Twenty4Seven Magazine: Issue #12 by Twenty4Seven Magazine

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Big Rap. Somaya Reece. Waka Flocka. 2 Year Anniversary Issue 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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The Dream, The Drive, The Dynamite:

SOMAYA REECE Words by Krystal Luster

“I pride myself on spending 1-4 hours a day online marketing myself. I never thought borrowing the computer at work, library to build my online digital presence would help pave the road to accomplishing my dream. Nothing will stop me or get in my way of pursuing my dream. I am a fighter, a warrior of life.” Somaya Reece is certainly her own “Boss” when it comes to her number 1 business; herself. After many years working to help her immigrant family, she courageously took steps, jumps and many leaps to making a name worth mentioning. Somaya is more than a reality TV star (VH1’s Love and Hip Hop), better than the images she portrays in photographs and bigger than the roles she’s played in big name movies (The Scorpion King). Somaya ‘Boss’ Reece is the type of woman who isn’t afraid of any challenges she might encounter on her journey to being the best in everything she sets out to do. She isn’t ashamed of her past and has managed to turn it into a success story that has been shared in many of her motivational speeches. Ms. Reece is far from self-centered and enjoys helping in different communities around the US. However, this Boss is adored, supported and most of all respected nationally in Latin and UK communities. With her music (Miss Opinionated album, Coast 2 Coast Mixtape) continuously reaching the top of charts (Latino Top 20 Countdown) and video releases, it’s safe to say this bombshell will blow up everywhere! TWENTY4SEVEN MAGAZINE

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Words by Krystal Luster Meet Waxx, a lover and spokesman of rap from Denver, Colorado. It’s there he went from being a listener of rap to a performer. Waxx is an artist with a good ear for music and doesn’t allow the typical drama the music industry brings, affect himself or his team. His main goal is to open doors for other rappers from Denver while making his dream more of a reality with every song/album release and every opening act. He is indeed a man about his business and isn’t hesitant to work hard for it. (For video reels be sure to check YouTube and WSHH. Contact at: wenohalftime@gmail. com and Twitter: @NHTwax) Has anyone ever told you, rapping isn’t for you? How did you react? I felt like smacking them ... Sike, but I can’t let anyone tell me about something I do. Just can’t. What makes your career different from the next artist’s? Well Denver doesn’t have a big name in the rap game right now. So I’m coming out with Denver and ParkHill on my back to show the world we are here. Are you concerned about competition? Not really, if I worry about what someone else is doing I can’t focus on the real goal. And that’s putting NHT (NoHalfTime) on the map. There can’t be much competition when you’re willing to work with likeminded people doing their thing. Tell us more about No HalfTime Records. Is it your own label? It’s made of 3 individuals that started it; Cardeeez, Iman S, and myself. But N.H.T. is the whole squad. Shout out to my (people) Y.G , Porky Loco, A.P, D truth, T-Lo, and Twomp Bal.l Is there anything you would do differently to get to where you are if you had the opportunity? No. I worked hard every step of the way. As long as you give your all and put your heart in the right spot things will happen. Believe that. Who are your biggest supporters outside and inside the game? N.H.T., our label, family, and the real (people) that have (stuck by) me. Is your real life any different from your career life? No. That’s how I make my music, through the life situations my (people) and I go through. Tell us what’s next for ‘Waxx‘. Just dropped a new single “Ps n Bs” on samhoody.com. Got more videos coming, working on a LP produced by Lex Luger and my boy Don Sosa coming in the beginning of 2012. Just be on the lookout for mixtape drops because I’m going to stay grinding. What is your opinion on rap music today? In my opinion, the rap game has many lanes and none of them are the same. Either find your own or make your own. Some people will respect and appreciate your craft and a lot of people won’t.

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A BRIEF MOMENT WITH: Waka Flocka is a well-known rapper in the game. He’s had his share of controversy but still continues to stay on top of things whether its business or personal matters. There has been plenty of “he said, she said” and now he is taking some time to speak for himself. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn some quick facts and what to expect right now. Snap music was real popular in the “A” for awhile. What made you go in the direction of “Crunk Music”? I was never trying to be a “crunk” artist. I guess my voice puts me in that category but snap and pop has never been my style. How important are lyrics in rap music to you? I don’t know lyrics. I’m just myself. Who did you grow up listening to? LL, Method Man, Redman, DMX, Outkast, UGK and a few others. What role does your mother play in your life/career? She is both my mother and manager. That’s the way it’s been from day one and will be all my life. Break down how you were feeling about retirement. Do you still feel that way? I’m not going out like that. I was stressed out over things that were going on, so I went back to the streets. Now my mind is made up. Explain what happened at the Bowling Event. (Right before BET Awards weekend) I was participating in a charity event along with my girl and female artist. We are all sitting together when E Bo Dirty, walked up and started talking (crazy). He had like 20 (dudes) with him It’s not who you with, it’s who you are. If the and E Bo Dirty tried to hit me so it popped off. people don’t like you then you’re not going anywhere in the first place. It seems as if trouble follows you. Do you have an idea why? Because I don’t sugar coat (anything) and I break all the rules. What are you working on now? When you’re famous, people begin to think you owe them someI’m dropping a new mixtape, got a single thing. In my case, they focus on all the bad I’ve done but don’t out with Drake, a collab with French Monspeak on the positive things such as, donating money to the city tana and I working with the artist on my of Riverdale, GA. label “Brick Squd Monoply”. How do feel about those who say Gucci made your career? They are right and wrong. I’m coo with Gucci but he was locked up when I started rapping and has been locked up 2 ½ years of my career. We just happened to be under the same umbrella.

Any last words? Stay tuned BSM 2012, Slim Dunkin coming soon.

the most successful independent records labels in Chicago at the time. Big Rap came into the game straight off the gang-infested streets of the Westside and with an ample amount of hard work he has paved himself into the life-blood of hip hop culture as the realest MC ever to grace the microphone. He first gained attention with an appearance on CWAL Ballaz Work during the Drought with a song entitled Loot, followed by a series of mixtapes entitled, “Diary Of A Chicagorilla” Volumes 1,2, & 3. After a much publicized feud & settlement with former C.W.A.L artist Twista, Big Rap took matters into his own hands with the completion of his much anticipated solo album entitled, “Long Time Coming”.. Learning the business from inside out is what is needed in order to achieve success in this business. He replied. Now more than ever Big Rap seems poised to take control of his own destiny and with an enormous amount of street credibility as well as work ethic & talent, Big Rap is ready to take the industry by surprise. How did it make you react when you realized first Do or Die, then Twista, your biggest artists at that time, no longer wanted to be signed to CWAL? I took it personal because of all the work we put into those projects and all the travelling across the country to build up anticipation for those releases, but I don’t regret a thing due in part because it actually made myself as well as the rest of us better businessmen. You guys were on top of the game with offices, staff, recording facility, producers, writers, and CWAL’s founder the Legendary Traxster. Was it challenging when you all decided to dissolve the partnership? It wasn’t challenging because we had never dissolved our partnership, we basically out grew of our situation, so Traxster already had CWAL mob and Traxster Inc. which left me to handle the day to day business operations at CWAL which wasn’t very hard because we had trimmed the roster down and I wasn’t very eager to bring in a lot of new talent after going through the previous ordeal. Did you ever sense that the company’s core organizational structure was changing? If so, what were the plans and ideas you implemented to get things back on track? We did notice the change especially after seeing how the climate with respect to the changes that took place once the telecommunications act was passed which resulted in the consolidation of radio stations across the country. This affected every local market now because voice tracking virtually eliminated our local request lines and was replaced with playlist. Our counter to this action was to take our efforts to the internet which in fact brought down major labels revenue, but also caused the majors to implement the 360 deals in order to take back a portion of control. What do you think is holding Chicago back from becoming another staple city for music and entertainment once again? I think our inability to effectively establish record labels and run them in a professional manner as well as mentor our artist so that they know how the music business functions, only then will we be able to effectively achieve our dreams of success in the music industry.

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Every once in a while in the music industry, there comes a talent that takes it by storm. When that tends to happen, the entire industry wonders who this talent is and where did he come from? Apparently, that person just happens to be BIG RAP. No one ever knew that the CEO of C.W.A.L. Inc. was even a rapper, but contrary to popular belief, this street warrior helped orchestrate one of

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Currently you are working on a new project. Tell us more about that. I’m actually working on three projects, the first of which is my second album entitled; ‘Street Politics’(Aaron Levi, Aniba Hotep, Big Pain, Chris Styles, Legendary Traxster, K-Tone (RIP), Demo XL, DA ‘tha Beatman’ and Cayexillah); to be released early 2012, followed by ‘Power vs. Money’, and I also have a new artist named P Swag that I’m working on a mixtape as well as new album on him. ‘Street Politics’ was supposed to have been my first album, but because of my strong work ethic, I was able to create two albums, the first of which was my ‘Longtime Coming’ ( Kendal Brinson P.K.A. Doc Illah) album to which the streets are buzzing over. You have successfully accomplished many things in your life; being an eminent businessman, entrepreneur, and rapper. Tell us what your greatest milestone was. My greatest milestone was and still is CWAL Studios and myself being 2 classes away from receiving my degree for network system administrator from DeVry University. What did you learn and gain from your experiences? I gained many successful skills as an A&R, engineer and graphic artist. All in all, I learned to become self-sufficient to the point where, I have influenced a large amount of Chicago and Atlanta artists. I am a well respected member in both this industry and the streets. Are you at peace with all your successful accomplishments? Is there anything you regret or would want to change? I regret not taking better advantage of relationships with label executives to better empower ourselves to the point where, Chicago could have been a bigger contributor just like the southern markets have. With so many producers and artists coming from Chicago, what would you like to see be done with Chicago in the sense of music business? For everyone to take the business side more serious and quit disrespecting the administrative aspects of this business and also quit hating on each other and learn to network more because one finger won’t knock someone out, but a fist will.

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