAVE OUR HEADS FULL OF GIRLS MONEY AND FAME BUT AS WE MATURE WE BELIEVE OUR MUSIC WILL MATURE AS WELL.
What other gifts do you have?KAAAYBANDZ PLAYS FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER AND IS A MATH OLYMPIAN. NASBOY PLAYS BASKETBALL AND ENGINEERING BOTH MUSICAL AND MECHANICAL HE LIKES TO BUILD THINGS AND HE KNOWS HOW TO HOOK EVERYTHING UP. MANII BANGA PLAYS FOOTBALL AND THE GIFT OF GAB
Recent events/Projects: WE RECENTLY JUST GOT OFF TOUR WITH BAEZA, JAYTEKZ AND JEFFTURNER. WE ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A PROJECT WITH EINERBANKZ TO HELP YOUNG BAY AREA ASPIRING ARTIST SEE THEIR DREAMS IN ENTERTAINMENT AS A REALITY. EVERY WEEK A SCHOOL WINS A MEET AND GREET WITH BAY AREA UPCOMING STARS, BERKELEY HIGH WON WEEK 3 AND THATS WHERE WE MET EINERBANKZ FOR THE FIRST TIME AT C.R.E.A.M ICE CREAM IN BERKELEY. EINERBANKZ PROMISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US AND ON WEEK 4 WE BECAME APART OF THE MOVEMENT SHOWING UP TO HIGH SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE OTHER YOUTH TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AS WE ARE AND WITH HARDWORK ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. EINERBANKZ WILL TAKE US AND OTHER YOUNG ARTIST FROM THE SCHOOLS AND PUT THEM ON TRACKS BY WELL KNOWN PRODUCERS AND MORE ESTABLISHED UPCOMING BAY AREA STARS FOR FREE AND KAAAYBANDZ WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO RECORD ON THIS UPCOMING ALBUM. WE'RE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF RELEASING A MIXTAPE AND AN EP EARLY NEXT YEAR OURSELVES ALONG WITH A SUMMER TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY HOPEFULLY..
THE GROUP FORMALLY CALLED "FLEX GANG" IS NOW CALLED "CREW"