100 BARS MAGAZINE 001 Sept/Oct 2013 | Page 33

official 100 Bars: What League was your first real battle in? Official: Got Barz tv 100 Bars: Was battling Boogie on Got Bars TV kinda your initiaion into flatline?? Official: Not really we didn’t talk about me getting down with them until after the battle was confirmed 100 Bars: Who are the other members in Flatline that battle? Official: Yl and B Eric 100 Bars: How did you feel you did with Young Nite on TBL? Official: I feel I did great that was the first battle where I started playing with words and trying other things. 100 Bars: How did playing with words help you in preparation for Automatic Ray on Spit Dat Heat? Official: It help me find what I like doing and what I was good at. 100 Bars: When you battled BC on GuddavilleTV He had bars and jokes. Do you feel there can be a healthy balance when your facing someone or do you prefer all bars? Official: I prefer all bars but I try to slide a few jokes in there. But I really hate them. 100 Bars: Was the battle with Unique Barz on Queen of the ring your first time battling a female? Official: No the battle I did in high school was but unique was my first real female battle rising star 100 Bars: Where are you from? Official: New Orleans, Louisiana 100 Bars: Where you affected by hurricane katrina? Official: Yes 100 Bars: how old were you when all of that went down? Official: 12 100 Bars: Has your family fully recovered from that for the most part? Official: Yes 100 Bars: Alot of people dont know your only 20 Years old, When did you first start to rhyme? Official: I first starting rhyming when I was about 12 100 Bars: Did that tragedy motivate you to write or were you rapping before that? Official: Yes i guess you can say it did motivate me because before it, I wasn’t rapping. 100 Bars: Where did you get your name from? Official: I thought of it my senior year in High school. I always rapped but never had a name then I was in class one day writing and I was like damn this shit is official. Ever since then that’s been my name. 100 Bars: Did any rappers inspire you to start writing? if so who? Official: Yes Soulja slim, lil boosie, Zro, and lil Wayne I was inspired by a lot of southern rappers 100 Bars: Your style is real bar heavy with complex metaphors. Do you think southern rappers get a bad reputation when it comes to lyrical ability? Official: Not really . Southern rappers have a different style. They not as bar heavy as niggas like jay z n nas but they speak real life s ??????????$????????????? ??????]???????????????????????????????$???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????]???????????????????????????9??=???????=?????????9????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????((???? ?????]?????????????????????????????????=?????????P??I????M????!????????? ???????e????????????????????I????????!????????????? ?????!?????????????????????????=?????????%????????????????????????$?????????$?????????????????????????????????????$????????????????????????????????=?????$???????????????????????????????????$?????????????????e?????????????????((???? ?????]??????????????????????=?????????%???????$???????????????????????????????????????????????$?=9P??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????5???????????????????M??????????????((??((0