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Hot Yella is a fast rising name<br />
emerging from the Tallahassee<br />
area. Recent cosigns from DJs<br />
Storm and Supastar J Kwik have a<br />
lot of people checking for Yella,<br />
and her new song “Miss Me” is taking<br />
off in Florida.<br />
Introduce yourself and tell us how you<br />
started rapping.<br />
Well, I started off singing. The first time I ever<br />
recorded anything I was in 7th grade. I actually<br />
rapped a little back then, but I started out singing.<br />
I also write music – I write R&B and Hip<br />
Hop records. I’m an artist on Triple Threat, so<br />
a lot of people know me for my tagline “Triple<br />
Threat.”<br />
Where are you from originally<br />
I’m from Tallahassee. I was born in Florida. I’m<br />
also from Madison, Wisconsin and Las Vegas.<br />
I moved around a lot. In high school I went to<br />
three different schools. I moved around a lot<br />
in middle and elementary school too, so my<br />
versatility comes through in my music.<br />
Do you still sing at all Or are you strictly<br />
rapping now<br />
Yeah, I still sing on some of my hooks. I’m<br />
mostly rapping right now though. I’m making<br />
a lot of fun records, a lot of club records right<br />
now. That’s what I really love to do – make<br />
feel-good, happy music, stuff for the ladies. But<br />
I also write R&B records and sing.<br />
Tell us about the “Miss Me” song you have<br />
buzzing on the net.<br />
“Miss Me” is out right now. I really wanna give a<br />
big shout out to Supastar J Kwik in Tallahasse,<br />
also all the DJs on Twitter, Facebook, and<br />
Myspace supporting the record. “Miss Me” is a<br />
song for the ladies. There’s a free download on<br />
HotYella.com.<br />
What’s the situation with you and DJ Storm<br />
Are you her artist or is she just helping you<br />
get your name out there<br />
Storm and I work together. I had been doing<br />
music for a while [before we linked up]. We<br />
worked in radio together. I interned at the<br />
station Blazin’ 102.3 for about a year and we<br />
became friends. She hosted my mixtape that I<br />
put out last June. I was gonna put out the mixtape<br />
anyway, and Storm was like, “I’m all about<br />
my ladies, chicks in charge.” So she wanted to<br />
host it. It turned out to be a real good mixtape.<br />
It’s called Life of a Triple Threat. You can also<br />
check that out on my website.<br />
Are you doing another mixtape soon<br />
I’m working on singles right now. I’m coming<br />
out with something every couple months.<br />
Right now I got “Miss Me,” I got a freestyle to<br />
Jay-Z’s “On to the Next.” It got on a mixtape<br />
this week and “Miss Me” got on two mixtapes<br />
this week. I also got a new single coming out<br />
called “Cat Walk.”<br />
You mentioned interning at the radio station.<br />
What were some things you learned in<br />
the internship that have helped with your<br />
music career<br />
It was a promotional internship and I also<br />
did a couple call-ins. It helped me. Radio and<br />
doing music is somewhat alike. You have to be<br />
good at networking and dealing with people.<br />
There’s a lot of good information you can<br />
learn in radio and bring that over into music.<br />
It seems like Tallahassee would be a good<br />
market to gain a fanbase with all the college<br />
students living there. Is that an advantage<br />
for you<br />
Yeah, 100 percent. We have all these universities<br />
here. If you can’t touch the people here<br />
and make a mark in the music industry, then<br />
it’s probably gonna be way harder for you to<br />
do it in a different market. There’s so many<br />
students and people thirsty for entertainment<br />
and clubs.<br />
As a representative for the ladies, what do<br />
you feel is missing from the game as far as<br />
that goes<br />
There’s an obvious lack of female artists. I<br />
think a lot of it has to do with how women<br />
present themselves as a business entity. A lot<br />
of men look at it as more of a business. But<br />
with Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, people like<br />
that, I think it’s going to be changing soon.<br />
People are really thirsty to hear a good female<br />
artist. There’s gonna be more to come from<br />
“bad bitches.”<br />
What else do you have in the works<br />
Look out for my new single and keep yourself<br />
updated on HotYella.com. That’s where everything<br />
is, links to my Myspace, Facebook, Twitter.<br />
For booking you can contact 26 Talent at<br />
850-320-1030. All my ladies, keep your heads<br />
up and you’ll hear more to come. //<br />
OZONE MAG // 23