Telly Mac Younger Brother "Young Street" ***Exclusive interview*** (3 Story Ent.)
Young Street:
Whats good world?Its the Mascot 4 The Streets Y.S. Young Street reporting live from San Francisco,Fillmore,California.I've been rapping for about five years now.
Young Street:
It was a blessing.I was able to suck up a lot of game from my brothers and the environment that they placed me in.Being around all of the best Frisco rappers like Quinn,Fully Loaded,Messy Marv and etc,gave me a huge advantage in the game.I never came in the game as a rookie.I had the skills of a vet and could hold my own with some of the best when I was placed on a song with them.It gave me leadway to.Everybody wanted to hear Telly Mac and Reddy Redd's little brother you feel me?It kind of hyped my name.
Young Street:
I knew it the first time that I ever recorded a song.When I heard my voice on wax,and played my song to the block,everybody was moving.I want to make people move and nod they heads.Plus,this was a talent that I didn't discover until I was like 14.When I realized that God had giving me this talent,I decided to use it and get paid.
Young Street:
My Kids.My music.The requests that I get from fans.The fan mail.People like you wanting to do an interview with me.Waking up in the morning.The money.Life period.
Young Street:
Well basically,I had went to a label and did a whole album.The album never came out but some of the songs leaked out to the streets.I actually started getting calls to perform.So I took control of my own career.Next thing I know I would be in the studio making 5 to 6 songs a day.I would put them all together on 1 cd and just burn thousands of copies.Everywhere I went,I would slang em 5 a wop.I remember going through 2,000 cds in a week and a1/2.It was crazy.The streets really started talking.They was saying I was one of the hottest in the Sco.
Young Street:
San Quinn,Seff tha Gaffla,Big Rich,J.Bailey,The Gamblaz,Reddy Redd,Mista Fab,Ya Boy,Sleepy Mack,Chriss Collins,Young Will,Ronnie Bravo,J.Davinci,Messy Marv.The list goes on and on.
Young Street:
Us San Francisco guys take more of a lyrical approach to the game.You really wont catch us going dumb on songs and getting Hyphy.We down with the movement,but we trend setters,not followers.Fillmore is the best burrogh for Bay Area artist.
Young Street:
Its kind of tough because,it takes a lot away from our record sales.Me personaly,I have my music download accessible,but it hurts the struggling artist.
Young Street:
I Love the energy.I love the fact that that is our movement and its taking the world by storm.I feel that further cities outside of the Bay Area wants to be apart
of the movement.Like Sac town through Fairfield.To me they are they Bay to.Some of the songs are a discrace to the Bay though.I know for a fact that some of the songs that come out of the Hyphy movement,I don't want my kids listening to.Some songs I can't vouch for at all.There is a thing line between making songs,or just being plane old ignorant.
Young Street:
The Streets.I'm like the spokeperson for what goes on here in the streets of San Francisco,and every hood in the world.I make hood music with a whole lot of Hip-Hop intertwined into my music.I'm very up to date,and very old school.I grew up in the era of time where Hip-Hop has taking over,and I've taken game from albums Like the Hustle Continues,Ghetto Platinum,Reasonable Doubt,All Eyez on Me,The Chronic,The Chronic 2001,Disobayish,and I Give You My Word.Just think of all of your favorite artist in one.
Young Street:
My daddy was a pimp.I lost him when I was 11 years old.Same year,my mom got on dope.I was in the Streets.My brotha would come home and stash $2,000 in my face,and told me if I touched it,he would cut my fingers off.Harsh reality at a young age is never good for a youngster with no parents.It made me untouchable.I was 14.Stealing cars,selling dope and having big money.I was one of if not the first young niggaz on the block to carry a gun.Feel me?I've been on my own since I was 11.If it wasn't for rap,I'd be dead or in jail.Guranteed!
Young Street:
When I lost my father,I felt it was over because I was close to my pops.I learned how to be a man from him at a early age.I was never soft heartded.When I was five I would shake a mans hand,and look at him dead in his eyes when I was doing it.If I didn't,I would get hit.I learned how to be a man early.I was never a little boy.Couldn't act like one.I never witnessed my Mom smoking,but I found a pipe in her purse.I had seen a pipe before.I wasn't stupid u feel me!I stoped selling drugs because I knew that if I ever witnessed a nigga selling drugs to my Momma,I would kill em.I know a nigga would do the same to me.And I could understand that.So I would never sell drugs again!Growing up without a Father was tough.It was easy to get influenced by the OGs on the block,because they was the closest to being a father figure than anything.You know?You look up to the Ogs on the block having money,because you want to have money like them when you are hustling.I never gave up on life though,because I always had money.I never struggled through my situations because I was alright.I could take care of myself.
Young Street:
Its the greatest rap scene in the world right now.We have so much talent,heard and unheard.And were not stingy with it either.We keep hitting the world hard.Everytime I turn on the radio,its a new song from a new Bay artist.We finally run 106 kmel.
Young Street:
Very fluent.Hard working no playing.All day long if possible.I like to try and do 4 or 5 songs a day if they are already written.I work very fast when recording.It only takes about fifteen minutes to do a whole song if its written.My homies in the lab call me 1 take jake(lol)
Young Street:
Rich and I had been talking for a minute.I was in a situation with a record label who had me on stand still.Rich didn't want to step on toes,so he told me to wait.Now,he feels that its no better time for him to put me on then now.The Streets already love him.They are now requesting me and quite honestley,me and Rich are two of the hottest mcs from Frisco.I feel great.I feel like a million bucks.Rich is the only person from the Bay Area with a major deal besides E-40.I'm feeling good.We Rich!
Young Street:
The Radio is everything.My advice to an independent artist is,that if u give the radio a solid hit,make sure you follow up.Songs get stale on the radio.We get tired of hearing just one song on the radio six times a day.
any last comments?
Young Street:
Yeah maine,Keep ya ears open for Sleepy Mack and Chriss Collins.Stay tuned for the Big in the Paint Mixtapes 1,2, and 3.The first solo album "Big in the Paint".The second Solo album "Street Life".The 3 Story Muzik album from Big Rich,Devo and Myself.Big Rich's Block Tested Hood Approved Dvd/Mixtape in stores now.E-40 presents Big Rich solo album "Fillmoe Rich"
Young Street:
My pleasure
This is Monte' Debruce Ceo of Chasin' Money Productions and we're here with Young Street today,an up-in-coming solo artist coming from San Francisco,Fillmoe,California. Born and raised from the exact same block as the Mighty Quinn.
Introduce yourself to the world,Let them know who you are and how long you have been doing this for.
Introduce yourself to the world,Let them know who you are and how long you have been doing this for.
Young Street:
Whats good world?Its the Mascot 4 The Streets Y.S. Young Street reporting live from San Francisco,Fillmore,California.I've been rapping for about five years now.
Growing up, you had alot of influence of music in your life,what was it like for you to have older brothers who were established in the rap music scene?
Young Street:
It was a blessing.I was able to suck up a lot of game from my brothers and the environment that they placed me in.Being around all of the best Frisco rappers like Quinn,Fully Loaded,Messy Marv and etc,gave me a huge advantage in the game.I never came in the game as a rookie.I had the skills of a vet and could hold my own with some of the best when I was placed on a song with them.It gave me leadway to.Everybody wanted to hear Telly Mac and Reddy Redd's little brother you feel me?It kind of hyped my name.
What made made you decide that music was for you?
Young Street:
I knew it the first time that I ever recorded a song.When I heard my voice on wax,and played my song to the block,everybody was moving.I want to make people move and nod they heads.Plus,this was a talent that I didn't discover until I was like 14.When I realized that God had giving me this talent,I decided to use it and get paid.
What keeps you motivated and moving on?
Young Street:
My Kids.My music.The requests that I get from fans.The fan mail.People like you wanting to do an interview with me.Waking up in the morning.The money.Life period.
You started off releasing local street mixtapes around your neigborhood,how did this come about and what were the responses like?
Young Street:
Well basically,I had went to a label and did a whole album.The album never came out but some of the songs leaked out to the streets.I actually started getting calls to perform.So I took control of my own career.Next thing I know I would be in the studio making 5 to 6 songs a day.I would put them all together on 1 cd and just burn thousands of copies.Everywhere I went,I would slang em 5 a wop.I remember going through 2,000 cds in a week and a1/2.It was crazy.The streets really started talking.They was saying I was one of the hottest in the Sco.
In the past,who are some of the artist you have worked with previously?
Young Street:
San Quinn,Seff tha Gaffla,Big Rich,J.Bailey,The Gamblaz,Reddy Redd,Mista Fab,Ya Boy,Sleepy Mack,Chriss Collins,Young Will,Ronnie Bravo,J.Davinci,Messy Marv.The list goes on and on.
What or if any, is their a difference between rap/hip-hop artist in San Francisco then in Oakland or anywhere else in the Bay Area?
Young Street:
Us San Francisco guys take more of a lyrical approach to the game.You really wont catch us going dumb on songs and getting Hyphy.We down with the movement,but we trend setters,not followers.Fillmore is the best burrogh for Bay Area artist.
What are your thoughts on the rise of bootlegged cds here in the bay area?
Young Street:
Its kind of tough because,it takes a lot away from our record sales.Me personaly,I have my music download accessible,but it hurts the struggling artist.
How do you feel about the hyphy movement and what do you think other neighboring cities in the bay has contributed to the bay area music culture?
Young Street:
I Love the energy.I love the fact that that is our movement and its taking the world by storm.I feel that further cities outside of the Bay Area wants to be apart
of the movement.Like Sac town through Fairfield.To me they are they Bay to.Some of the songs are a discrace to the Bay though.I know for a fact that some of the songs that come out of the Hyphy movement,I don't want my kids listening to.Some songs I can't vouch for at all.There is a thing line between making songs,or just being plane old ignorant.
What are you bringing new to the world of music?
Young Street:
The Streets.I'm like the spokeperson for what goes on here in the streets of San Francisco,and every hood in the world.I make hood music with a whole lot of Hip-Hop intertwined into my music.I'm very up to date,and very old school.I grew up in the era of time where Hip-Hop has taking over,and I've taken game from albums Like the Hustle Continues,Ghetto Platinum,Reasonable Doubt,All Eyez on Me,The Chronic,The Chronic 2001,Disobayish,and I Give You My Word.Just think of all of your favorite artist in one.
Growing up in a notorious neighborhood known for pimping and drug dealingwhat have you experienced and what was some of the things oyu had to deal with growing up in Fillmoe?
Young Street:
My daddy was a pimp.I lost him when I was 11 years old.Same year,my mom got on dope.I was in the Streets.My brotha would come home and stash $2,000 in my face,and told me if I touched it,he would cut my fingers off.Harsh reality at a young age is never good for a youngster with no parents.It made me untouchable.I was 14.Stealing cars,selling dope and having big money.I was one of if not the first young niggaz on the block to carry a gun.Feel me?I've been on my own since I was 11.If it wasn't for rap,I'd be dead or in jail.Guranteed!
thats deep mayne, what was running thru your mind after word that you lossed your father?and what was life for you growing up w/o a father. and did you ever witness your mom do drugs in front of you?and if so,how did that make you feel?did your views of life change? and living that life of a d-boy; what types of pain and emotion does it give a person,did you ever think about giving up on life?
Young Street:
When I lost my father,I felt it was over because I was close to my pops.I learned how to be a man from him at a early age.I was never soft heartded.When I was five I would shake a mans hand,and look at him dead in his eyes when I was doing it.If I didn't,I would get hit.I learned how to be a man early.I was never a little boy.Couldn't act like one.I never witnessed my Mom smoking,but I found a pipe in her purse.I had seen a pipe before.I wasn't stupid u feel me!I stoped selling drugs because I knew that if I ever witnessed a nigga selling drugs to my Momma,I would kill em.I know a nigga would do the same to me.And I could understand that.So I would never sell drugs again!Growing up without a Father was tough.It was easy to get influenced by the OGs on the block,because they was the closest to being a father figure than anything.You know?You look up to the Ogs on the block having money,because you want to have money like them when you are hustling.I never gave up on life though,because I always had money.I never struggled through my situations because I was alright.I could take care of myself.
What are your views on bay area rap as a whole?
Young Street:
Its the greatest rap scene in the world right now.We have so much talent,heard and unheard.And were not stingy with it either.We keep hitting the world hard.Everytime I turn on the radio,its a new song from a new Bay artist.We finally run 106 kmel.
What is a typical studio session like for you?
Young Street:
Very fluent.Hard working no playing.All day long if possible.I like to try and do 4 or 5 songs a day if they are already written.I work very fast when recording.It only takes about fifteen minutes to do a whole song if its written.My homies in the lab call me 1 take jake(lol)
Recently,you were just added to the roster of Big Rich's new label "3 story" how did you link up with him and how did you feel after the deal was inked?
Young Street:
Rich and I had been talking for a minute.I was in a situation with a record label who had me on stand still.Rich didn't want to step on toes,so he told me to wait.Now,he feels that its no better time for him to put me on then now.The Streets already love him.They are now requesting me and quite honestley,me and Rich are two of the hottest mcs from Frisco.I feel great.I feel like a million bucks.Rich is the only person from the Bay Area with a major deal besides E-40.I'm feeling good.We Rich!
How important is radio play for independent artist?
Young Street:
The Radio is everything.My advice to an independent artist is,that if u give the radio a solid hit,make sure you follow up.Songs get stale on the radio.We get tired of hearing just one song on the radio six times a day.
any last comments?
Young Street:
Yeah maine,Keep ya ears open for Sleepy Mack and Chriss Collins.Stay tuned for the Big in the Paint Mixtapes 1,2, and 3.The first solo album "Big in the Paint".The second Solo album "Street Life".The 3 Story Muzik album from Big Rich,Devo and Myself.Big Rich's Block Tested Hood Approved Dvd/Mixtape in stores now.E-40 presents Big Rich solo album "Fillmoe Rich"
Thanks for your time
Young Street:
My pleasure
