Bossman Interview w/ AllHipHop.com

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AllHipHop.com: First things first, why do you think that Baltimore is so overlooked on the Hip-Hop scene?

Bossman: I think that basically if you look at our history that we have had in Hip-Hop, we have had people that had a chance but never got it to pop. Like B-Rich, he had a nice single with the "Whoa Now" joint, but at the end of the day all he had was the nice single. So that wasn't a good look for Baltimore or for himself, the other artist Comp that was signed to Def Jam, never came out. So I definitely feel I have something to prove and show everyone that we have a sound too, and now you can definitely come here and find some real talent because now we are ready.

AllHipHop.com: Do you think that you will be able to show a different side of Baltimore, because when people think of Baltimore they think of the drug trade?

Bossman: Yeah, definitely. I mean it will be tales of that in it, because I have been here all my life, and grew I grew up in it. With me, mainly it was my family, because I grew up with parents who hustled and were addicted to drugs and ultimately ended up incarcerated - and a brother who was selling drugs to my father who, was hooked on drugs. [I tried them too], because that's what I grew up around. So don't think that when I address the topic it will be promoting the lifestyle, instead it will show a different side, like what it does to families. Because it was hard for me to basically raise myself and stay on the positive route but honestly I saw music as my way out. AllHipHop.com: Growing up in a family affected by both the selling and using of drugs, how do you feel about the rappers who promote hustling as the thing to do? Bossman: Honestly, I can't knock anybody for doing what they do. I don't want to contradict myself, because I am not completely positive. I don't know how other people grew up that made them choose that lifestyle, but what I can do is show the realness of it, and show my aspect of it. I mean, I know real dudes that made getting money their life, and there are certain codes that they live by. To me, if you are really living that lifestyle, you wouldn't promote it to kids like it's the thing to do; you would look at it like what it is-your choice. Really, if people look at it, the worst rappers are the ones who contradict themselves. You can't be like,

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