Ladies and gentlemen reading along,
if you don’t know, now you know:
“It’s Tax season!” No, I am not at
all referring to actual government
income taxes — (insert side eye)
— but I am referring to a cool
dude that goes by the stage name of
“Tycoon Tax”. You may have seen
his latest bout versus Rum Nitty
from the King of the Dot’s “Blackout
4” card or his most current battle
versus Shotgun Suge out on the
KOTD Fresh Coast. Either way,
we will all be seeing a lot more of
Toronto’s very own, Tycoon; spittin’
bars and bringing that street edge to
the KOTD main stage. Meanwhile,
he and his crew ROSxRMG will
be putting it down for the T-Dot
underground hip-hop movement.
Furthermore, he lets us know what
he intends to do in this battle
culture, crushes some Canadian
stereotypes and proves why he is
someone you should be checking for
as well as someone that these battle
emcees should not take lightly.
Novie Blendz: Let me start
off with, “where did the name
‘Tycoon Tax’ come from?”
Tycoon Tax: Well, it started off
as just “Tax”, because back when
I was in elementary school the
term “tax” meant to steal shit
and I guess I was known for
stealing shit, so Tax just stuck.
Then when I stepped into battle
rap I added the “Tycoon”,
because that’s what my mom has
been calling me since birth. She
has always wanted me to be a
tycoon one day, so I thought it
fit nicely.
Novie Blendz: Interesting reason
and that’s what’s good; you’ve had
both names for a long time. How
did you get into battling?
Tycoon Tax: Well, I was battling
in high school on some Smack
s**t; just random dudes from
different schools 20 rounds just
trying to be the next Mook or
Lux. But I started seeing King
Of The Dot on Worldstar when
they first started and just hit
up Organik. He wasn’t hitting
me back initially, until one day
Skelly’s opponent backed out
last minute and Organik had no
choice but to call me, and with
one week prep th