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What have you learned from Plies?He told me if you get into this game, do whatyou do, take what you need, and don’t let nobodytake shit from you. Every time I go to hisshows he’s larger than life and I always wantedto be the singing version of what he is. I wantto be the R&B version of Plies.What are some big things you’ve been ableto experience since becoming serious withthe singing?I linked up with Chris Brown and did someshows. I got to do some things with the Boysand Girls Club of America. I thought that wasbig. I did a lot of fundraising events to raisemoney for cancer research, things of thatnature. And you know, just hooking up withdifferent celebrities like Plies, Pitbull, differentproducers. I got a chance to meet The Runnerswhen I was in Orlando. I got a chance to meetHugo Diaz. Every city I hit up I make sure tomeet up with people, try to have a sit-downwith them and they give me advice.You’re going to be working on some thingswith MTV too right?Yeah, for Spring Break I’m going to be doing anMTV tour. I’ll be in Mexico, Acapulco, Cancun,Jamaica – one of my homelands. I’m gonnabe out there doing my thing on tour. I’m alsomaking a guest appearance on The Real World.Hopefully they don’t have me doing somethingtoo crazy. That’s a good look. I’m alsogoing to be on the Conan O’Brien show earlynext year. I’m also working on a few more TVappearances.What about your music? You have somesongs out right now too.The “Flawless” single will be for sale on iTunessoon. It’s produced by J. Lacy from Texas andremixed by Hugo Diaz.What is the song about and what inspired it?It’s about me just hanging out, having a goodtime, and seeing a beautiful girl that’s flawless.Sexy ladies inspired me to write the song.I came together with J. Lacy to write a hitrecord. He wrote the chorus and I wrote theverses. What really inspired me was seeing alady walking down the street and I was like,wow, she’s flawless.So who are some celebrity females you thinkare flawless?I don’t want to sound cliché, but Beyonce isflawless. Alicia Keys is definitely a flawlessfemale. I love everything about her. And GabrielleUnion, wow!When did you develop the ability to writesongs? I know you said you picked up thesinging when you were in school.Actually, my English teachers always told meI had great writing skills. My stories were sodetailed and my plots were outlandish. Writingis a skill I’ve done well at academically throughoutmy high school career. And as I’m goinginto this journey in singing, I like to write toabout emotions and real life situations, thingsthat I’ve been through. Being that I love towrite, I just put my thoughts into a melody andthat’s how I come up with my music.Are you hoping to do a lot of hook collaboratinglike most of the big singers in the gameright now?I’m always up for a collaboration. I do a lot ofcollabos with rappers. I always refer to myselfas a pretty-looking thug. I do my thing forthe ladies but I definitely keep it real for mybrothers in the hood. If anybody wants me todo a hook on their song, I’ll definitely do it. Iwon’t work with just anybody, but if they’re hotI’ll work with them. If you want to collaboratewith me or book me you can call my managerAnthony at 305-725-0894.You already put out a CD, right? Was it anofficial album or was it something for promotionalpurposes?I had a lil mixtape thing going on. It was agreat success. Locally I get a lot of love, but Ididn’t have that national push yet. Radio stationsdefinitely showed me a lot of love. I hadthe city behind me supporting me. I’m thankfulto have people behind me that care about mymusic like that and enjoy it. The fact that theyenjoy it makes me want to keep doing whatI do.So what’s the significance behind your nameRadio? It’s kinda unusual.I want to set the record straight on that. I tellpeople my name is Radio and a lot of peoplestart laughing but it’s something that I takevery seriously. The reason I call myself Radio isbecause the only thing bigger than radio is TV,and I’m not going to call myself TV. Radio is entertainment.Radio is larger-than-life. I’m an entertainerand when I hit the stage that’s whatpeople can relate to. It’s like, wow, this guy is agood performer. The reason I call myself Radiois because it’s entertainment, it’s the way I getmy music out there, and it’s larger-than-life.Website: Myspace.com/officialradioOZONE MAG // 23