Misfit Tunes The Magazine January 2015

KNOW
What are your influences
growin up in dc, my struggle,
my mental strength which allowed
me to overcome many
obstacles, my children & my
fallen souljaz, pretty much
my life & everything I’ve
been thru
How did you come up with
your stage name
in dc everybody calls everybody
slim, plus im a slim
build dude, and my real name
slim tristan, but the whole
“slim tristan “ originated
while I was doin time in
federal prison, I was rappin
on the yard one day and one
of the homies said “that nigga
slim tristan be rappin like
shit”
If you were not making music
what would you be doing
9 times out of 10 - I would be
knee deep in the streets, back
in prison, or dead to be honest
and I say that because I been
in the streets my whole life,
been in & out of jail since I
was 12, and in these weaked
streets its only two outcomes
“prison or death”
Why are you a performer
because I have a helluva story
to tell, and its alot of ppl who
been thru or is goin thru what
www.MisfitTunes.com
ive been thru / still goin thru
- and I truly hope I can help
them get thru their trails &
triubulations, plus im very
talented with my words.
How many live performances
have you done
I done performed so much,
I cant even give you a number...
my best performance
was when I was personally
asked by shyglizzy to perform
at his show at Club Love,
it was Live & the crowd
showed me major love... my
worst performance was my
first performance because nobody
knew me, they jus was
standing there lookin at me...
what I learned from that performance
was - if I shine hard
I gotta grind hard....I used it
as motivation....
Do you love your music
I absolutely love my music
100% because its me 100%,
no cut cards at all, and I love
myself 100%, every morning
I look in the mirror and say to
myself “ you the choosen one
who has sacrifed & who is
gonna get your family, kids,
love ones out the slums.. I
sacrificed blood, sweat, tears,
freedom,and my life in order
to give the massives my
story...
What does your lyrics say
about you/your character
im real, im rapping about my
life, its my reality, its my
pain my struggle, I really
been in the streets & lived
that life, Im the voice of the
streets, the voice of the trouble
youth, Im motivational,
im strong, im a warrior, etc....
How would you describe
your sound/music
I call / consider my music
“ReaLLive Nigga Poetry
100% ~ Nuffin Less” because
its 100% facts, its more like
street poetry transformed into
rhymes, I paint vivid pictures...
it has a DC sound...
people say it has a real feeling
like “scarface & yo gotti
& 2pac” with potent lyrics &
wordplay like T.I - Jadakiss -
MeekMill...
What is your most recent
project
.I Dropped My “Fame Fortunes
& Felonies” mixtape
on halloween 2014 which
included 25 tracks
What are your goals
as far as music, I wanna be
known as one of the greatest
who has ever touched a mic,
I wanna touch the world like
2pac, but I wanna dominate
the game like Jay-Z
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