Waleed Coyote

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Introducing, the mixtape sultans of midatlantic hip hop, nationally known as " Da Middle East" with more than 50,000 mixtapes sold nationwide, OTHAZ RECORDS presents the highly anticipated release of their 1st original full length album "2 .3".
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Add to My Profile | More Videos .. .. .. .. .. .. ..WE MADE MTV NEWSWaleed CoyoteBorn July 26, 1976, in a hospital in Brighton, England. The reason Waleed was born in England was because there was war in Beirut, Lebanon and the hospitals were being bombed. Therefore his parents went to England on a six month medical emergency visa. After three months Waleed was brought back to Beirut. Waleed stayed in Beirut until 1984 but the war was too much; so his parents decided to move the family to the United States of America.Waleed spoke very little English, and would spend his first summer watching television. The thing that Waleed watched the most was MTV morning, noon and night. With every video and every lyric, Waleed was catching on to American pop culture.When Waleed was in the sixth grade he discovered a rap group called N.W.A. He also met a D.J. that changed his life forever, because that gave Waleed an opportunity to carry records and attend parties at a young age.Throughout his high-school years Waleed kept up with the national and local hip-hop scene. Being an in-state resident of North Carolina, he had a chance to enroll in Western Carolina University.Waleed had never visited the school and when he got there it was a cultural shock. Waleed was so disappointed in his college radio station that he went and signed up for a show. The show Flipside became number one, and Waleed earned the primetime spot; seven to ten p.m. every night. During his senior year of college Waleed started a record label with his family, this label was known as Othaz (coming from the word other on applications asking about race...check..black..white..or..other) Records. The label was promoted on the campus with t-shirts, hats, and of course c.d's.Waleed was also then hired at the station he grew up listening to, wjmh 102 JAMZ (Greensboro, NC). He started out part-time, working shifts nobody else wanted to work!As he grew into popularity so did his music. Then one day in September 2001, life changed for Waleed. He quickly realized that day that people were going to look at him strange because of his nationality. He put together a song called September 12. The news stations covered it and his relationship with television media was born. Recording Mixed C.D's to working on radio the work ethic became unbelievable. Waleed knowing that there were no positive role models for middle easterners, dubbed the state of North Carolina as "the middle east. Geographically North Carolina is in the middle of the east coast.Waleed was later promoted to the fulltime night personality at 102 JAMZ. Waleeds show remains number one in the ratings today. In addition, the popularity of Othaz Records is growing at an unbelievable rate. With more than seven records in rotation and tens of thousandths of c.d's sold in the region needless to say Waleed is very excited about the future.Always believing in the words ever forward-never backward Waleed Coyote plans to set his mark on the world.Greensboro, North Carolina WFMY CBS LOCAL NEWS 2 Local Radio Personality Local Radio DJ Makes Call for Peace Writer/News Anchor: Tracee Wilkins 3/26/2003 11:24:00 PMA local DJ is turning the airwaves into a platform for peace. 102 Jamz' Waleed Coyote released the song "September 12th" more than a year ago. The song responded to life as an Arab-American post September 11th.Now he has a new song. His focus this time is the ongoing war in Iraq. The song is called "Family of the Wind", he says the production is a call for peace. Waleed told News 2, "A lot of people, they don't really want to speak on how they truly feel inside, they just want to wait on what the next person is saying... this is how (the rappers on the album) feel. "Waleed's song takes a stronger stance switching from English to Arabic to get his message of peace across to both sides. The song was produced on Waleed's independent record label Othaz. He's shopping the song to markets outside Greensboro hoping to go nationwide with the single.Greensboro, North Carolina WFMY CBS LOCAL NEWS 2 Local Radio Personality Uses Music to Fight Discrimination Writer/News Anchor: Tracee Wilkins 3/29/2002 11:30:20 PMA local Greensboro DJ is doing his part to keep peace as the war in the Middle East escalates. 102 Jamz Radio personality, Waleed Coyote has produced a song called September 12th. The hip hop single addresses the discrimination Arab Americans faced after the September 11th attacks. Waleed, who is originally from Lebanon, says he hopes the piece will help end negative stereo-types. "Arab Americans are the latest group of people to be segregated and said ok, these people act a certain way", according to Waleed. He says after the attacks he initially received some threatening phone calls at the station. The song has had some air play on 102 jams radio. He says it's not yet available in stores but he hopes listeners will download the single from available music web sites.HOW DID YOU GET INTO HIP HOP?I STARTED OUT AS A COLLEGE DJ.FROM MY FIRST DAYS IN AMERICA HIP HOP WAS WHAT I LOVED.NOW I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH PEOPLE THROUGH THE MUSICAND IT IS A BLESSING. AS THE FOUNDER OF OTHAZ RECORDS WHAT IS YOURMAIN GOAL? OTHAZ WILL BE THE BIGGEST LABEL AMERICA HAS EVER SEENAND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO!EVER-FORWARD NEVERBACKWARDS ENCHUALAH YOU WILL LOVE THIS OTHAZ MUSIC!!www.waleedcoyote.com Sixshot Spinners: DJ E-Sudd Article by: Black widow At the young age of twenty years old High Point, North Carolina’s DJ E-Sudd is on his grind. Making a strong presence in the industry, DJ E-Sudd has already been featured on BET’s Rap City, has a rep as on of the main DJ’s in the state of North Carolina, and has great buzz and the streets always aware for his stellar mixtape series On My Grind. DJ E-Sudd has some major goals in his rise to being a premier DJ. One is to show the hip-hop world what the state of North Carolina has to offer in hip-hop. E-Sudd will definitely play his part in making that happen as he feels N.C. has next to current dominating southern states Florida, Georgia, Texas, and others below the Mason Dixon Line. It’s a saying that goes in the industry “It’s all about who you know”, but that has some exceptions as you can know somebody but it’s more of what they do for you too. In the case of DJ E-Sudd, he knew some people and while that was good he had to show and prove himself before anyone gave him a chance. DJ E-Sudd, you’re an upcoming DJ and the thing about it you’re an upcoming DJ out of the south and knowing that the south has the hip-hop scene on lock right now. How does it feel to be a DJ in your region having the game on lock? It feels good man, it’s just feels good knowing that you are a part of something. It’s feel good to be a part of this music scene and you know music makes the world go round. I’m just grinding everyday and I’m real hungry man. To be real I ain’t gonna call it on lock though man. I’m a say we in the process I ain’t gonna call it on lock right now, not yet. Your a busy dude, you throw the parties, the mixtapes, so what’s the daily day like for DJ E-Sudd? The daily day is just making moves man. If I’m not working on a mixtape I’m out in the streets grinding CD’s, by night time you can find me in the clubs doing multiple things from everything to the party scene man. I’m working on mixtapes trying to build with people doing my Internet promotions, and if I’m not doing that I’m in the club man. It’s always in music though man. It’s always music in which I’m thinking of ways to better myself and make more money for me. Let’s talk about your early days when you first started DJing, who was your main influence and how did this person help you get to who you are today? The first person would be DJ Smooth, then from DJ Smooth I’m ended up running into Waleed Coyote of 102 Jamz (Radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina). He introduced me to the right people and he got much love at the radio on 102 Jamz. Just linking up with him and he introduced me to the right people, the right DJ’s, the right personalities, club-owners, and everything else. He really helped me a whole lot and played a big role in that. Waleed definitely showed mad love man. You have a lot of upcoming DJ’s and what makes you stand out is that you have a lot of clout in the industry where you know a lot of artist in which they have a lot of love for you. Can you tell a lot of upcoming DJ’s how important it is to build relationships? It’s very important to build relationships and when you build relationships it’s the best thing to do as far as my future. That’s why I stay real humble and it takes me real far. I show the artist love and of course they gotta show the DJ’s love back. I think the artists show me love, because I’m a real humble dude and I’m always about my business at the end of the day. That’s the main thing to definitely be in touch with the artists and definitely make sure the artists know who you are. Make sure the people know who you are, stay humble, and keep grinding. Speaking on your earlier DJing days did you have a hard time working the turn tables? To be real man I had the turn tables and I had the CD player. At first I wouldn’t even consider myself a DJ, I was more like a damn button-pusher one of those cats that just dropped a track. It wasn’t until like two, three years ago I actually realized all the mixing, all the scratching, and that’s when Waleed starting introducing me to the DJ’s. That’s when I started going up to the station and actually seeing the art of DJing. The mixing, the scratching, the personality you gotta have it’s more than just dropping tracks and making sure people have a good time. I wouldn’t say I found it difficult, because I been a musician all my life so it pretty much came natural. I definitely haven’t perfected it yet, it’s gonna take a few years to do that. I’m all about bettering myself and that’s what I’m doing now. A lot of artists don’t realize how important is the DJ, they think a music executive will give them a chance hearing their music before the DJ, so tell the people out there why the DJ is important to hip-hop? It’s pretty much self-explanatory that’s the only way you going to get your records heard. You gotta stay in touch with the DJ’s, the DJ’s maybe the most important people in the game. We in the clubs, we on the mixtapes, we on the radio, we in the streets, we everywhere. Holla at the DJ’s man, the radio can show some love for you, but at the end of the day it’s the DJ’s that run the radio station. The people have some say so, but at the end of the day it’s the DJ’s that run the radio station, the mixtape game, DJ’s run a lot of things. You already know the DJ is very important in the game. You have a lot of big time DJ’s in the game right now in which you are on your way to. You have Khaled, Drama, the list goes on so what it would take for you to get to that level? Consistent grinding man, I respect all those cats to the fullest. I respect them to the fullest, but I can never level myself to say that they gonna be the best forever. It’s a time for everybody and right now it’s their time. It’s a lot of other cats that’s on top that you might not heard about, but right now they doing they thing, they linked up with the right people, they got they city, they state, they got they people behind them. Like I said I respect them to the fullest, but once this North Carolina movement pops off you already know what it is man. Right now Atlanta, Florida, Houston they doing their thing, but North Carolina is coming for them man. Being from North Carolina how would you describe the North Carolina hip-hop scene and why it’s so hard coming out of that state alone? We got some spitters in Carolina first of all, we got some spitters in Carolina, we got some singers, Carolina is full of talent but cats ain’t working together. Atlanta they working together, DJ Khaled like he said he’s all about the unity and them cats is working together. The Teamsterz we all about unity as well, we got Brandon Dee, Tigo B, the list goes on with hot spitters from Carolina. I guess radio plays a part in that, DJ’s play a part in that, Small World (signed with DTP) is doing his thing right now in which his video "Mr. Magnificent" just debuted on 106 & Park two days back. Petey Pablo had people listening, but he ain’t carry it like he could’ve been carrying it. It’s our job now as the new generation and I’m a make sure I play my part that Carolina finally gets heard and puts everybody on the map. I remember when I first heard about you holding it down here at North Carolina A&T State University. I remember hearing about you being that dude that was on “Rap City” so how did you end up on there in the first place? It’s another time to bring up my man Waleed. I definitely showed Waleed love big up to him, Othaz Records, and 102 Jamz. He introduced me to the right people, made things happen, and it was all love. I’ve been on there twice, the first time was when Lil Wayne was in the building and the second time it was me and Q45 on there. It was love both times, but yeah it was Waleed with the right people. They saw the grind, they loved the image, the swag, and everything then it was a done deal. So are we going to look forward to seeing you on Rap City more often? Ya’ll gona look forward to a whole week of DJ E-Sudd on Rap City and that’s coming up real soon. You can look forward to a whole week of DJ E-Sudd and DJ Cuttz, my man from Winston Salem State. He from Charlotte, N.C. 704 stand up. Look forward to a whole week of North Carolina DJ’s coming real soon. I listened to a few of your mixtapes, because you know you showed Street Knowledge Entertainment some love too. One thing I noticed that you represent all the time is The Teamsterz Music Group. Let the readers of Sixshot.com know what that whole movement is and how it started? Teamsterz Music Group started in the New Jersey and Philly area. My man DJ Shizz, DJ Casper, DJ Paperz big shout to all them it’s a lot of DJ’s with it man. Basically what it was is that I had a fall-out with an old DJ squad I was with no love lost, but on my way to bigger and better things I decided to team up with Teamsterz Music Group. We brought the north and the south together on the DJ tip and that’s what it was. That’s all on the strength of my man DJ Paperz I’m sure you heard of him. DJ Paperz introduced me to the people up north he was dealing with his cousin DJ Shizz who originated The Teamsterz. and we doing some things right now man. We definitely doing some things making some noise with Teamsterz Music Group, Teamster DJ’s, and that’s what it is right now man. We got the clubs and everything on lock in the north in Jersey and Philly, and I’m doing my job to get things done in North Carolina. Shout out to Philly that’s my hometown! On the music side of things what does it take for an artist to get DJ E-Sudd to play a certain record. What do you look for? You gotta come with some good material, a good attitude, and show me your grinding. That’s one reason why I show your man Trel Mack and Street Knowledge Entertainment love. He gives me good quality music, on top of that it sounds good with studio quality, and everything on top of that. He spits some hot rhymes and everything so I gotta show him love. He’s been on like maybe 3 or four of my mixtapes and he’s on the upcoming On My Grind Vol. 8 hosted by my man M.O.S. (Money Over Sex). He got a track on there “Heart of Philadelphia”, I definitely show love to him. It’s a lot of unsigned artists that I show love to. That’s all it takes is good quality music and that they are grinding. What made you call yourself DJ E-Sudd? My name is Erik Sudderth so it’s pretty self-explanatory. In summer camp and in school it was a few Erik’s, but to separate me from the rest everybody just called me Sudd and I went ahead then made it DJ E-Sudd. It ain’t a complicated name, but it’s as simple as that. My first name Eric my last name Sudderth, set it up it’s DJ E-Sudd man. You have a lot of mixtape series in the game right now, especially being a DJ because every DJ has their own specific title for their series. What is it about the “On My Grind Series” that’s killing the streets right now? On My Grind is the truth. I’m on my grind so why not put out a CD to let people know I’m on my grind. It just added to the movement, and On My Grind is for all the artists on their grind. It’s for everybody on their grind, I don’t care how far you are, how far you say your are you are on your grind. Any DJ can tell you that if they about their business, any artist can tell you that, anybody. It don’t matter what you doing you grinding. Whatever you out doing to better yourself you grinding. I’m on my grind 24/7 that’s why I got the mixtape “On My Grind”, ya feel me. DJ E-Sudd I appreciate you for showing love on Sixshot.com. Throw out that MySpace and give a shout out to all the readers and fans out there. Shout-out to everybody, www.myspace.com/djesudd. Make sure you add me, add me to ya top. Big shout out to Teamster DJ’s, Street Knowledge Entertainment, North Carolina, South Carolina, the whole east coast and everybody making moves. Look-out for DJ E-Sudd in a club or city near you. This interview was conducted and written for Sixshot.com by Quinton Hatfield. Special Thanks to AllHipHop Dot ComWaleed Coyote & MC Serch Middle East Peace Project
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