ALONZO CARTIER

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

What are your goals when it comes to music?

Providing a financially free lifestyle for my two little ones through my passion is always the ultimate goal of mine as well as consistently feeding ONLY my painters aka my fans.

What projects do you have going on currently?

Possibly “The Ticket 2 ep “ by 12/24 at the same time working on my next album Loyalty Issues.

Tell us about your current music projects?

NNtroverted is my latest project to date. It was released of 9/11 this year. It has been received really well and opened a lot more doors! my team and I are pretty excited about it.

Any lessons learnt from your musical journey?

To many! and still learning! as long as i continue to just be true to myself i will be fine, but I am loving the journey.

Any people you want to shout out?

Yes YOU Ms Martha! Overly appreciative for this opportunity! Shoutout my daughter Judy Jetson who has a birthday coming up! Shoutout to everyone who worked on making NNtroverted such a dope project.. be looking forward to more hits ! Shoutout to Jason Pruitt in the USA Navy one of my most favorite people in the entire world. Shoutout to Beat Masta Wes!

Your saying is?

“ .. if I was .1 percent wack I would have been quit! unfortunately God made me the best so here we r! lol”.

What would you like people to get out of your music?

Simple, Inspiration!