Native Music
up, so he went straight to the ground and he
just kept rapping while laying there, trying to
play it off! HaHa! Then another time when
my two backup dancers chickened out.
RH: Did you ever win any awards?
“We won this award called the “Tuney
Awards” for best hiphop in Montana, back to
back for 2004-05. Also the Native American
Music Award which was for 2005.”
competition, so business would boom. Plus
we need more Native female role models
for the young’uns these days I think.
RH: Who do you all perform with?
“I usually perform with my sideshow freak
named “Sabatage”! My hype man right
there, no replacement. Or I’ll be right with
my crew “Rezawrecktion” of course.”
RH: What do you think was the biggest
highlight of your career so far?
“Well I’d have to say it was in this club in
Billings Mt. We got invited to just come
over and open up for a friend there, spur of
the moment type thing. So we were doing
our thing as usual and we were getting to
the end where we was doing a song called
“You” which is a powerful song. And the
whole atmosphere of that club started to
change. I know it was God, because after
we got done people were coming up to us
crying and giving us props. Next, this dude
comes over and wants us to pray with him!
He starts telling us how he took his sister
back home during our performance. She
said that God sent us in that club for her
and she had to get outta there and wasn’t
about to start drinking again, because she
had been sober for sometime. So we prayed
with that dude and there was just peace
up in that spot, it was tight. But I could tell
you stories like that for days. Other than
that, we got to open up for Lil Rob which
was a huge crowd of about 2000, so that
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RH: If so, how did it feel winning that
award?
“It was a good! We never thought we’d win an
award for our music “Rezawrecktion”, so it
was really encouraging to us, being that were
from the “rez” and all the struggles that come
with that, but were able to do something
positive and uplifting for our tribe and all
Natives alike.”
“Other than constantly stepping on my mic
was cool too.
cord and tripping, I’d have to say this one
“They laugh at me betime. My partner decided he wanted to
cause I’m different,
stage dive in Warm Springs Oregon, so he
did, but the dude is huge and they couldn’t
I laugh at them behold him
cause they’re all the
RH: Do you have any advice for anybody
same! Screamatchaboi out there who wants to become a singer/
rapper? “Just follow your dreams and go
Soup.....”
for broke! Do something that’s positive and
thats going to lift the spirits of the people
RH: Are there any particular moments
who are
in your career that are most memorable
listening (Especially if you’re Native. Be
to you? “Probably the story I just told you
yourself and be original. Last but not least,
and the livest crowds that were memoraput the Creator, God, first in your life and
ble to me were down at the Window Rock
you can’t go wrong.”
fair, Standing Rock of course is always
live, and just meeting nice people who
RH: Do you got any new cd’s coming out?
share the same humor and same struggles
“Yeah, it’s in the works right now, I got
really. Alot of good memories. Oh I almost
forgot. When we won the Native American some heaters on this one. I did a song with
MC Magic of the NB Ridaz and it’s tight.
Music Award in Miami! That was a good
Plus the beats are banging along with
highlight. When we came home and got
the rez’d out “SupaMan” flow as usual.
off the plane the airport was packed with
Punchlines, metaphors, witty wordplay
Crows, friends and relatives waiting for
and enough grease to cook some platinum
us.