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OHM: Can you introduce yourself to our readers?
OJ: What it do, its OJ Da Juiceman
OHM: I’ve been personally following you since the Brick Squad days hearing
about a nigga they call Gold Mouth… so exactly how long have you been you
been out here grinding in the game?
OJ: I’ve been rapping since I was a youngin’ but didn’t get serious until 2002 or 03’,
that’s when I started off with the “Gold Mouth” situation. 2006 – 2008 is when I really
kicked the door down and let them know the Champ is here.
OHM: What brought on the transition from Gold Mouth to OJ?
OJ: I been OJ my whole life, but when I first stated rapping I called myself Gold
Mouth, but as time progressed, I went with my original name.
OHM: What label did Everything on Me come out under?
OJ: 32 Entertainment
OHM: Have you been your own boss since you came into the game?
OJ: Yea, you might as well say that, I’ve had my own entity of 32 entertainment my
only sub label that I was signed to was Asylum Records.
OHM: There are so many artists out these days claiming to be independent,
what’s your take on that?
OJ: I jumped out the gate and created my vision, I got my LLC years ago, when I first
got started. I just knew that I was going to do things my way, I didn’t ever want a
boss, I’m going to go the route where I know I’m the boss on whatever I do.
OHM: It was believed that a lot of people came to know you through Gucci
Mane, how did the two of you connect, and is that what led you to Brick Squad?
OJ: Me and Big Dawg grew up together in the same apartment building even before
we moved to Sun Valley, we jumped out the gate rapping together, that’s how I feel.
We were recording not looking for money, just tryna get the people to know about
this Boulder Crest we had going on, and it just did what it did.
OHM: At what point, did Brick Squad decide to go their separate ways? Are you
all still on good terms?
OJ: Everybody wanted to be bosses, so they created their own entities and did what
they did, I came in the gate 32, I stayed 32 and gone forever be 32. But yea, we're all
still cool, ain’t no bad blood on my end.
OHM: Coming from the streets, what lead you to take your rap career serious
and get on your grind from that aspect?
OJ: When the paper started coming in! When I saw that I was getting real paper
without having to run from the police or duck the Narcs.
OHM: With a lot of artist coming from your era trying to do new things and cross
over. Will the your old style still reflect in your newer music?
OJ: Yes it will reflect in all the music that I do. Going back some years when
mainstream wanted me to crossover telling me to stop rapping about trap but I
had to put my foot down and tell them if I can’t rap about what I live and what I do
and what I have been through then I don’t want to do this, It'll be no fun in doing it. I
am not going to have someone come in and write for me because all I do is trap. I am
not rapping about no animated shit. All of my music has really been lived before.
OHM: You have done callaborations with the Chief Keefs and the young artist like
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