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Atlanta, GA LABEL Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam HIT SINGLE “Da Cookie Man” MENTORS Field Mob INFLUENCES T.I., Ludacris, Field Mob, Ole-E ASHY TO CLASSY “When I was in Albany, Georgia, I was in a group, Citty and Shock. Field Mob asked us to open their shows when they had the second album out. When they got management with DTP I followed them to Atlanta. Shock had some responsibilities and had to stay in Albany. But I was still pushing the group. I ended up making a name for myself through pushing the group and performing by myself. At the same time I learned a whole lot from seeing what Field Mob went through on the road and I owe a lot to them for taking me with them. Whether it was dealing with money, arguments, groupies, and paperwork, it was a good experience. That played a big part in why my drive is the way it is now. I just learned from their mistakes.” THE FEW, THE PROUD “I went to the Marines after high school and I’ve been around the world, done secret missions, recognizance, jumped from airplanes, gone scuba diving. I’ve had 3rd degree frost bites in my feet and I’ve had to stay up for 24 hours straight sometimes. I’ve got a lot of discipline. But I be looking what other guys be doing and they be talking about grinding. I’m like, Man, you ain’t doing shit, They think because they put together a mixtape and did some shows that they grinding. I did 10-13 shows a week from December to December, I did 330 shows last year. Sometimes I be like, They just don’t understand.” BANKHEAD! “Hip-hop comes in all shapes and sizes, but I’m not falling in the pattern of what’s going on right now. I like the guys like Dem Franchize Boyz and D4L. I grew up with a lot of those guys, but I’m just doing hip-hop in a different form. I want people to listen to folks and be like, ‘He sounds like Citty,’ instead of the other way around. I’m not caught up in the snap movement, but I can relate because I’m a Poole Palace artist also. I’ve performed there plenty of times.” DA COOKIE MAN? “It’s about using all your options to get money, all-around hustling. I was already doing things to get money besides selling drugs. Drugs aren’t the only thing. Ultimate Hustler would have been a piece of cake for me. A lot of people were telling me I should have got on that show.” - Charles Parsons (Photo: Julia Beverly)
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