Movin' On Up - Issue 4 - January 2014 - 1 | Page 36

Getting Personal
With

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where you are from
and how were you introduced to music in general?

WELL! I am from the home of the Looney Tunes and crazy

houses Milledgeville, Georgia. I speak 9 languages fluently so
I’m pretty culturally diverse I have traveled a lot I’m a Marine
Iraqi /Afghanistan Vet and single dad and a huge competitive

HOFABANG

Is there any one specific time you
When did you realize that music, more choose to reflect on most when
specifically, hip-hop and rap, is what you looking for inspiration?

My drive was that my child’s mother was
wanted to pursue?

Kid

N

Watching
should

Play

and

“Coming
have

this

to

the

9

Top,

neglecting my son and cheating on me for another

(every

family

guy living off my money and spending it on him

Hammer

doing

while

Inch

America”

movie)

MC

High

signatures,

direct it lets begin/ party people clap ya hands and

them

let me hear some noise DC is in the house so let’s

heart.

jump for joy… B**** aint shit but hoes and tricks

bedroom I made a decision in my life… That I would

(The Chronic). The butterfly Uh oh That’s ol let

never

me see your Tootsie Roll

with

be

full

to play chess. And lastly drum roll… 32*/G\ … So I give back

50k

the big ass chain… Tag Team back again / check it

@HOFABANG

custody

to the community...

I was influenced to music when I was small. I remember listening to Mc Hammer after my mom took

me to watch Coming to America and I remember Soul Glo. Just let it shine Throooooough! And them drippy
ass Jerri Curls and wet pillows and, everybody had one back then with them crumple bags. Well being
confused between the 9 inch (Kid N Play) high top and the crumple bag of wet juice and the big neck
chains I decided that I wanted to make a song. So I wrote one and made a flyer and hung on my neighbors
fence. So I guess I can say first ever show was in front of my next door neighbor named Chassica.
As I got older and started to get into more trouble I realized that I actually had talent by others who
started telling me “yo dude your actually pretty good.” Well after I moved to Dublin Ga I started
hanging out with this one guy named Jamie from New York. He was a big Wu Tang fan. And I used to get
ultra high. Then I learned the art of lyricism with the Jedi Master in many late night sessions and that’s
all we did was listen to music and get high. I never wrote lyrics only freestyled back then. Then one day I
came up with the one rhyme I will never forget… First I was listening to Raekwon’s Purple tape (classic!)
I think it was to WU Tangs Glory song…

Hearing RZA and Capadonna and I started to battle him for supremacy on the song in my mind.

“My Jungle the Stupid Sh** LP mother F*** when I get right I get bent been buck getting my **** sucked on the bed
give me head with my legs spread dead open yo yo H** be gulping slip slide just like a slurpy she be thirsty
mouthwatering Im drunk and swerving Suburban style wild My eyes surprised clock working the big
brick heavy shooter / Disney sh**/ my life a movie the young boss

6 slugs dirty Harry new opportunity...”

I wish I still had that cassette tape ! And for some reason that has always stuck in my head…
so maybe one day I will put it out as a record.

Who would you say have been your
biggest supporters? The people that
stand by you and give it to you straight
even though they know their answ