Zed zilla birthday9/12/2023 ![]() ![]() And, I DM’d (Direct Message) and that was the first time I talked to him. So, we actually went on his Twitter and his Soundcloud and listened to his music in Atlanta. I bumped into some n**** in Atlanta and they was talking about him. I was in Atlanta and I’d been hearing his name over and over again. He from Milwaukee, but, I met him in Memphis. And, so we made it make sense for both of us.Īnd, then Wave, he a new artist coming up out there. And, from that point we started talking about doing some business together. When I touched back down in Memphis I went to the clubs and I’m like, “Yo, who is this nigga? This nigga just come out of nowhere.” So, I reached out to him and told him if there’s anything I can help him out with, let me know. Umm, Snootie, he actually just had one of the hottest songs in the city. He had it turned up in the city, so we joined forces a while back. How did you meet your artist on CMG, Zed Zilla, Snootie and Wave? So, I’m a fan of Jadakiss, so every verse he put down it’s still, to me, like I’m hearing him before I knew him. We come from the same culture, the music good, so it’s an interesting piece. So, us doing this tape or album together, we not forcing it. Whenever I need him to come somewhere he pull right up and vice versa. And, when I want him to do something he knock it out. So, whenever he need me to do something I knock it out. ![]() So, our relationship has always been cool. So, the type of n*** I am, you rock with me, I rock with you forever. Jada been f**** with me for a while, him and Juelz Santana. You see Jada’s one of the first artist from up top that was f***** with me. It started off as a tape, but the music so good we trying to figure out how to put it out as an album, so right now we just working on that part. I think people ain’t going to see it coming. So, I’m kinda recording on all type of shit at the same time. Me and Jadakiss got a project we working on. Yeah, I’m recording on so many different projects like Chapter One, I’m recording on my new album. So, you are accustomed to putting in that type of work. ![]() I don’t know how many going to stay on there. The Source caught up with Yo Gotti to discuss Chapter One, his artist, Zed Zilla, Snootie Wild, Wave Chapelle and his upcoming mix-tape with Jadakiss. With the help of music mogul L.A.Reid, Gotti is now boss of his own label, CMG. The label’s first album, Chapter One will be released in less than an hour. Today, Gotti is riding the wave of his sixth studio album, I Am ( Epic), which features Rich Homie Quan, T.I., J.Cole, Young Jeezy and YG. Then in 2012, RCA released his album, Live From The The Kitchen, which peaked at No. Not the one to be deterred, Gotti re-uped on his Cocaine Muzik mix-tapes. ![]() But, J Records folded, leaving Gotti on his independent grind, again. In 2010, he penned the single, “5 Star,” which peaked at No. Because in 2000, Gotti released is debut, Da Dope Game 2 The Da Rap Game.After a bad deal with TVT Records, Gotti paid $400,000 to get himself out that deal, he found himself on J Records. Fortunately, his raps and hustle is official. The 32-year old Gotti got his start in Frayser Housing Projects as a rapper and local d-boy. And, up next is the king of the streets of Memphis and CMG CEO, Yo Gotti. Underground legends, Eightball & MJG have had stellar hip-hop careers. Grammy winners, Three 6 Mafia pushed several hits through their independent Hypnotized Minds label. Handy inspired Memphis legends such as Memphis Minnie McCoy, Albert King and Furry Lewis, to name a few. Also, Memphis is home of the iconic Stax Reocrds, the label that brought us legendary crooners Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding.īased on the history of Memphis’ independent music scene, it’s only natural that Memphis hip-hop artist create successful independent labels. Wealthy whites and blacks flocked to Beale Street to hear this new form of music that Handy created. Handy is credited with writing the first blues song in 1909. On any given day, one could find Black musicians performing on the cobblestoned street in Memphis. For instance, immediately following the Civil War, in Memphis, Tennessee, African American musicians performed on the now famed Beale Street in order to make ends meet. Music has also created careers and wealth for African Americans. From the traumatizing cotton fields to the long Civil Rights marches, Blacks have used music to get through life, work and relationships. Out of self-determination, Blacks created jazz, blues, rock and roll and hip-hop. Black folk have been creating new genres of music for some time now. ![]()
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