Congratulations on the Interscope deal. How did that come about?
Good looking out. It came about with this BYI Entertainment thing. I put out the mixtape City of Gods last summer and that got a big buzz in the streets. We dropped Blow six months later and kept the buzz going. We have Mister Cartoon doing all the artwork and all the art direction. Between him, me, and Lulu, we got the buzz we needed. We dropped Cruzifixion a month ago, but that was after we had already signed. Why did you feel comfortable going with Interscope? There are a lot of different reasons why I think Interscope is a label artists look up to. The independent game is pretty big right now. I think Jimmy Iovine is a big reason. When he supports you and feels your music, nothing can go wrong. Tom Punnunzio from Geffen is the person who got us our deal over there. Interscope is that machine that allows your art form to get to a larger audience. We need that big machine behind us because it’s really hard out here for someone to get that exposure if you’re not getting pushed. It’s h
