Dominext Magazine May 2014 The Business Issue | Page 12

WITH THE DMV HIP-HOP SCENE SEEMINGLY ON THE RISE WITH ACTS LIKE WALE AND FAT TREL'S NATIONAL SUCCESS, IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE'S GEARING UP TO PUT THEIR PROJECTS OUT BUT W.A.S.T.E ENTERTAINMENT'S HEAD HANCHO BIG-HAND NO SEEMS TO BE THE COOLEST IN THE STORM AND WITH THIS NEXT PROJECT, "F*CK NO" HOSTED BY DON CANNON AND WITH PRODUCTION FROM NATURE BOY NOT MANY WOULD BLAME HIM...

DM: Wassup with you No first off where in the DMV are you from?

BHN: I was born in Washington DC, I was raised in Maryland

DM: How was it growing up around D.C. and Maryland what was that like?

BHN:I stayed on C St. N.E. for about 4 or 5 years coming up I was about 8. I was 13 when we moved out Maryland, Landover Hills area. That is where I went to Kenmore Middle School and went to Fairmont Heights high school for about a year and transferred to Largo High where I graduated 1999. I grew up all over the DMV. Growing up was fun, I was very close to my father and my mother side of the family. We were taught to love each other because we spent a lot of time together. So many funny days with my uncle and 3 cousins. We grew up together as brothers really. All close in age so everywhere we went together. My uncle was killed in 2007 and that changed everything. Now I really appreciate things. That made me cold too and not fast to trust people, I was depressed very angry for years about it. I have come to terms with it now I’m free to show the world my gift and with a story behind it.

BIG-HAND NO