You talk about shedding light on the industry, and as rap music is often seen as one dimensional and cookie cutter-like these days, what do think can help change the game?
Diversity. It’s no such thing as “good” Hip Hop and “bad” Hip Hop. There’s a balance between the two. If you try to pound one thing into the heads of people, it tends to fall over. There’s gotta be a balance. There’s gotta be a 50 Cent and Kanye. There’s gotta be a Common and a Soulja Boy. There’s gotta be a Jay-Z and Nas. There’s gotta be a balance. What The Light Project is gonna try to open the eyes of the listeners. To change gears a little, we’ve seen you on YouTube with MarvWon on the battle scene, and even saw you rep the D on MTV’s True Life: I’m a Battle Rapper. How did that whole thing come about? It was a luck-of-the-draw situation. I was actually taking my friend (MarvWon) into a battle. They had different prizes and come to find out that there were different prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. We started talking and decided that, “Yo, we might as well get all this money!” We entered the contest and [MTV] started following me and documenting what we were doing. It’s funny b
