DORROUGH - Ozone Magazine

B HAMP
Words by Ms Rivercity
Photo by Keith Milburn
You’re probably familiar with
B-Hamp’s Talladega Nights inspired
single “Ricky Bobby” that
took off last year. He never had
an opportunity to share his
story with OZONE so we reached
out to him for a few questions.
B Dash is still putting out new
music and will be appearing at
23 parties All Star Weekend (yes,
TWENTY THREE).
Last year you had the Ricky Bobby single
poppin’. How did you get that song out
there
When I recorded “Ricky Bobby” I was in a
group. “Ricky Bobby” was my solo song. When
I recorded it, I was just playin’ around, being
goofy, and I gave it to my manager and he
heard somethin’ in it. He gave it to DJ G Rock
and they took it to the other DJs around here.
They liked it and blew it up in the clubs. And
YouTube helped me a lot.
Which clubs started playing “Ricky Bobby”
first
It started in Rhythm City on Sundays, Stars
Lounge, Cirque was hittin’ it. In Fort Worth it
was at Club Access, Cristal’s…it was crazy how
quick everybody caught on to it. I didn’t expect
it to blow up that fast.
You had a couple other songs buzzing in your
area after that too. What were those
I put out “I Be Jiggin” and “Put You On,” which
was a slow song featuring Dorrough and
Daron Jones from 112. I also had another song
called “Don’t Say Nothin’.”
When did you drop the album Was it
through a major label
I dropped an album in May of last year. I’m
signed to the label CKB Entertainment and it
was distributed through Malaco Music group.
I had a bunch of major labels reach out – Sony,
BMG, Asylum, Koch, a lot. Malaco was the one
that stepped forward and let us know what
they wanted to do, and it was great so that’s
who we went with.
Who else is on CKB Entertainment
CKB just signed two new artists – Cor’ess is an
R&B singer featured on my new track “Fooly”
and Motion is another rapper. And we have the
rappers Lil Rick and Aqua Man. We’re also working
with an R&B group called Lush.
What’s going on with your Yums deal
I have a clothing line with Yums. We put out a
bunch of stuff with Yums and we have a bunch
of stuff coming up that y’all will see soon. And I
have eyewear called Forever K. Michaels.
How did you get interested in music in the
first place
When I was younger I used to sit in front of
the television and watch The Box channel
that used to be on basic cable. I would watch
videos all day – from country, to R&B, to rap,
to pop, everything. Me and my little brother
knew every word to every song on the radio.
My mama used to be like, “Shut up!” And when
I’d get ready for church I’d imitate James Brown
and dance in the mirror. In high school I was on
the step team, in theatre, so I always knew I had
to do something with music.
What are your plans for All Star Weekend
We have 23 parties planned and people still
calling. I’m tryin’ to work ‘em all in. The first party
starts Wednesday. A lot of the clubs don’t end til
6 in the morning because it’s All Star Weekend.
What else do you have in the works
We got that new single “Fooly.” Look out for the
official video soon – we just put up the unofficial
video on YouTube. I’m working on a new
mixtape right now, and I’ve got three movie
soundtrack songs with Lions Gate Films. 2010
finna be real “Fooly.” //
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