HA Double: Listen, first people
were talking about how poor
my performance was and how
they weren’t feeling my bars, but
then the battle drops and it’s
now at 150,000 views. I’m just
saying the numbers speak for
themselves.
Eve: I know it’s a touchy subject
for a battler to discuss, but on
AngryFans Radio in April you said
you “got frustrated and stopped”
during your battle versus Sno.
What exactly happened?
on freestyling my s**t.
Eve: You’ve had a lot of battles in
a few years. How do you approach
each battle and how do you feel
about personals? Is anyone off
limits?
HA Double: Mostly, I create bars
off the top. Personals are OK if
they aren’t about your personal
life. Like, talking about my
baby; I don’t like that s**t. And
I’ll take whoever they give me.
Honestly, anyone can get it.
HA Double: The day before the
event, I completely forgot my
second round and basically had
to come up with something right
before the battle. That is why
you see me stumbling in my
second round. The frustration
caused me to stop in my third. I
felt like if I said that right after
the battle it would seem like I
was making an excuse for taking
the loss. So I just kept it to
myself and let people think what
they wanted.
Eve: You said battle rap is
becoming all about the money, so
I can assume you’re in it for the
long haul. Can I ask what your 5
year battle rap plan is?
Eve: So your next battle is with Ah
Di Boom and during your radio
interview you said that you’re
going to “step it up”. What does
that mean and what can we expect
to see from you? Freestyles?
Eve: So a bit off-topic, but
whether it’s through social media
or text I find you connected to the
slogan, “#wellwell”. What does
that mean?
HA Double: I chose Boom next
because I believe his presence
and energy is going to make
me step it up to the next level.
Boom is nice, but for some
reason he doesn’t get the credit
he deserves for anything he does.
If I can add a freestyle off of the
top I will use it, but I don’t focus
30
HA Double: I have had roughly
12 battles from 2011 to 2013. I
made it to BET in under 3 years
and I have the support of both
my family and city. So I mean,
if I can get to a point to where
they’re paying me enough to live,
I’d make it my full time career.
HA Double: To be honest, it’s a
catchphrase I used on various
social media groups. Then it
became popular and just stuck.
Eve: Before I go, is there anything
that you think old and new fans
might not know about you?
HA Double: Well one thing a
lot of people don’t know about
my battle rap career is that
Anubis wasn’t my first main
stage battle. I battled in St. Louis
at the Missouri Word War battle
event hosted by Smack. It was
the same URL card that Aye Verb
battled Arsonal on. They never
put out the footage because the
there was a malfunction with the
audio.
— Eve