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WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GET INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY? a passion for music and entertainment...plus the hip hop lifestyle was intriguing as inner city kids... WHERE DOES YOUR STAGE NAME COME FROM? the name whiteboywasted comes from us just always gettin fucked up... you heard the term before ...its pretty popular in the industry...were just tryin to revoulutionize it as well as build a brand WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR MUSICAL INFLUENCES? everywhere that hiphop has affected has so much to offer as far as influence... but you know...a lot of 90's eastcoast...a lot of outcast and some other southern artists...def beastieboys...eminem...kanye west..the rolling stones... fleetwood mac....stevie wonder...we grew up on a lot of different genres of music... OTHER THAN MUSIC, WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR HOBBIES AND INTERESTS? well...MONEY is are main hobbie...lol...we love to cook...attend shows of all sorts... cannibus...cannibus and more... cannibus lol...and of course family... WHAT 'MAINSTREAM' ARTISTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET A FEATURE FROM? man a feature from...the game or big sean would be dope...but features from young jeezy or asap rocky or tech 9ne would all be ill as shit...
WHAT DOES 2013 LOOK LIKE FOR WHITEBOYWASTED ? 2013 has been goin pretty good thus far we dropped the whiteboywasted 2...still buzzin mixtape... hosted by Dj kokaine one of the official djs for floyd mayweather jr 's world champion money team...TMT...we also dropped a visual off that current mixtape for a track entitled Fire in Hole...check that out...shit goes hard...and are currently on tour with trump tight music group... WHERE CAN OUR READERS GO TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MUSIC? social media in general but mainly reverbnation.com/whiteboywastedmixtape for music and facebook/whiteboywasted for all other info..... WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE STATE OF HIP-HOP TODAY? i believe hip hop has many faces and weve yet to see it all...it changes so much and theres always something new poppin up...plus people are never sastisfied with current they want whats coming next all the time... ARE YOU SIGNED TO OR AFFILIATED WITH A LABEL? we are part of trumptightmusicgroup based out of grandrapids michigan.are flag ship artist and president of ttmg....A.N.T. is on promotion for his debut album lifestyle of a hustler and the feature single lifestyle of a huster ft. Freeway....trump tight has a lot to offer at this point and are really focused on displayin are talents to the world... IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR READERS? if you see us HOLLA at us and we can pouruprollup anywhere any time...#whiteboywasted
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WHATMADEYOUDECIDETOGETINTOTHEMUSICINDUSTRY? IhavebeeninmusicsinceIwas5yearsold.StartedwiththePianoandViolenandas IprogressedthroughschoolItookalikingtovocalmusicandeventualyenroledinthe bandprogram.IwouldlistentoalthemusiconSaturdaymorningsaroundthehouse andalwayssaid“Iwanttodothatoneday”. WHEREDOESYOURSTAGENAMECOMEFROM? MystagenameismyinitialsandtheGwapopartisjustsomethingIadded. WHATARESOMEOFYOURMUSICALINFLUENCES? IamahugeJazz,RhythmandBlues,Reggae,HiphopandGoGofan.Soanythingthat dealswiththosegenresIdrawinspirationfrom. O T H E RT H A NMU S I C , WH A TA R E S O ME O F Y O U RH O B B I E S A N DI N T E R E S T S ? I a mc u r r e n t l y p u r s u i n g a l a wd e g r e e s p e c i a l i z i n g i n E n t e r t a i n m e n t L a w . I e n j o y r e a d i n g , w r i t i n g , t u t o r i n g a n d p l a y i n g c h e s s . WH A T' MA I N S T R E A M' A R T I S T S WO U L DY O UL I K E T OG E TAF E A T U R E F R O M? T o b e h o n e s t i f y o u w o u l d h a v e a s k e d t h i s q u e s t i o n a b o u t 5 y e a r s a g o y o u h a v e g oe n a c o m p l e t e l y d i ff e r e n t a n s w e r b u t t o d a y I w o u l d h a v e t o s a y , K e n d r i c k L a m a r , Wa l e , J . C o l e , Y o u n g D r o , b e c a u s e a l o t o f p e o p l e d o n ’ t u n d e r s t a n d h o wl y r i c a l h e a c t u a l i s , Wi l l I A m , a n d R y a n L e s l i e b e c a u s e o f h i s m u s i c a l i t y . WH A TD O E S 2 0 1 3 L O O KL I K E F O RC J G WA P O? 2 0 1 3 i s g o i n g t o e n d c r a z y , I a mi n t h e s t u d i o n o ww o r k i n g o n m y fi r s t A l b u m“ G i f t a n d C u r s e ” . I a md r o p p i n g a n o t h e r Mi x t a p e s o m e t i m e t h i s y e a r . I a mc u r r e n t l y p u s h i n g m y n e wS i n g l e “ O n I t T o n i g h t ” F e a t . C h a r l e a D e v a r o u x a n d t h e l a s t Mi x t a p e I r e l e a s e d e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r “ R o a d 2 R i c h e s : , S o I h a v e a l o t o n m y p l a t e b u t i t f e e l s g o o d t o b e i n t h i s p o s i t i o n w h e r e p e o p l e s u p p o r t y o u r g r i n d a n d c a m p a i g n .
WH E R EC A NO U RR E A D E R S G OT OF I N DO U TMO R EA B O U TY O UA N DY O U RMU S I C ? Y o u c a n v i s i t m y R e v e r b n a t i o n p a g e w w w . r e v e r b n a t i o n . c o m / c j d a d j m y p e r s o n a l w e b s i t e H i t m a k a h Mu z i k . c o mo r j u s t G o o g l e m y n a m e a n d t o n s o f i n f o w i l l p o p u p . Y o u c a n s e a r c h C j G w a p o o r C j D a D j . WH A TI S Y O U RO P I N I O NO NT H ES T A T EO F H I P H O P T O D A Y ? I n m y o p i n i o n i t ’ s j u s t h o l d i n g o n . I a mg l a d t h a t w e h a v e Wa l e , K e n d r i c k , MG K , T r a n s l e e , a n d t h e l i s t c a n g o o n t h a t a r e a c t u a l l y b r i n g i n g r e a l m u s i c . Al o t o f t h e i n d u s t r y i s fi l l e d w i t h g a r b a g e . T h i s s t u ff t h e y a r e c a l l i n g m u s i c i s n o t m u s i c . T h e r e h a s t o b e a b a l a n c e , y e s w e w a n t c l u b m u s i c b u t y o u a l s o w a n t t o h e a r s u b s t a n c e . We h a v et o h a v e a b a l a n c e o r t h e a r t f o r mt h a t w a s c r e a t e d i n N e wY o r k w i l l b e l o s t . A R EY O US I G N E DT OO RA F F I L I A T E DWI T HAL A B E L ? I a mn o t s i g n e d t o a Ma j o r I o w n m y o w n l a b e l , A r t i s t i c F r e e d o m . I l i k e t h e w o r k f o r y o u r s e l f p e r k s . A n d s i n c e I a ms m a r t w i t h b u s i n e s s I w o u l d n e v e r s e l l m e s o u l f o r a c h e c k . I S T H E R EA N Y T H I N GE L S EY O UWO U L DL I K ET OS H A R EWI T HO U RR E A D E R S ? F o l l o wm e o n a l l m y s o c i a l m e d i a s i t e s F a c e b o o k C j G w a p o a n d C j d a d j G w a p o T w i e r @ c j d a d j h i t m a k a h a n d o n I s t a g r a m@ C j d a d j G w a p o . S u p p o r t a l l t h e m i x t a p e s o n L i v e m i x t a p e s a n d D a t p i ff a n d T h a n k s f o r a l l t h e s u p p o r t s o f a r a n d f o r c o n t i n u i n g t o s u p p o r t t h e H i t m a k a h Mu z i k C a m p a i g n . R o a d 2 R i c h e s i s t h e Moo .
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