Interview with Rotten of RottenApple (Hqnyc)


Q. At what age did you realize you wanted to become a music artist and why?

Well… without disclosing my age, it had to be around the time my brother Soldier came home with Malcolm’s Buffalo Girls. I listened to him run that song into the ground. A d.j. in every sense of the word, he was helping some of his men find beats to use on their project and when ever they came around or he got up with them I would jump into their freestyle sessions. They would ask me if I had written rhymes and I was like nah….So about then I knew I had the skill for it, but the other stuff had to come into play, like paying my dues in battles, fightin’ for mics at parties and getting busy at the park jams and what not. It all contributed to showing where I stood and how nice I could become. I chose to become an artist after seeing Craig G (Juice Crew) rock Jamaica park, then hearing him say to me “ Yo shorty ya sh*** is aigh’t, keep doin’ ya thing.” That really had an affect on me, because he was Craig G who f***ked with some of my favorite dudes like Shan and Marley Marl, Masta Ace and Kool G Rap. Ever since then I look back and say, ok….We Hollis. We have history here so at no half steppin’, n****s can’t front on you. You come from Hip Hop royalty.

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