Rich Boi

Top US rapper and producer Rich Boi from Atlanta, GA has been making moves for some time. We hooked up with to find out more.

When did you start rapping and producing?
I’ve been into music since I was young. But I got serious about 4-5 years ago when people began to really take notice to me. I’m just turned 21 years old.

What was the first piece of equipment that you used?
The first piece of musical equipment that I used was not an MPC, but a violin. I always liked music as a whole.

Who was the last person you produced for?
This record label that hasn’t paid me all my money so I won’t mentioned their name. But tomorrow finishing some tracks for this crazy rapper out of Oakland California called Skrill Gatez tha Dangler.

Any in roads to making beats for any major artists?
There are a few but many times I have been in the studio with these guys, and they try to get over and I don’t deal with any a$$holes you could have a billion dollars, but be fair be cool I am not starving so I only make beats for those artists that come correct.

Your new CD ‘Need Beats Volume One’ is out. What’s the response been like? Are artists buying those beats?
Great, the online sales surprised me and my street team has been working hard from Texas, Louisiana, and of course the A! Think folks really enjoy getting quality beats with No talk on them and it stops folks from ripping the same old beats from the majors.

Too Hot is the label your signed to. What’s the set-up down there and who is involved in the label?
That’s the click from Atlanta, to Louisiana, to Cali. We have folks working across the country on this movement and with my manager Kellen Kash the international travel he is taking care of all international business from Europe to South Africa we got this game covered.

So when did you start the magazine?
The magazine was started last fall, and the response has been great Bishop Don Magic Juan graced the first cover and it’s progressing every issue.

And the radio station?
We started the radio station in November but had a lot of bugs we had to work out so I say it has been running smooth since May and we have had over half a million people tune in since May and its growing in big numbers everyday.

Do you sell any beats to UK acts?
To this date I am not sure how many albums went out to the UK but with this interview I plan to sell even more and want to collaborate with artists out there and rock some shows and show how the A and UK can get down!

Do you have a website?
Check me out at TooHotRecords.com the Need Beats Vol.1 CD is on there as well as links to the radio and magazine. And of course myspace