Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 513

Radio stations were
astounded, and then all
of a sudden, it gets on the
mix shows. That’s where it
started–mix shows, skating
rinks, the little teenage clubs.
Nobody was commanding that.
Nobody and no corporations
were dominating it. And then,
all of a sudden, it gets in the
mix shows with DJs who loved
us and it started to get more
requests than the stuff that
they were playing. Then, from
a corporate level, we started to
interfere with Meat Loaf, Bette
Midler, Elton John and Poison.
All those rock groups who were
dominating top 100. We were
interfering with people’s money.
Major record companies and
major independents had a lot
of money invested in those
projects.
So, all of a sudden,here come
these little whippersnappers,
and it happens every
generation. They started to
attract the teenagers and when
we attracted the teenagers, it
was over. Then it was up to the
major independents to either
sign us or they have to buy us
and show us, and a little bit of
both happened. It wouldn’t take
very much. If I’m costing you a
hundred, maybe 200 million a
year, I can go spend 10 or 20
million just to put it to sleep.
All those rock groups at the
time never made a comeback
like that. After we had our
heyday, which was like ‘87, ‘88
maybe by ‘91, it was over. No
more money was being spent.
Then s***** freestyle started
to come out. Nobody wanted
to do any more of this type
of music because producers
couldn’t get money, couldn’t
get paid. Artists couldn’t get
money. So, a lot of the cheesy
freestyle started to come out in
droves. A lot of it. And it wasn’t
radio worthy. And then a new
thing came in, and remember,
we had our heyday, we had
our day in the sun. All of a
sudden, MC Hammer and all
of that in ‘92, hip hop, Will
Smith and all of them came
along, and at that time, I was
a little bit too dark for the pop
radio stations. VH1, MTV, they
wouldn’t play me. Even when
I had the number one record
on Billboard for four weeks in
a row. They weren’t letting that
in just yet. And then, all of a
sudden, MTV and MTV Raps
came. They started playing
the Hammers and then what
happened was we weren’t
black enough. We weren’t
hardcore enough. We were a
little bit too soft. So, Freestyle
got put to sleep. And then you
saw the new stuff come in
around 1992-’93. And it was
pretty much over for us at that
time. So that’s pretty much
what happened to us, and it
never caught on again.
If you could have me ask you
any question on the planet,
what would it be?
It wouldn’t just be one thing
I think you’ve asked all the
relative relevant questions. I
don’t think I really have one
particular question that you
could ask me. Maybe just how
am I doing?
Okay, how are you doing?
I am maintaining. It gets a little
tougher out here every year.
To try to prove to people that
you’re still an item to be dealt
with. Musically, creatively.
Going live and to try to
survive as an entrepreneur.
The revenue streams are
completely different now.
These kids, they’re not just
millionaires now, they’re
hundreds of millions and
billionaires–that’s the new
focus. So, what I would want
to do is try to get into that viral
flow that is catapulting some
of these youngsters into mega
successes. I didn’t ever reach
the mega success, and before
I leave this planet, I’m going
to get it.
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