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HM: I’m with DJ Supa Loc right here next to 6P Studio, going to see what’s been going on with him and his business with PCM.

HM: What would you tell somebody who wants to get into your field of engineering and craft?

HM: How long have you been spinning bro?

I would say, pick up a drum stick, a guitar, whichever instrument you want to and start playing. Go to concerts and learn, studio sessions and school, that’s how it happened for me, I just watched my pops play the guitar then started doing it myself.

I’d say maybe ﬁve six years now. This was a last run in I had done a=er doing my shows with the live instruments with various bands and whatnots. HM: So you actually play live instruments and you DJ? Yea, I play live instruments, DJ, anything that comes with music I love it. Now I’m here trying to put my talents to good use you know? Why let them go to waste?

HM: Oh wow, and how could our readers follow you?Look me up on Facebook DJ Supa Loc Instagram @ SupaLocm, Twitter @ DJ SupaLoc

HM: What part of Pomona are you from? I’m from the Westside of Pomona. The Mafia side. HM: What instrument do you prefer to play the most? I’d have to say the drums. Playing the guitar is my second choice after the drums, but I can really get down on the drums. HM: How do you feel about the Pomona City Movement and the route its taking? Im liking it because it’s been really peaceful, I couldn’t hang out with my enemies like how I do now. To chill with my neighbor is a blessing, to not have to worry about them shooting you or trying to kill you is nice. The violence has slowed down a lot, it’s dropped down thirty percent already. HM: Music wise, on the PCM tape, how many do you have on there? I have two tracks on it so far, but we are working on more right now. We have some good things coming up for the project, so just stay tuned. Big shout out to Snoop, Big Percy, Pimpin Young, Cocaine, Suga Free, all the Pomona people and my enemies that are my loved ones now.

HM: We’re sitting at the PCM, 6P Studio. Got BG in the house right now, we’re going to ask him a couple of questions to see what it’s like being a part of this Pomona City Movement and this new rap game that’s all of a sudden on the rise. Being a part of this Pomona movement it was a process of egos and everybody just coming together and putting aside their beefs, putting up everything they had, while making some good quality street music from Pomona for the world. It was dope, you know, coming into this rap game you just got to be hungry for it and want it.

HM: What were you doing before the PCM movement, and what are you doing as it is now? Before the PCM movement I was grinding, I was putting everything together, like I said I had about eight or nine visuals by myself with quality street movement just constantly pushing it. Being with the PCM movement, and having the help of Percy and RMM and everybody who’s been helping put resources on the table, including yourself by giving me this interview, have made it much better and it has been very progressive for me.

HM: When did you actually start rapping? I’ve been rapping for a long time, since about ten or so. I started crafting and taking it serious around ninth grade, dropped my first tapes around 17, and have seven projects out now, about to drop my eighth one, Long Nights, Long Grind II, at the bottom of May so be on the lookout for that. HM: How do you feel about the rap game and how it is today? Is it easier to get your music out? Is it easier to get your followers? Oh, it goes hand and hand. On the internet you can exploit yourself and within five second you can go viral off the smallest thing. But me I had the best of both worlds, I had the old school riding around putting up posters till PPD started crying about it. I went on the internet until I touched people in Dubai, Miami, and in New York, I feel like it’s all on you really and your grind you know? HM: I see you got on the Be Good on, that’s one of your lines too right? You’re doing the music and the clothing line aren’t you? Yup, Be Good, Bang Ganger Overdose, that’s the next brand that we’re pushing, BG, Bang Gang that’s the label.

HM: We have some artists and up and coming rappers that listen to us, what would you tell them about the game today, how could they get moving or get to where you are at least? Well as cliché as it may sound, hard work and dedication, patience, and also you just want to stay true to yourself. If you’re trying to portray something that you’re not it’s going to be bad for you. Just stay true to who you are and where you are from. Represent where you’re from genuinely and everything will fall into place that’s for sure. HM: I quote that word “genuinely,” do you run into a lot of people who say they are something they are not? yea all the time you hear people lying in their raps, saying what they have, what they do, and where they be at. But it’s just about being you, nobody will accept you if you’re trying to be the next person, a lot of people are trying to sound like their favorite artists. Just work on you and your craft and get it together. HM: We have some readers, all over the world, how can they follow you? You can follow me on Instagram: @BGFEAVA, Twitter: @FEAVA, Facebook: BE Good Feava, The website: www.banggangent.com. HM: You just dropped a new single right? “Pull Up On The Block.” How is that doing right now? Oh its doing well, it’s at fifteen thousand hits right now thanks to Snoops Soundcloud and his platform. It got picked up on Title, and Spotify so it’s real good. HM: How was it working with Cocaine? Oh man it was dope, shout out to Uncle Cocaine, we put out like three or four records when he came

down. Really cool experience though, he taught me to just stay working, and that he’s Phil Jackson and I’m Jordan. HM: Thanks a lot for your time, we’ll let you get back to your work. Thank you man, appreciate it.

HM:We’re sitting outside with Norfside Nusence from the PCM, so when did you start rapping Norfside?

HM: How do you think the Pomona City Movement is going right now? Where do you think it’s going to go?

I started rapping around like twelve to thirteen years old.

The movement is great, be on the lookout for PCM2, that’s going to be better. It’s a big change for everyone in the city, you’re going to hear a lot of people who was with us from the beginning of PCM to this point.

HM: How many years has it been? Norfside: It’s been about twenty years now man, I’m thirty-two. HM: So since you’ve started, has the music industry changed any? Yea man, now you can buy a studio, do it at home, upload it on YouTube get you a following and make your own deal. When I first started rapping you had to shop for a demo, make a hit song, it wasn’t just throwing stuff together. Nowadays people do mixtapes put it together and just throw it out there.

HM: Tell us how your single is doing right now? My single dropped on the 27th of April, on iTunes under Doggystyle RMM. Within five days, I’ve gotten over 20,000 listeners, hoping to get more with the buzz from being on K-day tomorrow.

HM: What would you say is your style of rap? Where does it come from? I kind of adapted to my quirky self, but I love bay music, E-40 is one of my favorites. HM: How did you know you wanted to take this rap route? To be honest, I was done with it right before all of this started. I had tried, almost got there and it went bad, then the PCM came around and the never quit mentality kicked in. They gave me a beat, I brought it back to them in two days and here we are HM: Now that you’ve gotten in with the PCM, are things moving a lot better and a lot faster? Oh yea, I mean we were grinding before this PCM move started, I had my own label that I opened up for Joe Moses and them, but that was stuff we did footwork on. Now we are at Nokia Theatre opening up for Game, and DJ Snoop, so now it’s a different level. PCM changed a whole lot. HM: For any new and up and coming artist, what advice would you give them? Man, just stick to it. Your brand is everything, your name is everything. Do what you love, whatever you put into it is what you will get out of it. 19

HM: So you worked with Suga Free on this single? Yes, I was right there with him in the studio. Brought it to his eyes, spit my verse and my hook to him and he said letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s do it. He called me in the morning and I drove to the studio to find the masterpiece that it is today. HM: How could our followers follow you? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on Facebook @ Norfside the Nusense, Instagram @ PhatboiPhresh, Twitter @Norfsidedanusense, Soundcloud, ITunes, Snoops Soundcloud @ Norfside Nusense HM: Alright man, thanks for having us. No, thank you. I really appreciate it.

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HM: Here at 6P Studio with Gain Green, let’s see what he’s up to in the Pomona City Movement. So what’s going on Green? Not too much, just out here trying to put it together for the city, hold it down and make these moves. Stay out of trouble and make those positive vibes for the PCM.

HM: on the page of engineering, what is a good system to use to get your vibe going? It’s all about the sound that’s being created, the type of song, who’s on the track and what their delivery is like.

HM: When did you actually get into music? I’ve been doing music since I was about twelve thirteen years old. My mom had record companies before so I’ve been through it. I make beats, I do engineering, I rap and do a little bit of singing but that’s on the low, I get in there by myself usually and put it together. HM: So you have some beats and a few compilations with PCM? Yea I have a few beats and rapped on a couple. Just trying to mix it up. I do videos too, aerial shots, ground shots, whatever they need just trying to help the team. HM: So what would you say to any upcoming artists trying to get into the game, is it easy? Is it hard? At the end of the day it’s all who you know, but you also have to have the work ethic. I’ve been doing this for a long time, for about fifteen years before you actually start getting paid for it. It’s just a music struggle, stay grinding and pursing creative music. Don’t let anybody stop you, and just keep pushing, there is no telling where you can get. HM: So since you have so many talents, what do you actually prefer to do? Right now I prefer to just make the beats. I do hooks and stuff, and can rap but I don’t really trip too much off of that, just letting them know I have some bars too. Mostly I’m doing the production and engineering, more behind the scenes now trying to help everyone else get their shine. 25

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HM: Here with RERE from the PCM, let’s see how she’s liking the PCM.

HM: What kind of advice would you give any new upcoming artists?

HM: Tell us when you actually started rapping?

Stay at it, when they tell you to quit you don’t, just keep going. Make them connections and reach out, once you reach out the right person could grab you, you never know. Stay in your own lane, don’t be afraid to be different, perfect your craft. It’s hard to do, it’s harder to get into the industry, but you just have to keep going, if you have it in your heart, your mind and body

I’ve been rapping since I was a baby, I’d say around eight years old. It started with my cracking jokes on my sisters and her best friends. I was a big fan of wrestling, when I used to see Stone Cold Steve come out to his music I used to love putting words to his beat. My mom caught on and told me I should rap. HM: What would you say your style of rapping is?

will follow.

I would say I’m very laid back but also very versatile, I can switch it up in any direction. I’m very musically in tuned, I mean I listen to everything, from rock, to hip-hop and jazz. I’m very equipped in music, always been a fan of it, rapping wherever I go, it’s always on my mind. HM: How long have you been in the rap game? We started in my dad’s garage, he came in with Pro-tools and a MacBook set up and we got it popping. He seen how hungry we were for it, so it set it up for us, having us up late nights perfecting our craft. So I’d say since 2013 I’ve been touching the microphone seriously. HM: So how do you feel about the PCM movement, and what’s going on with the ladies movement? The ladies movement is coming, but PCM kicked it off and I’m very grateful and thankful for everything they’re doing for us. Big Percy, Pimpin Young, Snoop, everybody who laid the stomping grounds. I got love for everybody, their music really set me off, and I’ve been influenced by it all growing up. I’m very proud of the PCM, everybody is coming together from all sides and there is going to be some great music coming soon. 31

HM: so can you tell us a little bit more about this ladies movement? The ladies movement is real big, it’s coming soon too, when I tell you we have bangers, it’s no joke. To tell you who’s in it, it’s me RERE, Lady Merc, some features by Lady Green and a few others. We’re about ten tracks in, and about to drop a single on Flick so look out for that soon. HM: We have some international followers, any way they can follow you on your social media? All my social media names are pretty much the same, you can follow me at RERE_on2, and my Facebook is RERE Riley. Just type me in google, or look up the PCM. HM: Alright, thanks for having us ate the time.

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HM: I’m right outside 6P Studio with Trapaholik 3RD: how is it going? I’m good, just came out the studio, me and my boys in there working so its nice man. HM: When did you pick up a mic and start rap-‐ ping? I started when I was about ten or eleven, I told my mom to invest in a studio for me and they thought I was joking, so I had to get out and do it myself you feel me? It took a couple years but I made it happen.

just google me. We’re working together, it’s a col-‐ laboraGon so we’re coming together and making music, geNng stronger and starGng a movement. HM: Any social media for or followers to look you up on? Instagram and snapchat is trapaholick3RD_AOB. Website been going for eight years www.trapaholic.com. Just look us up

HM: How long would you say you’ve been in the rap game? As far as trying to be an established arGsts, the last eight years, consistently. HM: Is there anything that you would like to change or see changed in this rap game? Yea I would like to see more real music you know? That’s what I’m really about, if you look back into my past, you’ll see I’m about the real west coast street music. I want to see some more of the gangster rap, and just want to hear more arGsts rapping about what they’re living. HM: Tell us how you got connected with PCM movement. My boy Dave Evans really reached out to me, Backstage Access Mag. As far as everybody out here doing the whole movement, I’ve worked with these guys before on a street level and mu-‐ sic, so it’s more of a home seNng for me, a com-‐ fort zone. HM: Before the PCM movement to now, do you see any progression? I see progression in a lot of the upcoming arGsts in the movement, its progression with everyone out here. HM: You working on anything new? Man I got new music all the Gme, I stay consis-‐ tent. I have about thirty videos on YouTube right now, look me up trapaholik 3RD, Reverb NaGon, 36

HM: For anybody new trying to get into the game, what do you have for them? Stay consistent stay grinding and just do you all the way through and somebody will find you. HM: Alright man I know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to get back to work, so thanks for having us. No man thank you.

Hm: Ace From Holt Blvd Clothing just pulled up, tell us about Holt Blvd clothing Basically, Holt Blvd clothing is just a supporter of the PCM, that’s all we are basically trying to do is support the PCM with some of the hot clothes from Pomona. Holt Blvd is one of the main streets coming through Pomona, so we are trying to be a part of the PCM movement anyway possible. One of my buddies came up with the logo, brought it to my attention, from there on I did all the grit and grind, connected with Percy, got it RMM approved and the rest was history. Hm: So how did you actually get started in the clothing line, do you pick out the shirts? Is it a lot in detail that you have to go through? No not really man, basically you get a logo, one of the first things you want to do is get it trademarked because you don’t want anyone to steal your idea. That the first thing we did, a lot of people told us to get a LLC and a bunch of other stuff, but first and foremost you want to get it patented nationwide. Once we found out it was good to go and that Holt Blvd was available, we put our money on it, then we buy the shirts and print it up. Hm: Are there any licenses that you need to get the shirts?

portunity and the perfect chance to build a lane for one of the clothing lines coming out of Pomona. Because PCM is going to be a powerful movement, so if I can provide clothes for the PCM then that’s one more step forward to success. Hm: So how many styles, or what type of wear do you currently have? Right now we have T-shirts, we have jogger’s outfits top and bottom, some Holt Blvd hats, we have some ladies outfits, shorts and little tops, crewneck sweaters, and as of right now that’s about it but there is more coming out soon. Hm: That’s what’s up. So are you going to do any of the trade sales? Yea, we’re going to start hitting a lot of those clothing line shows. We want to get to some of those big ones in Vegas, try to hit the jazz festivals. Anything around Pomona we will be there, just to promote our clothing line and get it out there. Hm: So if you had a new kid on the block that wanted to start a line, what would you say in regards to starting? Is the game a lot harder now?

You can get a license if you want to get the shirts for cheaper, but honestly, conversation rules the nation, if you go down to Downtown LA and will and deal talk you don’t need the license. Some people are going to ask for a wholesale license, some people won’t, it’s all on how you present yourself. Hm: So you’re making Holt Blvd a brand? Yes sir, it is going to be a brand, kind of like LRG, all the top brands in the world that’s what we are trying to do out of Pomona. As you see there are no top clothing brands coming out of Pomona, so this was the perfect op-

First off you have to believe in yourself, there will be a lot of people telling you to do this and that but no matter what you just have to believe in yourself and push, push your brand the way you want it to be pushed. Just believe in yourself and that’s it. Hm: Are there any graphic designers? How do you get the print? Well my graphic designer is Vast, big shout out to Vast. Number one guy in the Pomona area, he’s done a few graphic designs for a lot of things going on in PCM, and that’s one of our guys we work with on a daily basis. WE give something to Vast, he gives us a logo, and from there we do the rest.

Hm: So if our readers wanted to order some shirts, since we are online and this is a worldwide mag where could they go? It would be www.holtblvdclothing.com Hm: Any Instagram or Twitter? Twitter and Instagram is @Holtblvd, follow us for all updates, PCM movements and more. We support who supports us. Hm: Alright, you’ve heard it right out of Ace’s mouth, you know where you can get the gear. Thanks for having us Ace.

Hm: So you have a bunch of machines? Right now we are working with one machine of our own, but if we have a big package, for example PCM has a show that we get to throw T-shirts at, and we need 100-200 Tshirts we’ll go downtown and get them made there. Other than that we can get them made with our one machine that we have here. Hm: So how did you get connected with PCM? I’m born and raised out of Pomona, it is a long, long history from what a lot of people don’t know. A lot of people call him Percy, I call him coach because he coached me in college at Mt. Sac when I was a sophomore. He was my basketball coach, so that’s how I’m connected with Coach Percy, he knew my background he knew my family. So once the PCM movement was established, it was only right that I jump into it since I’m from Pomona, all I know is Pomona. So once the opportunity came, since I’m not a rapper, I had to figure out a way that I could get my foot in the movement, and the quickest thing I could come up with was the clothing line, which is Holt Blvd and it’s been going good so far.

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HM: We got Big Percy in the building, what up P? What up Church, what up, HM, church. HM: Everything good witch yah? Oh man, off that Cuca Fresca, Cuca life, bottles of that Cuca. Man we up here in the building yah dig? PCM in yah mouth. HM: Alright man, talk to me Percy who you got in the building with yah tonight that’s representing? We got the family in here. We got the new soldiers part of the PCM, Norfside Nusense, I got Big Sir Loon, I got one of the RMM/ PCM producers Young Mula. Man it’s just a family affair, Pomona one flag. HM: Do me a favor Percy, tell me about this whole Pomona City Movement. Well it started with the blessings of my big homie, my spiritual advisor Big Snoop Dogg. He pushed a line for the LBC, so it only made since for the P to come up next, so that’s what we did. You know we’re a little different in the P, that P sound is an original sound we’ve been doing it for a long time. So now we want to cook up so new stuff and create the new

P sound, mixing it with a little bit of the old and we bringing the new. HM: Talk to me about everybody who is in the building, what are their parts, what are they doing to get this movement flowing? Well everybody stepped up to the plate, my favorite saying is “The P will rise to the top, not the cream the P will rise to the top.” I got my brother Pomona Pimpin Young, he’s one of the foot soldiers and ring leaders of this situation. So he’s organizing and doing a lot of positive things in Pomona and getting all the sides together. And like I said I have the young soldiers, man we’re deep, there’s a few players handling some other business, Pomona Dre, Pomona Dirt, really pushing the line for the cause. HM: What new joint are they working on right now? What we got over there Sidekick? “Sidekick: 2.0”, and it looks like an Up Now? Oh yea, that’s Nusense, Sir Loon and the homie PJ North, that’s another hit man, Pomona City believe it or not we out here.

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HM: Chilling here with Pomona Drey right next to 6P Studio, let’s see how he feels about the rap game, PCM and all the new stuff he has going on. HM: So when did you start rapping?

sending out a positive message. Songs that you could raise your children to you know? HM: So what would you say to some upcoming artists who are trying to get in the rap game today?

I started rapping when I was about thirteen, but I’ve been in the game since about three years old. I used to play the drums at church before I could even reach the pedals the drummer would sit me on his lap and let me do the sticks. My brother found the program Fruity Loops and I just started orchestrating everything I learned at church into the computer and started making beats. After that I got tired of people rapping over my beats and started doing it myself.

First thing is to believe in yourself and your craft, can’t try to be like someone else or do it to be cool or for any of the other wrong reasons. You have to really love doing music. So just go hard and never stop. Really get your footwork in with the internet, the DJ’s, and get out there and brand yourself.

HM: How do you feel about the rap music of today, vs. the rap music of yesterday?

My cousin is actually Guap. He called me up and told me about the movement. I saw the Long Beach movement going up, and it was a blessing it happened to us, but I’ve been ready. I sent in about thirty songs, and made about twenty songs on top of the thirty and have about fifty more songs for PCM2.

The rap music today, you can slide by with a lot these days. You can say PB&J with a nice dance move and a good 808 kit and go viral. That’s these days, back in the days when we were growing up you really had to master your craft, you really studied it and talked about things like the poverty and struggle

HM: How did you connect with the

PCM?

HM: How’s your new single going? “Pomona vs. Everybody”

Its doing good, the numbers are looking good, just dropped a video for it. The song is about our city because we always go against each other. So it talks about everybody in the city coming together against the oppressors, I just titled it “Pomona vs. Everybody.” HM: Alright, so how can our readers follow you? FaceBook @PomonaDrey, Reverb @PomonaDrey, Twitter @PDrey24, Everything is PomonaDrey just google me. HM: Anything else? Shout out to Guap, Snoop Dogg, Big Percy, everything is going good, just trying to keep up my character for the people. HM: Alright man, thanks for your time, I know you have to go so we’ll get back with you soon.

HM: I’m sitting inside 6P Studio with the one and only Pomona Pimpin Young, how you been doing?

want that distribution and that lacing. It’s all family and love because everybody left their differences at the door.

I’ve been gone with this PCM, really enjoying my life, I wouldn’t say for the first time, but it’s the first time I’m enjoying it for myself. PCM has been keeping us busy and keeping my family busy which is good, with too much free time on hand, people tend to get into trouble.

HM: Name a couple of the people you’ve worked with?

HM: How did you know that you wanted to start rapping? It was 1994 and I had just got out the Penitentiary and wanted to be in the rap game. I lived with Suga Free and his sister, we had about two hundred dollars in our pocket each. Suga Free was just getting his deal, and I wanted to be in the rap game, Suga Free signed his deal and a legend was made. Suga Free said make a group, and the Pomona City Riders were made, after that things changed, just new adventures and I just kept going with it. HM: How are you able to stay with the rap game being that it has changed so much? It was hard, I was a depressed baby like everyone else was after Pac died. When they took the art of lyrical content away, it erased us because that’s all we consist of is constant verbal abuse on the microphone. We couldn’t get with the sound on the East coast, peace to them over there. But it wasn’t no more love for the music, everybody was just cat in the hat rhyming, so Suga Free and I started POE (Pimp on Entertainment) and started grooming artists. We made two albums, with some good artists, one being Nate Dogg and just kept on mashing the music. HM: How many artists do you have under your label?

I’ll start off with my big brother rest in peace, Nate Dogg, I was with him until death. Everybody in the Dogg pound. Snoop, Suga Free, Badass, DJ Quik, basically the whole West coast. HM: How did you get in with this PCM movement? It was easy hard. It was an easy decision, but a hard move to make because it came with a whole lot of sacrifice. Big Percy comes from the town, he knew my brother Cnote because they had a business together. One time snoop was shooting this big video and told me to invite my boys. I brought called Cnote and he brought Big Percy, me and Nate Dogg had to go on a run together, and Percy held it down with Snoop Dogg. You know how I say, loyalty makes you family, Big Percy stayed loyal the whole way down with Dogg on that situation and this situation. Fast forward, the Long Beach movement started and Big Percy posting “we’re next,” so I hit him up and he said he wanted to have a meeting. We chopped it up and in the end agreed to do it, I just needed to pull the city together. A few gangs were against it but we eventually, after talking to all the OG’s we came together and brought the crime rate down thirty percent. Bringing it up to speed, Big Percy was skeptical at first, being there are hard heads out here, but we came home had the meeting, I met you and here we are. HM: Tell us about the single you have out right now.

I got the Poor boys, my daughter is Lady City Movement, working with Norfside Nusense, and pretty much everybody on the PCM who 76

“I get it from my Daddy” ft. Lil Slug from Mississippi. It comes from some real blood sweat and tears. A conversation my dad and I really had. It’s doing really well. It’s under Doggystyle, we’re tearing them up with it. HM: How can our readers reach you on the social media? Pomona Pimpin Young on everything, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. Or

Pomonapimpinyoung@gmail.com. Talk to me and let me feel some love so I can give some right back. HM: There it is, you’ve heard it from the man yourself, thanks for the interview Pimpin.

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