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JAY BEZEL
OHM: Just in case our readers haven’t heard of you yet, can you introduce yourself?
JAY BEZEL: I came in the game down with Dipset, Diplomat Records, everybody knows me from
doing the hook-on Jim Jones’ “Certified Gangsta” or Juelz Santana’s “What the games been
missing” album. I did a gang of Diplomat mixtapes.
OHM: Along with Dipset, who are some of the other heavy hitter’s you’ve worked with?
JAY BEZEL: I’ve worked with quite a few cats. I got joints with Lil Wayne, Mack Mane and the
list goes on.
OHM: Right now, Philly is getting a lot of attention over some of the beef circulating,
what’s your take on the situation?
JAY BEZEL: I don’t really know, Philly poppin’ right now! Meek got the city lit, he been running
with Rozay and got it poppin’. We got a couple of new cats coming out of Philly, we got PNB
Rock, Lil Uzi Vert. I’m loving it though, anything that makes the city look good I’m all with it!
OHM: Being a lyricist yourself, and coming out of Philly, home of Lyrical greats like Cassidy
and Meek Mill, how do you feel about the flack that Lil Uzi Vert is catching on not being
lyrical or his lack of Hip Hop knowledge?
JAY BEZEL: If you look at the history of Hip Hop and the cliques that was major like Roc-A-Fella,
Dipset… it’s always a Philly nigga that played a major part in that shit! I think this new generation
of rap is just what these young kids are into, it ain’t my cup of tea, I really don’t listen to it. I
think that he just catching so much heat because he’s from Philly…. You can find a nigga on the
corner rapping in Philly and sound better than a lot of these cats that out now.
OHM: Does this new generation of Hip Hop make you feel the need to change up your
style or delivery in the music you produce?
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