OG Rome, Angie Smalls and rapper Lil Half Dead on location at Row Doggs Entertainment Studios
Photo by: Jamal ‘Freks’ Williams
ROW DOGGS STUDIOS
OG: I’m OG Rome, aka Mr.
Everywhere representing
RowDoggs Entertainment. Shout
out to Angie and the whole
magazine and the whole crew
for having me. Thanks for the
interview. Welcome to the Dogg
House! Got my boy Lil Half Dead
here, J-Bomb, everybody.
SM: We want to talk about what
you are working on. As everyone
knows, I am sure they hear all of
your hits you put out.
OG: I appreciate it. I just
released the last mixtape
hosted by DJ King Assassin.
I got a couple of features in
there you know. And we’re
working on “The Nest.”
SM: You just came fresh off of a
video shoot right now!
OG: I just finished my video
for “Life is Hard,” featuring the
homeboy Cokane, we sampled
Tupac on the hook. Shout out
to TM Beats for the beats, our
producer overseas. It’s been two
years in the making. We filmed
this once in San Marcos and
then we realized that we didn’t
want to do a typical video. We
wanted to do something with
more content. Something we
could be more proud of and
actually put a budget behind to
get it up there and running on
the networks. So what we did
today was the acting scenes. It
came out good.
SM: Nice, can’t wait to see that.
Tell us about your role on “The
Nest,” the new YouTube series
that is blowing up right now. You
have a huge role in that!
OG: Appreciate that. It was
a huge honor to work with
everybody. A lot of the people
that are in “The Nest” are artists
and people that we mess with.
It’s an honor to be working on my
acting skills. We are also doing
editing and filming for other
networks. We just landed the
placement on “The Rap Game”
for the Lifetime Network TV
channel. That’s with Jermaine
Dupri and Queen Latifah
where they’re scouting out new
talent with a lot of young kids.
Shout out to DJ Chadallac for
that. What else, we’re doing
Rappin’ 4-Tay’s new TV show
called “A Day In The Life” where
they interview celebrities at
restaurants. Also, stay tuned for
RowDoggs TV! You guys have
been hearing about it, coming
very soon this year. First man up,
the homeboy Lil Half Dead, right
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in the back.
SM: Give us a tour of your studio,
the Dogg House!
(Walks into office.)
OG: This is where we have our
monthly meetings, in order for
you to have a plan you have to
move as a unit.
SM: Smart words.
OG: Because freestyling this
game is not going to take you
anywhere. Taking it from legends
like Lil Half Dead and all of the
people in the game you know.
It ain’t easy. You have to plan it
out and go after it. So here we
try and spread it out on things
that we do. We have our own
clothing line. We try and make
sure our inventory is up, we stock
up, get our budget. Our budget
allows us to buy other things like
or invest back in paint or shirts.
(Takes us to his printing area.) I
decided to keep it all in-house,
you feel me! We got the banner
to take pictures at. Shows us the
step and repeat banner (photo
above.) We got the silk screening
machine right here. This is where
the magic happens. (Walks us
into studio room.) This is where
all of the creative thinking, the
thoughts, the recording.
SM: So let’s hear some
samples! Can we hear a little
snippet? Just a little something
something.
OG: A little something,
something. Let me see. I got
videos that I am doing. (Music
starts playing.) This is me, The
Dove Shack. (Rome raps starts
to play.)
Go to vimeo.com/slamit/ogrome
to hear the music and see this
tour!
(Pushes pause on the track.)
OG: Yep, yep that’s a sample
right there, it’s coming real soon,
it’s called “I’m Drunk.” And at
the moment I am feeling kind of
drunk! OG Rome featuring the
homeboy Weazel Loc and Bo
Rock from the Dove Shack man.
SM: Thank you for doing the
show with us. I appreciate it.
Check out the video for this
interview on SLAM TV.
OG: That’s whatsup, that’s what
it is. Shout out to SLAM TV and
everybody out there and make
sure you tune into RowDoggs
Entertainment at www.OGRome.
com and let me leave you with
a little something you can say!
Ain’t no business like RowDogg’s
business!
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