SLIM400

SLIM400 INTERIVEW/BIO1.SO PEOPLE CALL YOU SLIM 400 ALSO KNOWN AS FOE DOUBLE.CAN U TELL US WHAT THAT MEANS? “SLIM WAS JUST A NICKNAME GIVING TO ME BY MY BIG HOMIE ,THEN AFTER A WHILE JUST BEING FROM THE BLOCK I STARTED SAYING 400 TO REPRESENT SPRUCE STREET, ONE OF MY PEOPLE(PAYPA MU$CLE) STARTED CALLING ME SLIM 400 ONE DAY @ THE STUDIO AND IT JUST WENT ON FROM THERE.” 2.SO,I HEAR YOU GREW UP IN COMPTON,CALIFORNIA WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP IN HUB CITY? “GROWIN UP IN COMPTON IS ROUGH, FRIENDS DYING,GOIN TO JAIL,GETTING SHOT,EVERY BLOCK U HIT IS A HOOD,YOU CANT WEAR CERTAIN COLORS GOING CERTAIN PLACES,SHIT……..IT’S ROUGH GROWING UP IN THE STREETS OF COMPTON PERIOD.” 3.YOU LOST A VERY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER AND CLOSE FRIENDS AT AN EARLY STAGE OF YOUR RAP CAREER HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL OR WHAT STATE OF MIND DID THOSE EVENTS PLACE YOU? “LOOSING MY LOVED ONES TO THE STREETS MADE ME FEEL LIKE I HAD TO DO SOMETHING TO BETTER MYSELF, IVE ALWAYS BEEN RAPPING, IT JUST MADE ME WANT TO PURSUE IT EVEN MORE TO TRY TO KEEP FROM BECOMING A VICTIM.” 4.YOU’RE FROM COMPTON, A CITY WHICH HAS PRODUCED MANY FAMOUS RAPPERS,ACTORS,ATHLETES,AND SO ON.WITH ALL OF THIS BEING SAID WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR INFLUENCES? “ MY INFLUENCES ARE PEOPLE LIKE DJ QUIK,2PAC,SNOOP DOGG,MAC DRE,MASTER P,MACK 10,SUGA FREE,ETC.” 5.COMPTON HAS GROWN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO BE MOST NOTICED FOR ITS HARSH AND GANGBANGIN ACTIVITIES.WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO PROJECT THROUGH YOUR MUSIC? “ REALITY, AND HOPE THAT PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE TO THE GOOD THAT I RAP ABOUT AND JUST KNOW REGARDLESS OF WHAT U WENT THREW YOU CAN STILL MAKE A WAY.” 6.I DON’T MEAN TO GET OUT OF LINE BUT YOU BEING FROM COMPTON MAY I ASK HAVE U BEEN SHOT? AND IF SO,WHAT WAS IT LIKE? AND WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO HARM YOU? “YEAH, I ‘VE BEEN SHOT TWICE ONCE IN THE ARM AND ONCE IN THE BACK THE FEELING AINT COOL IF YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW DUCK BULLETS THEY HOTT!AND TO BE REAL I STILL COULDN’T TELL YOU TO THIS DAY THE REASON BEHIND IT.” 7.I NOTCIE YOU HAVE A LOT OF TATTOS COVERING YOUR ARMS,DO THEY ALL MEAN SOMETHING WOULD U MIND EXPLAINING ABOUT ONE OR TWO? “ ON THE RIGHT ARM I HAVE STILL I RISE MEANING, IVE BEEN THREW A LOT GOOD AND BAD BUT STILL I RISE. AND ON MY LEFT INNER ARM I HAVE THE BLOCK (SPRUCE STREET) AS A REMINDER OF WHERE I COME FROM.” 8.YOU SAY SPRUCE STREET ONA FEW TRACKS,THAT’S THE SAME AREA IN WHICH DJ QUIK IS FROM CORRECT? AND HAVE YOU MEET HIM OR REACHED OUT TO DO ANY COLLABORATION WITH HIM? “YES THAT IS THE SAME AREA AND I HAVE MEET HIM, HE HIT THE HOOD FROM TIME TO TIME WE TALKED BUT NOTHING MORE I DO ME ,HE DO HIM.” 9. A LOT OF UNDERGROUND RAP SONGS TALK ABOUT THE RUFF UGLINESS OF THE HOOD AND THE MEAN STREETS. HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HEAR ARTIST ON RECORDS TALKING ABOUT THE HOOD AND IN REALITY ARENT FROM THE HOOD. DOES THIS MOVE YOU IN ANY WAY AND IF SO HOW? “ I WOULDN’T SAY IT MOVES ME IN ANY WAY I LET THEM DO AND SAY WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE @ THE END SOMEONE FROM THAT HOOD OR BLOCK IS GONE EXSPOSE THEY ASS.” 10. OVER THE PAST YEARS WHO ARE SOME OF THE ARTIST YOU’VE WORKED WITH, AND WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION HAVE YOU LEARNED TO SHARE WITH OTHERS THAT MAY WANT TO TAKE ON THE SAME PATH AS YOU? “ IVE WORKED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS MISTA CAVI, BABY S, L.E.R.$,YOUNG KEDARU,CHYNO, AND IVE LEARNED TO JUST GIVE IT YOUR ALL IN WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DO.” 11. RECENTLY YOU’VE DONE SHOWS WITH HEAD LINE ARTIST SUCH AS SUGA FRE AND MARCUS HOUSTON HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH ARTIST OF SUCH CALIBER? “IT MAKESME FEEL REAL GOOD KNOWING IM OPENING UP FOR MAIN STREAM ARTISTS WHICH I CONSIDER VETS IN THE MUSIC GAME AND THAT GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO A DIFFERENT FAN BASE”......