100 BARS MAGAZINE 008 Apr/May 2014 | Page 39

Profecy: Y-Not, this is all you. Although I don’t own any parts of the clothing line, I am TASTE; you’ll see me rocking it in music videos, battles, and at the corner store. In the future, I will definitely be involved in the business side, but for now, I’m here for support! www.tastelyfe. com Y-Not: The name TASTE — Take A Second To Exhale — came from my business partner JJ Morais. He was working with another clothing company and I was getting ready to start my own under a different name when we linked up. We realized we could do better as a team on one project that we controlled than to work separately with different ideas. Once we got our licensing and trademark, it was a go. We have thrown a very successful sneaker convention last year and are doing some awesome commercials. We also signed on an authorized dealer in KG The Poet, who is now representing our team along with all of P7AGUE and a few other surprises we have in store coming up. We’re about to release a new collection in a few weeks, along with launching the new website design which will drop Monday, April 21. Profecy: P7AGUE life til’ the grave site. Tastelyfe or hate life. Vader: Describe the style of TASTE and what we can expect from the new collection. Y-Not: TASTE is a streetwear clothing line that provides limited edition clothing for men, women and even children. It is for people who are not afraid to be different and like to have meaning to their fashion. The new collection is our Live/Evil collection. It will have multiple releases with the first one dropping in a few weeks and will display designs that shed light on the everyday fight we have with being good or bad. The Live/Evil Collection will be available in three color choices. We will also release something for the ladies in the form of a spring tank top with our TASTE signature across the front of the tank, along with some new hats for the people. Profecy: It’s great fabric too; not cheap Walmart shirts — just throwing that out there. (Profecy laughs) Y-Not: Yes, we use 100 percent ring spun cotton and only the highest quality printers. Y-Not and Profecy are two businessmen headed in the right direction, on and off of the stage. I asked what battlers they each draw inspiration from and both named heavy hitters like KG the Poet, 'VФ