Stand By Your Woman…Year of the Hip-Hop Woman!

JOIN THE MANY MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN IN HIP-HOP. THE WOMANHOOD LEARNING PROJECT(WLP) has put out a call to all the B-Girls and Hip Hop Queens—women who have transformed music and culture to come together for a yearlong campaign to create a space to learn, build, and provide tools and resource to empower educators, social workers, parents, youth and most of all, women and girls. The WLP is a project of the Hip-Hop Association [H2A], in conjunction with the Social Services of Hip-Hop, We B*Girlz, Where My Ladies at? Interactive Film, and We Got Issues!

The mission is to restore, revive and heal the Hip-Hop Woman by exploring and acknowledging the role of women in leadership and other sectors within Hip-Hop culture and the community. WLP will examine the negative media and power struggles that hinder the growth and awareness of women in the Hip-Hop generation.  It will focus strong attention on how these factors impact the youth, especially young girls. This yearlong campaign will include workshops, a lecture series, development of an online community, and a case study.

The Womanhood Learning Project’s most ambitious goal will be the release of a resource book that will promote these invisible, yet talented women. It will be an encyclopedia of pioneering and trendsetting women entitled, Fresh, Bold, and So Def: Women in Hip-Hop Changing The Game, edited by Martha Diaz and Felicia Pride. The volume contains over 300 profiles of international artists, industry professionals, and social activists. It is groundbreaking and informative focusing on the leaders around the world who are fighting on the front lines, building institutions, holding high positions in corporations, and creating social change through art. Fresh, Bold, and So Def: Women In Hip-Hop Changing The Game will serve as an inspiration for educating girls and women, boys and men, young and old, and everyone else on the historical legacy of women in Hip-Hop.

The WLP Interactive Lecture Series continues to serve as a space for women to discuss issues affecting women in Hip-Hop. The topics include Media, Politics, Gender Roles, Education, and Motherhood. 

Individuals and organizations can add their events that focus on women to the series by sending an email to beth@hiphopassociation.org. Here are upcoming events in March:

Uplifting, Empowering and Educating By Any Means Necessary!
March 26, 2008 – Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Education Center (NYC)
This event includes a press conference, benefit reception, and performance showcase. Sponsored by the Social Services of Hip-Hop. rsvponly@ss-hiphop.com

Herstory: The Power of Women Community Leaders and Entrepreneurs

March 29, 2008 – This workshop takes a close look at the numerous models of female leadership among the Hip-Hop generation in community organizing. This interactive workshop uses the media, past and living history to give life to the powerful examples of female leadership and uses them to find lessons and tools for models of collective leadership. Sponsored by Urban League of Alaska (Anchorage, Alaska) http://www.nul-anchorage.org

Womanhood Learning Project H2A Team
Martha Diaz, President of the Hip-Hop Association
Mona Ibrahim, Director of Community Building and Program Development
Nakia Alston, H2A Communications and Development Coordinator
Beth Sachnoff, Head Researcher, H2Ed Communications and Development Coordinator
Kompalya Thunderbird, Director of Media Acquisition and Communications
Deanne Ziadie-Nemitz – Preservation Coordinator
Amanda Cumbow, Researcher
Ebonie Smith, Researcher

Womanhood Learning Project Partners

Jineea Butler-Graham – Hip-Hop Analyst, Social Services of Hip-Hop

J-Love – Activist, Author – White Girl, We Got Issues!
Leba Haber – Director of the interactive film, Where My Ladies At?
Nika Kramer – Writer, Translator, Activist – We B*Girlz (Germany)

Womanhood Learning Project Advisory Committee

Toni Blackman – Freestyle Union and US State Dept. AmbassadorBeverly Bond – DJ, Activist – Black Girls Rock Foundation
Maria “Toofly” Castillo – Graffiti Artist, Activist –Younity
Raquel Cepeda – Filmmaker, Author, Journalist
Rosa A. Clemente – Journalist, Hip Hop Activist, President – Know Thy Self Productions, LLC
Martha Cooper – Pioneer Photographer, Author – We B*Girlz
Michaela Angela Davis – Fashionista, Cultural Anthropologist
Tamara Dawit – Activist – What’s the 411? (Canada)
Caridad “La Bruja” De La Luz – MC, Poet, Activist – Latinas 4 Life
Dowoti Desir – Director, Malcolm x & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center
Delphine Diallo – Photographer, Filmmaker, Visual Artist (France)
Johanna Guevara – 7one8Designs
Suheir Hammad – Poet, Author, Activist
Indy Hunjan – Kala Phool, Rising Styles (England)
Maori Karmael Holmes – President of the Black Lily Film and Music Festival
Raqiyah Mays – Managing Editor, The Ave and Radio Host for Hot 97/98.7
Dr. Irma McClaurin – Scholar, Poet, Writer, Author
Elisha Miranda – Filmmaker, Author, Activist, Sister Outsider/Chica Luna
Jeannette Petri – Anattitude Magazine, Germany/Belgium
Felicia Pride – Journalist, Author, The Message
Rokafella – B-Girl, Activist – Full Circle Productions
Dr. Tricia Rose – Pioneer Scholar, Author, Black Noise, Brown University
Marcella Runell Hall – Author, Activist, Educator, NYU
Dr. Theda Palmer Saxon – Life coach, Pres. of Seasoned Woman, Inc., Author, Pace U.
Raquel Sanchez – Alphabet City Design
Dr. Roxanne Shante – Pioneer MC and Psychologist

Akiba Solomon – Journalist, Author – Naked: Black Women Bare All About Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, & Other Parts

Theresa Sweetland – Executive/Artistic Director – Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Noelle Theard – Photographer, Documentarian, Activist

About Hip-Hop Association: The Hip-Hop Association [H2A] is a 501(c)(3) media, education, and arts community building organization. Our projects are designed to encourage critical thinking, education reform, cross-cultural unity and civic engagement. The H2A empowers the community through the use of media, technology, resources, social entrepreneurship, and leadership development. We are producers of the largest annual international Hip-Hop film festival, and Hip-Hop Education forums. www.hiphopassociation.org

About Social Services of Hip Hop: The Social Services of Hip Hop is a psychology based service agency that identifies and remedies issues that affect the growth of the Hip Hop community by presenting revenue generating and community building activities. The company serves as a technical assistance intermediary that organizes and enhances programs that interact with the Hip Hop Community. Our mission is to empower Hip Hop citizens to their maximum level of functioning by providing effective tools, resources and services. www.ss-hiphop.com

About We Got Issues!: We Got Issues! mission is to awaken a new brand of feminine centered leadership and social/political activism in America. Through rigorous training and development we strengthen young women’s internal resources and capacity to lead, through outreach and education we facilitate the creation of networks and collaborations that leverage young women’s best knowledge, skills and resources and through advocacy and recognition we promote new models of bold courageous and empowered leadership by honoring the often overlooked contributions young women make to their respective communities and to society as a whole. www.wegotissues.org

About We B*Girlz Festival: The We B*Girlz Festival – Berlin 2008 is a multimedia festival by women for women celebrating the 4 elements of Hip-Hop and more. We B*Girlz wants to present a strong role model for adolescent girls. We want to show that women master skills in all aspects of Hip-Hop and have earned a place in Hip-Hop history. We will celebrate their creativity with a one-month festival in August 2008 in Berlin, Germany, with workshops, panels, exhibitions, screenings, and parties. The event series will close with a big two-day festival with battles, shows and concerts on August 29 and 30. www.bgirlz.com

About Where My Ladies At?:
Where My Ladies At? Is an interactive film website that encourages dialogue about “pop culture porn” through blogs, video diaries, SMS forums, and conversations with female Hip Hop pioneers. Although Where My Ladies At? targets Hip Hop, the film tackles larger societal issues and can be used to discuss issues of pop culture, sexuality and media representation with young people. The film is both a critique and celebration of Hip Hop, and women’s accomplishments are showcased in a timeline of artists and pioneers. www.wheremyladiesat.com

Black & Male in America

KEVIN POWELL and Black and Male in America (BAMIA)

present

The Black Male Empowerment Workshops

A MONTHLY SERIES FOR MALES ONLY

(all ages of males are welcome)

Admission is FREE

BROWN MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
(Pastor: REV. CLINTON MILLER)
484 Washington Avenue
at the corner of Gates Avenue
The Fort Greene section of BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11238
(A or C to Clinton/Washington stop)
NO RSVP needed, and seating will be on a first-come basis

PLEASE BRING A PEN AND NOTEPAD AND PLEASE
COME PREPARED TO WORK, LEARN, AND SHARE.
For more information call 718.390.3520
OR email us _contact@blackandma leinamerica. org _
(mailto:contact@blackandmal einamerica. org)

Visit us on the web at _www.blackandmalein america.org_
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PLEASE NOTE THAT each month there will be a workshop dealing with some
aspect of development and empowerment for Black males, be it financial literacy
and responsibility, taking care of our physical, mental, and spiritual health,
stopping the violence in our communities, how to become a mentor to Black
boys and young Black men, understanding the history and state of hip-hop,
nurturing fatherhood skills, and so on.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE the following dates for this series at Brown Memorial
Baptist Church
Monday, April 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008

Gillie da Kid’s New Deal with Koch; Charges Dropped

The King of Philly is Back! The ink is still drying on Gillie da Kid’s new deal with Koch Records and rumors are put to rest about Gillie landing with G-Unit and Atlantic Records. In addition to the new deal, Gillie’s stint with the law has ended as the criminal charges stemming from an early 2007 drug charge of conspiracy and possessing narcotics with intent to deliver have been dropped.  Gillie’s video mix of “Get Down on the Ground” will air on BET’s Rap City. The King of Philly has been busy in the studio working with various producers such as Zookon (Jim Jones’ ‘Ballin’, Red Café’s ‘Paper Touchin’), Hotrunner (Will Smith, Eve, Lil Kim, Major Figgas, Fabolous, Ray J) and Ruggedness (Beanie Sigel, Freeway) not to mention a host of others for his heavily anticipated album, “Get It How You Live” under Figgas 4 Life Entertainment and Koch Records.  The highly anticipated album is set to be released later this year.  

About Gillie Da Kid

Philadelphia hardcore rapper Gillie da Kid was first thrown into the national spotlight in 2006 from a controversy with Cash Money Records and its star rapper, Lil Wayne, when he claimed to have ghostwritten for some of the label’s artists, particularly Wayne. Years before the embroilment, Gillie da Kid, real name Nasir Fard, and his Major Figgas clique were heavyweights in Philadelphia’s underground scene from pushing several independent records and mixtapes. The seven-person crew eventually signed to the Houston, TX-based Suave House Records toward the end of the ’90s, but when the label lost its distribution with Universal, Gillie went elsewhere to pursue a solo career. The boasting MC crossed paths with Cash Money CEO Bryan “Baby” Williams backstage at a concert in Philadelphia, and almost within a week, he was signed to the New Orleans label. Because of disputes over his publishing, however, a solo record never materialized; instead, he remained behind the scenes as a ghostwriter (though Cash Money still denies it). As did major talents B.G., Juvenile, and Mannie Fresh before him, he departed Cash Money, but still remained on good terms with Lil Wayne — that is, until 2006 when Wayne put out a set of unwarranted jabs against Gillie on one of his mixtapes. When Gillie let the cat out of the bag, the hip-hop press (both print and Internet) gave him tons of exposure. Mixtape gurus like DJ Kay Slay and DJ Drama were even seeking the rapper out to issue new material. He later inked a deal with rising indie label Babygrande Records, which issued The Best of the GDK Mixtapes compilation in March 2007.

Wu Tang Latino Artists Ready to Drop New Compilation, Wu Latino Presenta La Familia

The Latino counterparts of New York’s infamous rap crew, Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Latino are readying a new album dubbed Wu Latino Presenta La Familia. The compilation, which includes tracks by Wu Latino artists, will be available on all major digital music stores starting April 29th. Lead single “Mama” by Boyz del Barrio (who have sold over 4 million copies worldwide of their past releases) has already hit the internet accompanied by the first of several music videos to come. Wu Latino Presenta La Familia will introduce these artists to new audiences worldwide and will set the stage for future releases from the Wu Latino camp.

As a label, Wu-Tang Latino is a collective of top-notch Latin talent, including hip-hop duo Fly and Polzino, Mangani, UKrime (which includes Rick Gonzalez from Illegal Tender, Biker Boyz, Coach Carter just to name a few) and melodic Bachata group Nueva Era (whose four self released albums sold over a quarter million copies), and the two-time Grammy winner “Pharell of Latin Music,” Rameses (known for his contributions to Daddy Yankee’s Barrio Fino).  “A lot of Hip Hop and Latin artists are reaching out to make music with us, but at the moment we are very picky as to whom we work with,” explained label owner Rayroq Acosta. “We don’t follow trends, we set them.”
 

Audio/Video available for posting:

Watch Wu Latino’s Boyz Del Barrio “Mama” here:
http://youtube.com/OfficialWuLatino

Listen to “Mama” by Boyz del Barrio from Wu Latino Presenta La Familia:
http://dailyrindblog.com/audio/boyzdelbarrio_mama.mp3

Wu Latino Presenta La Familia track list

1.  Come Get It – Boyz Del Barrio

2. No Me Llames – Rameses

3. Freshest Thing – Fly & Polzino

4. Mama – Boyz Del Barrio

5. Burn That Beat – Rameses

6. Pompea – Dragon

7. Dile Que Nos Amamos – Rameses

8. Watch Me Move – Fly & Polzino

9. Shake – Rameses

10. The Wu Tang Latino Family – DJ Tito Feat. Playaz Choice

11. Puneta – Mangani

12. Who The F Is This – U-Krime

13. It Is What It Is – G-Reckz

14. Lo Digo Yo – Mangani

15. Shame On Ya – DJ Tito Feat. Playaz Choice

16. Brooklyn – U-Krime

17. Fumeteo – Mangani

18. Soy Yo – Nueva Era
 

Visit Wu Latino online:

http://wu-tanglatino.com/

Ludacris & Megamobile TV Ink Joint Venture to Form WeMix.com

Disturbing Tha Peace Entertainment, Inc., a recording label and entertainment company founded by Grammy award winning Hip Hop artist Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges, and MegaMobile TV, LLC, a multi-platform content studio creating formats for online, TV and mobile founded by television veteran Matthew Apfel, announced today that they have entered into a joint venture to form WeMix.com.

WeMix.com is an online community of unsigned singers, rappers, songwriters, musicians and producers.  The site has all the tools to help users create music, collaborate digitally with fellow artists worldwide and, in cases, earn a chance to create new music by collaborating directly with top musical stars such as Ludacris.

Slated to launch late April 2008, WeMix.com to date has attracted over 20,000 actively participating artists, musicians and producers while currently in preview mode.

Users who join WeMix.com create their own page and have the ability to submit their original songs, riffs and melodies.  The WeMix community then votes for favorite songs and artists, thereby organically discovering new music at a grass-roots level.  Top performers on the site, if chosen, have the chance to collaborate with Ludacris and a host of other stars to transform their song into a hit record – with the entire process captured as part of a series for web and television.  All artists who join the WeMix community become part of this first-of-a-kind user-generated record label.  In addition, the WeMix.com site will sponsor music-oriented contests with prizes for top songs, rhymes, ringtones, lyrics and jingles.

Artists who join the WeMix.com community and upload their creations have the potential to sell their work directly to the consumer, and to collaborate digitally with fellow artists around the world.  Top-rated performers become eligible to bypass the traditional A&R process and collaborate directly with Ludacris and other top music stars, thereby creating an entirely new way to launch a career.

In addition, WeMix’s platform extends beyond the recording and publishing business into numerous additional revenue streams which include a reality series for online, TV, multiple online advertising opportunities, merchandise sales and SMS collaboration.

“There’s so much talent that never sees the light of day because of the traditional way we discover artists; I felt it was time to take music back where it belongs – in the streets and with the people,” said Ludacris.  “It doesn’t matter what type of music you’re into, at WeMix.com it’s an open playing field.  We want to hear everything that’s out there and let the people guide us in deciding which new artists get their shot to collaborate with stars and record a song.  Even if you can’t sing or play an instrument, WeMix.com gives you the chance to make music and influence decisions through voting and reviews.  It truly is the people’s record company.”

“WeMix is a joint venture on a global scale, between MegaMobile, Disturbing Tha Peace and the worldwide music community,” said Matthew Apfel, founder of Wemix and MegaMobile.  “This is the first true online music community where the public can choose who and what they want to hear and – most importantly – play a meaningful role in how that music is created.  Layered on top of that community are WeMix contests and publishing deals, where undiscovered artists get to collaborate with the biggest names in the industry – and get a real split of the publishing.  Everyone wins:  music is put back in the hands of the music community, the world gets great music and unknown musicians get discovered.

Ludacris is a world-renowned musician, collaborator, actor, entrepreneur and philathropist.  The two-time Grammy award and SAG winner has sold over 20 million records and is the recipient of numerous other awards and nominations. Ludacris’ 2006 hit Money Maker from his CD Release Therapy hit #1 on the Billboard pop chart. His other 2006 hit single Runaway Love gained wide critical acclaim and a #2 charting position on the Billboard 100 chart. Ludacris has produced and performed with over 45 artists including Alicia Keys, Usher, Ciara, Quincy Jones, Kanye West and Mariah Carey.  His guest appearance on Fergies’ 2007 single Glamorous, hit #1 on the [Billboard] pop chart.  Ludacris has also appeared in numerous films and television shows including Crash, Hustle & Flow, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Saturday Night Live and Law & Order SVU.  His films have generated over $100 million in box office proceeds.  Finally, through his entertainment company, Disturbing Tha Peace, Ludacris boasts artist sales of over 20 million including Chingy, Bobby Valentino, Field Mob, Shareefa and a host of up and coming artists on his roster. 

Matthew Apfel has 15 years of experience as a format creator, producer, development executive, and writer.  In 2007 Apfel established MegaMobile TV, LLC, a multi-platform content studio creating formats for TV, web, mobile phone, and video game.  As founder of MegaMobile, Apfel supervises the company’s creative direction and content production.  WeMix is MegaMobile’s first of many planned formats.  Prior to forming MegaMobile, Apfel was the Vice President of Development for True Entertainment, Endemol’s New York production company.  Apfel was also the creator and co-executive producer of Gastineau Girls, a hit docusoap that ran on E! about Lisa and Brittney Gastineau, mother-daughter ‘celebutantes’ living in New York City. Apfel also previously served as a head writer on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, where he supervised writing and content creation during the show’s first two seasons on ABC Television.  He also managed an ancillary team that produced home CDs for Millionaire, which sold approximately 1 million units. 

About WeMix.com

WeMix.com is a music-creation community and user-generated record label that enables unsigned singers, rappers, songwriters, musicians and producers to be heard and get discovered.  Artists who join the WeMix.com community and upload their creations have the potential to sell their work directly to the consumer.  Top-performers can also become eligible to have songs produced by Ludacris, thereby opening up an entirely new way to launch a career outside of the traditional music hierarchy. 

Please visit www.wemix.com to learn more.

Bun B- II Trill

Bisc1 – “Paranoid”

03.20.2008

“They watching me, they watching you too“

The Song: “Paranoid” ft. Esen & Grimace is the third single from When Electric Night Falls. Bisc1 explores the essence of paranoia and applies his past experiences to his understanding of what it means to be paranoid. He trades off with Esen and Grimace, both of whom provide distinctive rhyming schemes that diversify the song’s vocal attack. Underneath this speculative brainstorming is a mid-tempo hip-hop beat that incorporates space-age synthesizer lines and chopped-up layers of sound that ebb and flow with the delivery of the emcees. The Background: A native of Massachusetts by way of Connecticut, Bisc1 moved to NYC 10 years ago and quickly made a name for himself DJ’ing at clubs, distributing mixtapes, and in graffiti circles.  Soon, Bisc1 picked up the mic and won several battle raps including the Whose Line Is It monthly at the Knitting Factory in NYC 4 consecutive months in a row. His debut release, The Basics EP (2006), gained the favorable attention of music critics and his subsequent release, The Stay Up Project mixtape (2007) was downloaded over 5000 times.  Bisc’s penchant for capturing our chaotic reality with his narratives, images, and collaborations has earned him a reputation as one of the most honest and creative artists of today. Going beyond music, Bisc1 is also an accomplished graphic artist.  He’s done cover art, designed promotional materials and spearheaded art direction for artists such as Aesop Rock, The Perceptionists, C-Rayz-Walz, Murs, El-P, and others.  His art has been featured in several magazines and art house coffee table books and in galleries, such as Danny Simmon’s Rush Arts Gallery. When Electric Night Falls, for which Bisc did all the art direction, will be available March 11th on Embedded Music. Streams: http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Bisc1/Bisc1-Paranoid.mp3 http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Bisc1/Bisc1-Paranoid.asx Other Streams: http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Bisc1/Bisc1-Parallels.mp3 http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Bisc1/Bisc1-Turbulence_Cassettes_Wont_Listen_remix.mp3 http://www.audibletreats.com/download/Bisc1/Bisc1-Turbulence.mp3   Bisc1 MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/Bisc1 Bisc1 imeem page: http://Bisc1.Imeem.com

Universal Republic Group Signs a Big Problem

West-Coast Ghostwriter for Snoop Signs to Universal Republic March 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA) – March 4, 2008 – Forget Houston. Compton, we have a Problem, as in one of the most sought after lyricists and writers on the West Coast, Problem, announced his signing with Universal Republic today. Problem joins the label and home to five-time Grammy Award Winning singer, Amy Winehouse, The Shop Boyz and St. Louis- bred rapper Stank. The Los Angeles native is set to release his power single, “I’m Toe Up” this Spring.

Problem, a veteran who has written for and worked with the likes of Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, Lil’ Wayne and producers Cool and Dre, combines the song range of Ludacris, the style of Juelz Santana and Lil’ Wayne and the West Coast claims of Snoop and The Game. Problem, a name given to him on the basketball courts in the inner city, Problem never wondered “if” a deal would happen, but “when”. Problem knew he was on his way to a successful career when his debut mixtape, Second Round Knockout sold 13,000 copies. When Universal caught wind of his single, “I’m Toe Up” on Los Angeles’ Power 106, it was only a matter of weeks before he was on a plane to New York and his fate sealed on the dotted line.

“That single was just me being loaded one night and the next morning playing around,” he explains about his life-altering record.

Recently, the gifted scribe wrote the hook on “Red Magic”, a new Game joint featuring Lil’ Wayne and produced by Cool & Dre and wrote “Say Yeah” and “Scooter”, two songs for Chris Brown’s artist Lil Scooter. Keep your ears open for upcoming singles, “Motor Bike” and “Money to Chase” and mixtapes, The Streets Is Mine and Deal or No Deal, II.

“I’m here for the mainstay,” he assures. “It’s going to be a problem for a long time.”

Bio:
Born in Germany because his father was stationed in the Army, Problem relocated to Compton at eight months and never left. Not immune to the perils of hood life, he confesses to being spoiled, “as a ghetto kid could be.” Instead of the bad, Problem chose to concentrate on the good – and getting down. Growing up, he was the DJ at his mom’s parties, blasting the likes of Prince, Michael Jackson and Shalamar. Then N.W.A. stormed onto the scene and forever changed hip-hop in general, and West Coast rap more specifically.

Fresh out of high school, Problem tried his hand at producing first. He launched a company, Derang Entertainment, with Ed Jones and gathered a talented stable of lyricists. But he soon realized that the rappers received all of the attention, and so when the other rhymesayers left for the night, he practiced his own lyrical craft. Problem knew he was onto something big when he released his first mixtape, Second Round Knockout and sold 13,000 copies, proving to himself that this was what the hell he was supposed to do. Through Terrace Martin, a mutual friend and talented artist in his own right, Problem hooked up with West Coast icons like Snoop, Kurupt and Warren G, and not before long he was penning lyrics for some of his hip-hop heroes.

His first placement came with “Be Thankful” on Snoop Dogg Presents the Big Squeeze. Next, he handed over “Never Have to Worry About That” for Snoop’s latest, Ego Trippin’. Life couldn’t have gotten better than working with Snoop. Or could it…

When DJ sourMILK dropped Problem’s single, “I’m Toe Up” on Power 106, Universal hollered. Within the week, he was on a plane to New York. “That single was just me being loaded one night and the next morning playing around,” he explains about his life- altering joint. But don’t get it twisted. Though “I’m Toe Up” was his entrée into the major leagues, the playful record is not all he’s capable of. His battling skills have caused many emcees major…problems.

“I’m trying to be great,” Problem professes, “one of the greatest. Ten to fifteen years from now, I want to do an E! TV show like Snoop. I’m not just trying to be a rapper. I want to make some real decisions and get a star in Hollywood. “I’m here for the mainstay,” he assures. “It’s going to be a problem for a long time.”

For more information, visit his myspace at: myspace.com/problemisthefuture