Jay is my legal first name, and Kwest represents my infinite quest for knowledge, on all scales: musical, political, etc.

I haven't really had too many booked 'shows' but I've had some chances to get out and do my thing in the Burlington underground scene. Truth be told, I'm more of a lay-low cat who would rather write than perform. You mighta seen me around town though... When I'm wasted I usually get up and rap somewhere, be it downtown or bogartin the mic at your favorite emcees' shows, lol.

The introduction of the Internet as an element of our everyday lives has been a huge turning point not only for me as a musician, but for thousands of other artists/groups who otherwise wouldn't normally have a chance at getting the level of exposure that the Internet provides... I mean, c'mon, you've got people anywhere in the world who can listen to your tracks via a single site! I think the music industry is particularly pissed-off at the advent of the MP3 not only for downloading/sharing purposes, but also because with the Internet being what it is, it gives artists the chance to cut out the middlemen -- promoters and such. Now obviously, artists still need promotion and whatnot, but you know how the Industry is: if they're losing ANY money, someone's goin down! Why? Cuz they're greedy f***s, that's why!!

Depends on the amount of creative control they were offering.

I've been writing rhymes for fun since I was about 12 or so; started taking writing and spittin altogether more seriously at around 14 or 15.

Wu-Tang Clan & affiliates (Killarmy, Sunz of Man, Royal Fam, etc.); The Society of Invisibles, Non-Phixion, Jedi Mind Tricks, Reef da Lost Cauze, Apathy, Lloyd Banks, Grafh, Cassidy, Redman, Canibus, Eminem, Mobb Deep, Nas, House of Pain, others.

Too many to name... among them are Montreal PQ, and Burlington VT.

Whatever I have that works... and sometimes stuff that doesn't.

Shout outs to Khalib, BlazeStar @ BlazeStar Inc., Dr. Quandary & Secret Island Studios; Pharoah Snefru; the fans, the haters, and sites like this one.