First Off Hows Things In
Texas Man?
HOT AS HELL!!! BUT EVERYTHING IS
REAL GOOD...
Basically Fill Heads In On
Who Question Is?
IM JUST YOUR AVERAGE DOPE BOY WITH
A MILLION DOLLAR FLOW.(HAHA) ON THE
REAL, IM JUST A DUDE TRYING TO SURVIVE
OUT HERE...AND I SEE THE MUSIC AS
A MEANS OF SURVIVAL.
How Did The name Question
come About?
MY GRANDFATHER. WHEN I WAS YOUNG
I USED TO ASK A MILLION QUESTIONS
ABOUT ANY AND EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
REAL CURIOUS...SO HE CALLED ME "QUESTIONS".
I FEEL I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
ME THROUGH MY MUSIC...SO THE NAME
IS FITTING.
Who influenced you to pick
up the Mic?
I USED HIP HOP TO MAKE FRIENDS AS
A KID. SO I GUESS THE INFLUENCE CAME
FROM WANTING TO BE PART OF SOMETHING.
I GRADUALLY GREW INTO BEING AN MC..THE
FIRST ARTIST TO INFLUENCE ME WAS LL
COOL J...RADIO WAS THE FIRST SONG
I EVER MEMORIZED.
Now Do U Consider yourself
as a Studio Dude Or A Battling Cat?
I USED TO BE A BATTLE CAT....REALLY
INTO THAT WHOLE SCENE. I USED TO DOMINATE
IN THAT AREA AS A BATTLE RAPPER...
BUT I GUESS NOW IM A CREATURE OF THE
STUDIO. ITS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BE.
I LOVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF BEING IN
A STUDIO WITH THE BEAT PUMPING OUT
THE SPEAKERS...
Whats a Studio Session With
Question like??
LIQUOR, WEED, AND HOES!!!.....NAH...FOR
REAL, ITS A CREATIVE SPACE I LIKE
TO BE IN...NOT ALOT OF PEOPLE AROUND...I
DO LIKE TO SMOKE ALOT, BUT THATS ABOUT
AS EXCITING AS IT GETS....ITS A DAY
IN THE OFFICE FOR ME...I VIEW IT LIKE
BEING AT WORK.
Whats your Label Situation?
IM SIGNED TO CINEMATIC MUSIC GROUP
OUT OF NEW YORK CITY. WE ARE CURRENTLY
DEALING WITH A FEW MAJOR LABELS, TRYING
TO FIND THE PERFECT SITUATION.
What Question Mixtapes are
In the streets??
RIGHT NOW, I AM QUESTION, HOSTED
BY THE EVIL EMPIRE, WHICH IS AVALIABLE
FOR FREE AT MY WEBSITE, WWW.IAMQUESTION.COM.PUSHED
OVER 10, 400 COPIES OF THAT IN UNDER
TWO MONTHS, SO THE BUZZ IS STRONG
JUST OFF THAT TAPE ALONE... IM ALSO
ON ALOT OF DIFFERENT MIXTAPES OUT
RIGHT NOW...EVIL EMPIRE'S BE SOUTH
SERIES, MIXTAPEMURDER.COM MIXTAPE
ALLSTARS, J MONEY AND HYPNOTIK'S SOUTHERN
SOUNDZ, DJ DYCE, DJ KEYZ, DJ 31 DEGREEZ,
ETC, ETC...IM GETTING READY TO DROP
THE SECOND VOLUME OF "I AM QUESTION"
AND A MIXTAPE FROM "DOPE SUPPLY",
WHICH IS THE MOVEMENT WE GOT GOING
ON IN SAN ANTONIO...
What Question Tracks should
heads look out for?
I GOTTA STREET SINGLE BUZZIN RIGHT
NOW CALLED "MIDGET IN THE TRUNK",
THAT WAS PRODUCED BY MY MAN OCIE!!!
AND ALSO GOT A CRAZY STORYTELLING
JOINT CALLED "PULL THE PLUG"
PRODUCED BY MIDI MAFIA!!
Whats ya album gon be called?
ODDJOBS, PAWNSHOPS,AND DOPEFIENDS"...CUZ
WITHOUT MUSIC, THATS HOW I WOULD BE
SURVIVING IN THESE STREETS.
What Features and Production
can we expect on this album?
MY MAN BRISS, WHO PRODUCED RICK ROSS,
TRINA, AND 2PAC.
JR ROTEM, WHO DID 50 CENT, LIL KIM,
AND "S.O.S" BY RIHANNA,
WHICH JUST WENT NUMBER ONE. OF COURSE
MIDI MAFIA, WHO I REALLY LOVE WORKING
WITH. ALSO
IM HOPEFULLY GONNA BE WORKING WITH
THE RUNNERS, WHO DID "EVERYDAY
IM HUSTLIN" FOR RICK ROSS,
MR.LEE, DAVID BANNER, CARNIVAL BEATS,
ETC...
I ALSO HAVE SOME UP AND COMING LOCAL
PRODUCERS IM FUCKING WITH...POLYGRAFIC,
OCIE, SMOOTH, ENYGMA, AND PHYRE. AS
FAR AS FEATURES, WE ARE WORKING ON
SOME MAJOR GUEST SPOTS, BUT NOT TOO
MANY....I FEEL I CAN HOLD MY OWN WITHOUT
TOO MUCH EXTRA SHIT.
What other Projects are you
working on this year?
DOPE SUPPLY MIXTAPE AND ALBUM, WHICH
I WILL BE CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCING WITH
MY MAN JU JU. I GOT A COUPLE MORE
MIXTAPES COMING OUT DURING THE COURSE
OF THE YEAR. IM GONNA HIT THE ROAD
ON A FEW PROMO SHOWS AROUND THE SOUTH.
Are you doin any DVDs or
Magazines??
YEAH. IM DOING MY MAN DJ TIZ'S DVD
AND WILL HUSTLE FROM AUSTIN. RAW REPORT,
ON THE GRIND, AND STREET MUSIC DVD,
WHICH ARE ALL COMING SOON. MAGAZINE
ARTICLES ARE ALL ON THE HORIZON AS
WELL...
What sets Question apart
from all these other MCs?
BALANCE. IM NOT LIMITED IN MY ABILITIES
AS AN MC. THE CURRENT THEME IN HIP
HOP SEEMS TO BE "IM NOT A RAPPER,
IM A HUSTLER WHO RAPS"...MY THEME
IS "IM NOT A HUSTLER, IM A RAPPER
WHO HUSTLES."...I DO "STREET
HOP"..ITS STREET, AND ITS HIP
HOP...A STYLE ALL MY OWN.
Who Else besides you should
heads look out for??
SMOKE AND NUMBERS, OUT OF NEW YORK.
SOME REAL NEW YORK STREET HOP!!! MOJOE,
WHICH IS A HIP HOP BAND FROM SAN ANTONIO...KIND
OF LIKE THE ROOTS MEET OUTKAST.GET
MONEY CLICK, ANOTHER GROUP OUT OF
TEXAS THAT I REALLY FEEL. FOUL MOUF
OUT OF HOUSTON...AND THE DOPE SUPPLY!!!
WHICH INCLUDES PLEX, VERSE, BIGG TEXXUS,
BOLO, LONESTAR, FAMOUS, B.U, AND MY
MAN DANJA!!! WHO LOCKED UP RIGHT NOW!!!(FREE
DANJA)
What can we expect from Question
in the future?
DOPE MUSIC!!! A CLASSIC ALBUM.
Any Last Words, Shout outs
or Plugs??
YEAH. CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE, WWW.IAMQUESTION.COM
OR AT MYSPACE.COM/IAMQUESTION.
SHOUT OUTS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
AND THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS!!! DOPE
SUPPLY!!! CINEMATIC MUSIC GROUP, EVIL
EMPIRE, ZACH KATZ,OCIE, POLYGRAFIC,
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE FANS!!!!
Thanks For The Interview!!!
MAKE SURE YOU COP QUESTIONS
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