DORROUGH - Ozone Magazine

EVEN THOUGH HE’S A familiar name
in the Dallas area, Doughski G
isn’t actually a native OF the city.
Born in California, Doughski G
didn’t earn his stripes as a D-Town
rapper until HE WENT on the road
with Pookie & Lucci a few years
ago and put out the regional
smash “She Baad.”
Take us back to how you got started.
I’ve been a serious artist in Dallas about three
to five years now. I feel like now is the time
for me; back then I was on some other shit.
I started out pushing a group called T.M.A. –
they were some buddies of mine. I was getting
them into parties, clubs, and all that. One
day someone [challenged me] and told me I
couldn’t do it, so I started doin’ me. I was doing
shows and I bumped into Pookie and Lucci.
They took me on the road and that’s how I got
my first paid show and my first paid verse. I
stuck with it ever since.
What happened with your career after that
My brother sings and raps, so we did a little
mix CD together and we were selling ‘em at the
club. That’s when I really saw people liking me.
From sittin’ in the trap freestylin’, to freestylin’
on the radio 97.9 the Beat, to battling on MTV
2, I did all that and it started opening people’s
eyes. DJs started reaching out to me. I dropped
a mixtape in 2008 called Just Feel Me Bro with
DJ Q. I had a song on there called “She Baad.”
That’s the song that a lot of people know you
for, right
Yeah. A female friend of mine made me make
the song and it popped. I shot a video in November
of 2008 and that’s what really elevated
the song. It took off in 2009 and it’s still got
legs. I go out of town for shows every week
pretty much – from Kansas, to Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Louisiana, east/west/south Texas.
Where were you born You’re not from Dallas
originally.
I was born in Inglewood, California and I was
partially raised in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. I’ve
been in Dallas since ’96.
With you coming from other regions, what
do you bring to the Dallas sound
I bring more of a street essence to the game,
but I don’t want to be an artist that can only
make street music. You’ve got artists that
can only rap about dope, but I just want to
rap about real life situations that an average
person goes through. I wanna be a regular
nigga, and that’s what I put in my music. I
don’t boogie, but at the same time I make
good music that works. I’m a songwriter more
than I am a rapper.
According to how you describe your overall
aim with music, would you say “She Baad”
was out of your normal element
Well, I made a mixtape with 28 songs and 2
of ‘em were about females. To this day they’re
both bubblin’ in the clubs, which is crazy to
me. I ain’t gonna say I made the boogie music
– I respect it to the fullest – but it’s not what I
do. But the song fits with that sound. When I
was making the song, I just looked at it like a
regular cat would do lookin’ at a woman. The
response I got let me know I stayed in my element.
DJs and real cats on the street came to
me like, “You did it right.” That song changed
my life.
What have you been working on since then
My main focus was to keep moving, make
new music, stay in my element, and make
fans that I gained from “She Baad” happy at
the same time. I got a mixtape with OG Ron
C called Still On It that I’m about to drop after
I complete my album. My album is called
Doughski By the Zone and the release date is
set for 4/20. I have a distribution deal with
Music Access.
Are you involved in any other projects
We have an N.D.A. movement which stands
for Nawf Dallas Association. It’s a group of
artists like Lil Wil, JB, Mr. Pookie, Mr. Lucci, T.
Cash, Deonte, the list goes on. It’s not just
about music, it’s about the youth and trying
to keep violence out the neighborhoods. We
try to teach kids positive things like staying in
school, playing sports, reading, stuff like that.
Kids look up to us so we try to give them a
different direction.
Do you want to give out any contact info for
booking or collaborations
Hit me at Twitter.com/DoughskiG or Myspace.
com/BigDoughskiG. //
OZONE MAG // 29