Tuesday, August 12, 2008

YUNG BERG AND CAP1 AKA RICHIE RICH...NOT ALL UP&COMERS ARE ASSHOLES...


EARLIER THIS MONTH I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH YUNG BERG IN CLEVELAND OHIO, THE AUDIO WILL BE UP SOON OF THE QUICK INTERVIEW I DID WITH HIM, BUT I WANTED TO WRITE A BLOG BECAUSE I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH HIM AND HIS CAMP, PROVING THAT NOT ALL UP AND COMING RAPPERS ARE DICKHEADS.WHEN I MET YUNG BERG YES I WAS PRESS BUT AROUND THAT TIME HE WAS GETTING A LOT OF HEAT FROM AN INTERVIEW HE DID WERE HE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT WOMEN WITH DARK SKIN NOT BEING SOMETHING HE WAS ATTRACTED TO,,,,SO PEOPLE WERE REALLY GIVING HIM A LOT OF SHIT FOR THOSE COMMENTS, WHATEVER IS WHATEVER, HE WAS A PART OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST RECORDS SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH RAY J AND MOVING UP IN THE GAME, SO ALL THOSE COMBINED I KIND OF THOUGHT IN MY HEAD HE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE CHIP ABOUT BEING INTERVIED BY ANYONE OR HAVE THE MANTALITY THAT HE WAS THE SHIT BECAUSE HE WAS ON, BUT I COULDNT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG.

AS I WALKED INTO THE DIM ROOM ESCORED BY BERGS SECURITY I EXTENDED MY HAND TO YUNG BERG, WITH A SMILE HE SAID "NAW MA WE DONT DON'T DO THAT" AND PROCEEDED TO HUG ME. THEN HE SAT FOR THE QUICK INTERVIEW. I ONLY ASKED ABOUT 5 QUESTIONS RELATED MOSTLY TO WHAT HE WAS DOING IN CLEVELAND, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT COMING OUT AND WHO WAS NEXT ON HIS ROSTER. CASHA AND CAP1 AKA RICHIE RICH WERE NAMED THAT WERE ABOUT TO DROP. WHEN I WAS DONE, HE HUGGED ME AGAIN AND IN TRUE CEO FASHION I ASKED IF IT WOULD BE OK IF I GOT A DROP FOR ONE OF MY ARTISTS, NOW NORMALLY WITH MEDIA INTERIEWS I DONT AND WILL NOT DO THAT, BUT THIS WAS INDEPENDANT SO IT WASNT A BIG DEAL. HE WAS MORE THEN HAPPY TO DO THE DROP. I WAS SHOCKED. HE HUGGED ME AGAIN GOOD BYE AND I EXITTED THE ROOM.

ON MY WAY OUT I WAS SOMEONE THAT LOOKED FAMILIAR TALKING WITH DJ GSPOT AND RECOGNIZED THE YB CHAIN AROUND THE NECK OF THE MAN STANDING WITH GSPOT, SO I ASKED IF I COULD TAKE A PICTURE, NOT A PROBLEM. I WAS DONE, HANDSHAKES WERE EXCHANGED AND I KEPT IT MOVING.NOW....THIS IS WERE IT GETS EVEN MORE AMAZING TO ME....CAUSE MAYBE I JUST CAUGHT YOUNG BERG ON A GOOD DAY..


BUT THE GRACIOUSNESS EXTENDS TO HIS CAMP AS I WILL TELL YOU NOW...


I AM OUTSIDE 106&PARK BUILDING IN THE NYC THIS PAST MONDAY WAITING FOR A FRIEND TO JOIN US THAT LIVES IN THE NYC. THE SIDE DOOR OPENED AND 5 MEN WALK OUT, BEHIND THEM WAS A TALL MAN HANGING UP HIS PHONE...AS HE WALKED BY ME WE LOOKED AT EACHOTHER AND SMILED, THEN WE BOTH STOPPED LIKE WE KNEW WE HAD MET SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT THEN CLICKED IN MY HEAD, I SAID OUT LOUD "WHERE YOU JUST IN CLEVELAND?" THE GUY WALKED OVER TO ME AND SMILED AND SAID "YEAH YOU WERE THERE WERENT YOU?" I SMILED AND SAID "YES, I DID AN INTERVIEW WITH YUNG BERG, BUT WASNT IT YOU I TOOK A PICTURE OF OUTSIDE WITH DJ GSPOT?"WE HUGGED AND INTRODUCED OURSELVES IT WAS CAP 1 AKA RICHIE RICH THE ARTIST WHO WILL BE DROPPING LATER THIS YEAR YOUNG BERG HAD MENTIONED IN HIS INTERVIEW WHO WAS WITH HIS CAMP. WE TALKED FOR A QUICK SECOND EXCHANGED CONTACT INFO AND HUGGED AGAIN GOOD BYE.

I HAVE TO SAY I AM NOT A FAN OF 99% OF TOP 40, BUT....WHEN I GET TO MEET THESE ARTISTS AND THE ONES WHO ARE REAL COOL MAKE ME WANT TO SEEK OUT THIER MUSIC OR LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM.I AM ABSOLUTLEY SHOCKED HOW NICE THE YOUNG BOSS CAMP IS SO FAR THAT I HAVE MET, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT MAKES ME WANT TO SUPPORT YUNG BERG AND RICHIE RICH.IT IS NICE TO SEE ARTISTS THAT THE NEXT GENERATION ARE BUMPING ARE STILL HUMBLE EVEN WITH HIT RECORDS, OR HUGE CAMPS.GOOD LUCK TO YUNG BERG, CAP 1 AKA RICHIE RICH AND THE ENTIRE YUNG BOSS CAMP