The Prynce of Dallas
COVER STORY
Award winning musician, Payam Abbasi AKA Prynce P has lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for over 3 decades. He released one of the biggest Hip-Hop compilations out of Dallas in 2016 featuring 34 musicians where 5 out of 10 songs were featured on the radio. The last song on the album, “My Paradise,” won him an award from Amnesty International, Congresswoman Johnson and The House of Representatives. After the success of his album which he named “14,” he took a long break, but P started to miss making music and in 2018, he got back in the lab and started to work on one of the biggest cyphers out of his city which he named, “The Triple D Cypher.” This project went on to hit every Dallas radio station and it landed a placement to be in a college movie (Dig Deep). Since then, he has worked on multiple singles that have either won an award or have been heard on the radio. Besides music, he has a bachelor’s degree in Business Logistics and an M.B.A in Strategic Leadership. He has also owned many successful businesses and travels the world. We at AMPS Dallas were interested in getting to know more about him and find out how he stays so hungry for success. AMPS: Thank you for giving us this interview. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Prynce P: My childhood was a little different from most. I wasn’t born in America, I was born in Iran and a revolution happened as soon as I was born. In the midst of the revolution, Iraq decided to attack Iran and an 8 year war started between the 2 countries. Although I had many dreams as a child, my family and I were too busy trying to survive. There were bombs being dropped on our homes and schools. Kids as young as 12 were being snatched from the streets and forced to fight in the war. Frankly, I didn’t even go to 3rd or 4th grade because of all the chaos. It was brutal, people couldn’t even find milk, and hot water wasn’t even an option when taking a shower. Imagine sitting with your family and out of nowhere, all the lights go out and all you hear is sirens and screams around the city. Imagine everyone holding hands in fear trying to find comfort in one another. Imagine looking at your loved ones not knowing that this could be the last time that you may ever see them. That’s how I lived for the first 10 years of my life. Although I grew up in a war, I never felt empty or alone, because through all the madness, my family and I were always together. I honestly think that maybe the war brought us even closer. So, to answer your question, I just knew I wanted to survive, and more so, live.
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AMPS: How did you get into music and what’s the name of your record label? Prynce P: It all started back in 2001 when I met DJ Royal M in Las Vegas; this was right after I had just graduated with my bachelor’s degree. He was originally from Atlanta and when he went back, he asked me to pay him a visit so we could party for his birthday. I was moving to D.C. for a job, so I decided to stop by the ATL to have some fun. My last night there, he played this instrumental and I just started to vibe and freestyle to it. He stopped the beat and said “Yoooooooo! You can rap?” I smirked and said, “Just for fun.” He then said, “Bro, we need to record you!” I told him that “I’ve never recorded before, but, ok.” Long story short, we recorded my first real verse, he recorded his verse and our friend Kou who was signing a deal with Left Eye from TLC at the
