Billboardhiphop: What is your name and what city do you represent your music?
My Name Is “H O P” I Am From Queens NY, NYC Is My Where I Was Born Raised & Currently Reside. NYC Was Good!
Billboardhiphop:Tell us about your latest releases, what inspired you to create them?
My Latest Release Is An EP “Friend of Mine”. My Team Is Kold Mafia, I Decided To Start Making EP’s Off Mafia Quotes & Saying for My Releases. “Friend Of Mine” Is Starting Off the Series Thats Upcoming in the Near Future.
Billboardhiphop: What is unique about you and your music?
I Am Authentic, My Music Proves I Can Spit with the Best of Them, My Music Shows Versatility, My Music Shows My Skill Set to All Multiple Genres of Hip Hop, Rap, Caribbean Music Thru My Latin Background
Billboardhiphop: What shaped your music?
My Inspiration from Artist I Grew Up Listening To. I Was Inspired By 50 Cent, DMX, Jadakiss, Nas, Jay Z, Fabolous, Big Pun. I Am Puerto Rican My Love For Hip Hop Grows Deep Thru These Artist & Made Me the Artist I Am Today.
Billboardhiphop: When did you realize you were going to make music professionally?
As A Kid Growing Up In Queens I Would Always Write Poetry, I Always Had A Way With Words & Loved Hip Hop. My Cousins Would Play Wu Tang, Nas, Biggie, Pac, I Would Hear The Music Every Single Day After School & I Always Had A Love For Music.
Billboardhiphop:What type of music do you listen to?
I Listen To Hip Hop, Rap, Salsa, Reggaeton, Dancehall, Soca, Trap, House, Drill, I Love Music.
Billboardhiphop: What inspires you to write music?
My Son, My Daily Life, I Feel A Inspiration With Life Everyday To Write. I Do Not Force Myself To Write, It Comes Naturally To Me. I Can Be Told Things, See Things, And I Just Go Write A Few Verses Just Off Conversations.
Billboardhiphop: What do you do when you don’t do music (creative or otherwise) and that you are passionate about?
Find Ways to Generate Generational Wealth. Thru Real Estate, Thru Entrepreneurs, Watch Inspirational Videos to Guide Me to the Next Move.
Happiness to you is…
Success
Billboardhiphop: What do you wish you were told when you first started making music that you think would help artists just starting out?
Understanding The Business, Alot of Artist Think Artist Blew Up Just by Getting Put on by Another Artist or Got a Lucky Break. Artist Are Not Taught the Business of the Music, The Marketing Aspect, I Know ALOT Of Artist That Do Music & Videos, Upload It Then Let It Sit Their & Think They Friends Are Gonna Get Them to the Next Level. Marketing Is Very Important, I Realized the Fans You Will Get for Your Music Is People You Do Not Know or Do Not Know You, The Love Comes from A Stranger Before a Friend or Family.
Billboardhiphop: Tell us about your upcoming projects?
I Just Released “Friend of Mine” The Next Project Is “Friend of Ours” Followed By “Open the Books” Followed By “A Connected Guy” Followed By “A Made Man” Am Doing a Series of Mafia Titles for My Upcoming Releases. It Started with My Team Kold Mafia We Released A Collaborative EP Titled “The 3 Families” That’s Out Now. So, Friend of Mine Came After & All the Next Projects I Just Named Will All Follow Up the Mafia Series.
