ALONZO CARTIER a.k.a. The Painter Artist Name? Alonzo Cartier aka The Painter Style of music? Inspirational, Hip Hop, street edgy story telling. What made you get into the music industry? The absence of my father initially, he was in jail most of my life for selling drugs. I had no true male guidance so I turned to writing music . How long have you been on this grind? A easy consistent 20 years for sure. Who is your favorite artist and why? Jay Z, he is literally the blueprint to me to this game. No one has done it like he has. He set the bar extremely high to say the least. Second is Pimp C merely because I was able to witness how he moved first hand. If you could do a callabo with any artist who would it be and why? Older artist Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Newer artist H.E.R, Chris Brown, Jhene Aiko, Ty $ Sign, J Cole, Kendrick. How would you describe your style and the message you want to put out into the world? Naturally original! unforced, extremely authentic and true to who I am. Very coded & personal from my
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