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Chu Bennie Franks. Young Butta. Mayweather Unbeatable? Yung Berg Exposed. w w w . t w e n t y 4 s e v e n m a g a z i n e . c o m

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Young Butta

Yung Butta! How do you feel with your new found success? This journey started in 2001; the George Bush era. I was only 13 at the time but everything has been amazing! You’d be surprised how much your grind, dedication and patients are appreciated. ... I love it! People are more familiar with you as a battle rapper. Was the transition hard going from battling to formulating an entire album? It wasn’t easy at all but I stayed motivated to prove people wrong for categorizing me as just a “battle rapper”. It was more fun that way even though the transition happened quickly. We hear you’re undefeated. In your heart have you ever felt a battle was lost? Never lost a battle but at times even when I did win, I felt that I lost because destroying someone’s credibility as an artist/person isn’t my thing. I just used it as a stepping stone. Like myself, my competition is trying to make it too. I would rather work with them instead of battling them. You’re new single has taken off quite a bit. Do you mind sharing what your inspiration was? It came about while searching through my closet, trying to find something to step out in. Going through all my options got me thinking about my swag, so in a way I felt like I was shopping. What can you tell us about working with Yo Gotti? Yo Gotti is a real individual. Worked on a collab together to put in motion for the streets. He’s the hottest in his town and I’m the hottest in mine. Shoutout to the homie “Grip” (Gotti’s manager) What can we expect next from you? First and foremost Money Train 2. But you should also expect to see me amongst the elite artists in the music industry and nothing but success. How has your hometown accepted your movement coming out of the Midwest? And who has been there to help you through it? God and family. Shout out to Uncle Bobby and DJ Drizzle. But of course myself. It’s a love/hate relationship between me and my town. “I’m loyal to my city like Lebron in Cleveland. I hope that love don’t turn to hate like when Lebron was leaving.” -Yung Butta How can people find out more about you? Google me! Lol ... Let me stop cutting up .Youngbutta.com, twitter: butta_allin, facebook: iamyoungbutta Final words? Ladies and gentlemen I am Young Butta!!

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“PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES”

Words By: Tyrone Davis

I’ve only been watching Floyd Mayweather since his fight with Zab Judah and granted he’s been undefeated for over a decade, I just happened to be out of the loop for awhile. Luckily, thanks to the “World Wide Web”, I was able to go back in time and catch up on everything I missed. The particular fight party I attended had a “No Women Allowed” rule. It reminded me of the “He-Man Woman Haters” club of the Our Gang/Little Rascal days. One reason women were not allowed was simply because, as one of my partners put it, “I hate watching fights with women”. He didn’t have to explain much for me to know that maybe one of the reasons were that women in general are emotional, tend to pick their favorites based on bull, and generally “Don’t know s*#t about Boxing”...........Apparently, neither does Larry Merchant. In defense of the women, I think its safe to say that a lot of men are just as emotional as their counterparts. “Why?” is another story but as a whole, people tend to let their emotions affect their reasoning. Did Mayweather steal off on Ortiz while “He wasn’t ready”? Pretty much. Whose fault was that though? How many times does one need to apologize to someone after doing something to intentionally harm them, especially something against the rules? It is a fight, once gloves are touched its back on, immediately. People’s HATE for Floyd, caused them to root for him to lose, regardless of whether his actions were justified or not. If you remember the tweets and the Facebook posts like I do, you remember how a good 95% of people (men and women) against Floyd never mentioned the heatbutt at all. The same headbutt that resulted in a 2 piece knockout which ended the fight earlier than people (especially the ones that paid) wanted. Was Floyd probably going to end up knocking Ortiz out later in the fight? More than likely. It was only round 4 and he had been chopping Ortiz down from the beginning. Ortiz’s frustration due to him losing led to that headbutt. You never let your gaurd down after doing someone dirty. “Protect yourself at ALL times”. Word to Mr. Washington. TWENTY4SEVEN MAGAZINE

u h C Chu stands out as an artist in his complexity. His debut album, I Am Nalon & Nalon Is Me is a tribute to this complexity both musically and lyrically. As a rapper, he straddles the divide between conscious lyrics with a message and boastful party anthems with ease. More importantly, he does it with authenticity, providing an intellectual, emotional and creative connection between subgenres of urban music that are often viewed at odds with each other. Interview By: Lucky Smith What is the story behind your name? Chu, Nalon was my artist. He passed but he lives on through me. He is me as I am him, we are as one, and so he will always live. He’s the reason I started rapping, by force and by choice. I got tired of putting faith in other artists so I had to do it. I had to finish what we started. How did you get into this business? Well I invited some artists to a birthday party I planned for myself. Twista, 5th Ward Boys and more came through. Saw how much money it made and the opportunity it gave me and been at it ever since. Worked on some different projects, one in particular; “Mobstas of the Midway” with the single “Midwest Invasion” featuring Twista and Lazy Bone. Even though they were beefing at the time, I managed to accomplish what major labels couldn’t. Just goes to show you the power of the streets. The Midwest is about to rise. When was your first performance? After we lost Nalon. Everybody came through and just kicked it. Tell us about your new project “I am Nalon & Nalon is Me”. Its #3 on the Billboard Charts without a major. Took me 2 years to even decide on making it but only 1 year to put it all together. Got to work with Scarface, Trill Ville, Ali of the St. Lunatics and Danny Boy who did a song with 2 Pac.Once you check it out, all you’re going to see is Darkside. Nothing else. Why did you name your brand Darkside U.C.O.N.N.? Well, we all have a “darkside” in us but it’s about turning a negative into something positive, from banging and overcoming the streets, to being a living testimony. Can’t have it without the United Click of Notorious Nations. What would you say is your most emotional song? I really put my heart into “Gone”. The single featuring Too Short and Jazza Pha. That by far has been the hardest song I’ve worked on. I reached out to Too Short and let him know what the plan was and got involved right away. Jazza was supposed to do the hook but ended up blessing the song with a verse as well. Shot the video in LA and Chicago.

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Do you find the business side of this industry more enjoyable or difficult than the rapping side? Or are they both equally difficult and enjoyable? The business side is enjoyable because I like putting things together. Like Phil Jackson said “You call all the shots and coach the players.” The difficult part would be rapping because it’s all on you. Jumping on stage and just doing it. You become Kobe and got to bring the ring home. What are you bringing to the music scene that’s different from the rest? A valuable life lesson that I hope touches souls. I’m teaching you to not glorify anything on earth, the importance of being thankful, not giving up and just believing. Nothing we have is our own. The lord will make it happen for you and me and anything is possible with faith. Are you involved with any other projects aside from your own? My daughters have a group ‘The Baby Girls’. These days it’s about the kids and they’re about to take over the nation so be looking out for them. For booking or more information about you and your work, who or what is a good source to go to? Check out the website www.Darksideuconn.com or Google me. You can do the same for booking or hit up Tommy Harris. He handles all my business affairs. Any last words? No last words, I’m still breathing. Nothing but up from here. U.C. O. N. N. Darkside for life.

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BEANNA MCFERREN

“TIPPING THE BERG” young berg’s baby’s mother speaks

For those uninformed, explain who you are and what you do? My name is Beanna. I am a local model and Yung Berg’s baby’s mother. I starting modeling when I was a teen, but due to the deaths of my mother and grandparents, I decided to take a break for a while. I started modeling again about 6 years ago.

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Since you went public about Yung Berg being a dead beat dad (via youtube), have you seen a boost in your publicity? Honestly, I wasn’t looking for fame. I was on my last rope with “Christian” and he was being arrogant so I felt that that video would get his attention. At that point I didn’t care about his reaction. I just wanted him to see our son (who is autistic) and see that we were going to be OK without him, whether he steps up or not. A lot of young girls dream of having a successful baby daddy. What would you say are the pros and cons of that? Well, in my case Young Berg is “semi” successful. He’s not on Lil Wayne’s or even Ray J’s level. I think young girls should wait to have babies anyway. It doesn’t matter if he’s in college, a football player, basketball player, lawyer or what ever, that baby is not going to keep him around. What are types of obstacles have you’ve had to overcome thus far in your career and what are some of the highlights? I wouldn’t call it a career just yet. One of the obstacles I’m trying to overcome is venturing out to different cities to get the ball rolling. My city (Detroit) is not the city to try to launch a modeling career in. Regardless, I’m striving to be the best, so I’m dedicated to reach the top. How far are you willing to go for fame? Would you consider “Playboy”? Maybe Playboy if I didn’t have two boys. I’m willing to do anything moral and positive, maybe a little negative (lol) to get to the top. Fame is an addictive drug so you have to be careful. Once you get it, its hard to keep and you have to do a lot to stick around. I do want to work with any black owned magazines and businesses that are willing to work with me. What is something that people don’t really know about you that you would like them to know?

I am passionate writer and poet and I mentor young girls on life and teach them to love themselves. I’m also about to be certified has a Medical Office Specialist. Contact info? Email: mcferrenbeanna@yahoo.com, Facebook: beanna mcferren,Twitter: ladybeannam, Skype: Beanna.Mcferren

It’s fair to say working with Legit Ballers gave you a boost career-wise. What’s happened since then? Yeah, working with Legit Ballers definitely took my career to a whole different level. As an independent label we sold about 750,000 records but everything didn’t go according to plan. But despite all that went down, I’m still cool with everybody that was a part of the situation. Might not see everybody on the regular, but fasho isn’t any bad blood between us.

Born & raised in Chicago’s Notorious “Robert Taylor Homes” Housing projects, Bennie Franks decided to early to express himself through the form of Hip Hop. Throughout his career, he has blessed us on tracks with fellow Chicago native Twista, sold over 400,000 units independently through Legit Ballin Records and has worked with Freeway (Rock A Fella Records). Interview By: Krystal Luster As we all know, majority of artists are known by their stage name but you’ve had more than one. How and why did you become Bennie Franks? Back in ’95 I started in the group ‘Money Making Soldiers’ and we had the Low End on smash. I went by the name “Body Bag”, which was more of an alter ego on the money side. I became “Bennie Franks” when I was upset but it was a good change when I went with ‘Legit Ballers’. However, on occasion ‘Body Bag’ comes back. What labels and/or groups have you been a part of? I did some work with my mans Doug aka fresh but I started with ‘On Time Records’ in ’95. A couple years later I went with T Berry and Berry Juice Records. We dropped a compilation with all my homies along with an EP. Got a little buzz off that then around ’98-’99 my homie Big Fub introduced me to the ‘Legit Ballers’ situation

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How are things with you and Twista now? Have you considered joining his new roster or RocA-Fella? Rumor was Roc-A-Fella talked about signing you. Twista is cool. We spoke 2 years ago after bumping into each other. It’s all hood with him and as far as the GMG thing, I wasn’t asked to be a part of it. I got my FUPM Inc. though so I’m trying to get that going. Hopefully with some distribution you’ll see me. As far a deal with Roc-AFella, that’s news to me. I haven’t contacted them except for that joint we did with Freeway. What have you been doing to keep busy and stay focused? I’m underground still but I stay grinding. I’m a free man, so there’s more music to come. I dropped my freshman album in ‘06 (AREA 51) as well as a mixtape in ‘09 (We What the Cities been Missing) TAYLOR BOYZ. Google that!! Earlier this year I dropped the “BODY BAG VERSES BENNIE FRANKS” tape and will be releasing my sophomore album “Before I Bow Out online (October 4, 2011). The single is “Rap Money” feat Skooda. Expect that vintage Body Bag/Bennie Franks music because I’m bringing that Chicago gangsta music back.! Just too much oil base out here! Who all did you work with on this project? On the production, I worked with a few people. I kept my Legit Ballin roots with my dudes Cayex Illah and Toxic. I also got my homies Chysty, John Dough, Marquis, Jahari XL. On the features I just got a few of my dudes Mikkey Halsted, Gemstones, Cayex Illah, 704, Parkay, Skooda, and my homie; formerly of Hoodrich but now on UGK Records, Boonie Locc. And of course Turtle Banxx. You always mention Area 51 & the Taylors in your songs. Can you explain that to those who might not know what that is? Yeah that’s where i’m from. Them wild ass Robert Taylor projects from the gutter of Chicago. When it was the city, dudes were scared to come too. I’m a product of that. You can Google them and 51st was where my buildings once stood. How can people find out more about you or contact you? Google me and of course I can be reached on twitter: @Benniefranks, email: benniefranks15@gmail.com, and facebook/ benniefranks. You know the basics. Any last words? Get that album “BEFORE I BOW OUT” October 4th online at CDBABY.com OR GOOGLE IT TIL U FIND IT. Also be on the lookout for my documentary coming summer 2012. It’s a little movie me and Chris from Impakt Studio was talking about.

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