DoE dOe

As a kid in Baton Rouge, LA, Doe Doe was into Dr. Dre and P.E. classics like most of the kids around his age, listening to the hottest music on the charts. But it was seeing kids doing it, kids like Kris Kross and ABC, young boys doing it back in the day, that first made Doe Doe think about hip-hop as an outlet.
Unlike a lot of kids who rap about the ‘hood and heartache, Doe Doe had it good. His parents, both people from pretty rough backgrounds (Mom, from the “backwoods” of Flagman, which was really rural; Dad from South Baton Rouge, the real ‘hood) who struggled to make sure that their kids didn’t have to, worked hard so that he could have a decent life. He had good schools and cool friends of all races, BMX dirt bikes and skateboards. But, he still got drawn in by the beats and the streets of hip-hop. “Me and 2 of my homeboys rocked our Starter jackets and we were always on camera, rapping. It didn’t seem real at first, just like dudes playing balls with dreams of Jordan. It was just for fun. Now, the music from the East Coast, I knew that stuff was the real deal, but I had to sneak to listen to that.”
That was until he was getting ready to graduate from high school. His cousin lil’ Boosie got down with The Trill Boys. “I thought he was just playing around, doing school events and such. Then, he came with this cd of some stuff he did and I realized that it was real.” Doe Doe didn’t think that rapping could really happen for him, even though everybody told him he was nice. But seeing his boy doing it for real made him realize that he could make money, make a career doing it. He had gone to college, because that’s what his parents wanted, but like lots of idle teenagers, he wasn’t really going. But Miami, where he went to school, proved to be a good spot to hook up with two other brothers and the three became The Franchise. “The group thing popped off real nice. We did some shows and I knew I wanted to do this for real.”
That’s when Doe Doe, named for the best smoke in the streets, like his music, really put his heart into making music. “Making music, coming up with ideas, laying down tracks and working with producers, the whole process…I love it. I love making music! I love making joints that make people just kick back and live life.”
Doe Doe is working on a mixtape with producer B-Real and a few other cats, that he knows is going to be tight. “B-Real is my dog. When I thought I was just going to be in the background, he made me take this thing seriously. I bought a track from him and just wanted to mess around with it, but I didn’t do anything with it for a year. I moved to ATL to take an engineering internship and finally put some lyrics down to the track. I was at this show and ran into him and we just kicked it and he like what he heard.” The two have been in full production since then, because B-Real believes that Doe Doe’s got something real to bring to the game.
The South is definitely at the forefront of rejuvenating hip-hop and bringing the party back to life in the game, and Doe Doe is definitely right up front, representing The Real Dirty South. With a tight sound that’s part Luda (crazy and wild) with some Snoop/T.I.-type swagga, Doe Doe is making me that people will enjoy and really just bring the party back! “I think that people always like an artist that’s bringing the music and that other element…it all goes together. I put my myspace page up…6,000 hits in 2 weeks, females just checking me out. It just started spreading.”
He’s nice like that. A regular dude, that’s nice on the mic and looks that the ladies love and that dudes respect. But at the end of the day, Doe Doe ain’t ashamed to say he’s got the best shit on the streets. Welcome to Planet Doe Doe.