[TR] Who is Prince B Charles?
a full-fledged emcee?
[PBC] I am a very authentic and regal minded emcee. I am very accomplished and ambitious, and I am the CEO of my own future Gold Mine, my indie recording label ... Imperial Goose Music!
[PBC] I’ve been rapping and free-styling since the age of 12; but I can say I became a full-fledged emcee in high school which was when I around the age of 14. My friends and I would skip class and go to the cafeteria. One of my friends would do drum beats on the lunchroom table while we’d all take turn freestyling for hours. Over time crowds of kids would start gathering around while to get into our Cyphers. Then soon enough other rappers would come and try to test my team and we would always thoroughly represent. I really started to master my freestyle around that time and utilized it in times of battle. Till this day, I can proudly say I am undefeated in rap battles.
[TR] What does hip-hop mean to you? What do you love about hip-hop? [PBC] These two questions coincide with each other so I would answer both with this... HipHop is and has always been the perfect way to communicate my creativity and the culture represents my ideal self, given my upbringing in Brooklyn, NY. Along with the pureness of expression it allows me to deliver, I get a high from it that I cannot explain. So the answer would be in short... It’s my truest expression.
[TR] Where do you find the determi[TR] When did you first become aware nation, will-power and authenticity of hip-hop? to stay relevant? [PBC] One of my earliest Hip Hop related memories is from when I was an early teen. We used to rush home from school every day to record to VCR, Hip Hop music videos that came on Uncle Ralph McDaniel’s “Video Music Box”, and we stayed up super late to watch Bobby Simmons’ “Flava Videos” show.
[PBC] My determination and will-power to do this is innate. I believe this is what I am suppose to be doing, and to stay relative I just keep my senses geared towards what’s going on all over mainstream Hip Hop and international Hip Hop. I also stay up-to-date with current affairs.
[PBC] I knew that I wanted to be a hip hop artist from young because I was always in some type of elite crew that was making major moves. (S/O My DeadEnd Block Fam & Every other rap crew or group I was in). But officially, by the age of 16 when I had my first official recording studio session, I was introduced to a Track Masters affiliate, Kurt Gowdy, I knew then that this was what I wanted to do with my life.
ing and performing music to pursue a career in video/film production back in 2002 - 2007. I chose that path because at the time in the early 2000’s I felt that music was becoming very dry and uninspiring. I took courses in college and worked in the TV station (S/O to LIU-TV). I also have a brother-in-law that was in the industry shooting music videos, films, and commercials. I threw myself in the field and learned the craft paid my dues by
[TR] Tell us about your career in me[TR] When did you know that you dia production, your experiences in wanted to be an Emcee/Rapper/Hip- the film/tv industry... hop artist? [PBC] I did take time from writing, record-
[TR] Whend did you actually become
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