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9/14/2006   What's up? I'm doing good. I'm just out here working, promoting my own music. I'm running up on people, force-feeding them these CD's like crack. How are they responding? Locally in my little spot, I've moved 400 to 500 units hand to hand. Between the team and I we're looking at 1000 so far. I'm trying to take it elsewhere. I haven't really reached outside of VA yet. I got it on my MySpace page too, so we're getting some hits on there. The streets are loving it. I'm getting a lot of good support from it. A lot of kids are feeling it and the vibe I'm bringing back. Why the title Bad News Born? First off, let me start off by saying no disrespect to Bad News, VA. I got a lot of people out there. I'm from the Dirty Berg (Fredricksburg, Virginia). What I'm saying is if you fuck with me, I'm going to bring you bad news. If you ain't with me, you're against me, and that's bad news. This is just some gritty music. It's all hard, barbaric music. It's barbarian music. Do you ever get criticized for being too hard? Yeah, I get that sometimes. They say I'm one-dimensional. That's the kind of music I love to put out. I never released an album. I'm working on the album now, but it's going to be rowdy music. I love that hard shit. That's what I love to do, but don't ever think that's all the kid can do. I can do whatever these corny-ass rappers do, but I don't do that "Laffy Taffy" shit. "Stick and Move" is a dope track. What'd you want to give people with that? It represented a vibe and the reputation I had out here at one time, sticking people for their shit and taking their drugs and money. "Stick and Move" is about getting it and going. If I don't have it, I'm going to get it and keep it moving. We actually just did the remix for "Stick and Move." Shout out to Ill Bill and Killa Sha. The new beat with the new lyrics is crazy. How was it working with Ill Bill and Killa Sha? It was real good. The whole idea for the remix actually came from Sha. One of my DJ friends, DJ Xcell at Future Flavas, is good friends with Sha. Sha was feeling it so much that he actually put his own verse on the original. My DJ, DJ Rerok said, Let's do a remix and sent it to Ill Bill. Rok has been hitting Bill with some beats from our in-house producer Sketchman. That's what started the relationship. We asked Bill to get on there and there it is, boom. It's good. It's real good. Big ups to Dox One for bringing the heat on the remix. You also have a good relationship with Domingo. What are you guys doing? Domingo is my dude right there. Big shouts out to Domingo. Domingo is currently shopping my music around. We won't talk too much on that now. Domingo is extended family of OK Kid Entertainment. He does his thing. He's got my back and I got his. He gives me crack music. He's worked with the legends and I'm honored that he's eager to work with me. He's worked with the best in the industry. Domingo's a good dude and he has a good heart. He's looking out for me. How is it working with the Ranjahz? It's crazy. I bugged out with them years ago. They were actually on my first release, Fuck You, Pay Me. We did a couple joints. Rerok has a good relationship with them. We got a banger on my new mixtape called "Blood Brothers." They're good peoples. We just got up a few weeks ago and went to the clubs in DC. They're just good dudes and they're hungry. They're keeping their name out in the streets. You have to respect them. You've been out of jail for a year. Any plans for going back? (laughs) You never plan to go to jail! I guess sometimes you do things…I've been out for a year and I'm on the way to see the PO now. I have to go there three times a week to piss in a cup. They put me in these classes I have to go to every week. I have to pay for those. It's all about money. Whenever you need something out here, sometimes it's hard not to do things. Some people try to put you on that path to go back to jail. I'm trying to keep my nose clean, literally. I'm trying to concentrate on this music which is why Rerok plays an important part of my life. Shouts out to Rerok. Rerok told me one time that Friday night is a Born Unique holiday. What's a Friday night like for you? Oh man! I party from one Friday to the next Friday. Bar fights, hookers, wiling out. I'm out there living the crazy life. I'm trying to calm down. I just love to let loose, man. It's kind of hard because I don't have major financial backing in this music so it's kind of hard to stay focused. Sometimes it's like, Fuck this rap shit and I go out and party-hardy like Aerosmith and Def Leopard. DJ Premier played your tracks on his radio show. How did that feel? That was crazy. I had done this joint over a Primo track for another DJ, DJ Chubb. Rerok also sent Preem the same joint with some different adlibs over it, shouting out Primo's radio show. I don't have the XM or Sirius radio, so I never heard that shit. I asked Primo if he got it and he said he played it. Sketchman recorded the show and sure enough I heard the shit on there. That was crazy. Then me and Rerok are in New York City a week later. I had gone up there to record with Jojo Pellegrino and Little Vic. We had just got into the city and Peter Agoston hit us up. He's Sadat X's DJ. He said Sadat X had a show with Papoose. We slid through and were backstage and Primo was there. He said he was feeling the music and to keep sending him joints. I would love to get a Primo track. That's every MC's dream. I'm going to continue to keep my name out there and hopefully we can poli on some music. How's your album coming? I got mad songs. I'm not just recording ten songs and saying, Here's the album. So far we have 40-plus songs that can be on the album. We're keeping a lot of the collabos for the album. There's a variety of stuff. It's still that gutterball-goon shit. I also got this chick T Sky from VA. I got a couple songs with her where she's doing her thing. I did a collabo with Pellegrino and Kool G. Rap. There's a few other collabos we're saving for the album. Are you going independent with the album? That's what I want. We're looking to get more of a label deal than just a regular deal. That's what I want. Time is moving and I'm getting older. I need to do something soon or go back to school. If this rap shit isn't going to pay my bills I need something to fall back on besides this street shit. What do you think of the Virginia hip-hop scene right now? There's mad talent in VA that I know of. There's all different types of music. You have your East Coast dudes out here, your Midwest dudes out here, your West Coast dudes out here, and your crunk kids out here. I call it the Middle East. It's the melting pot. We don't have a strong sound like Atlanta does or New York does, so kids have a mixture of all different types of things. One thing I can say about the artists out here is there isn't a lot of unity. A lot of cats hate on each other out here. I got love for it but at the same time I see things that can definitely be improved upon. I try to do what I can to keep the state going and add more of a voice so we get a bigger opportunity. We have to stick together and grow. It's been over a year now since E-Skummy's murder. What do you remember about him today? I just remember the vibe when E-Skummy was around. It was always cool. I always had a good time with him. There was never no bullshit. We did what we did. Rest in Peace to E-Skummy. I miss him a lot and I know a lot of others miss him too. I know he's looking down on us. Everything happens for a reason but it's still hard. I know he sees us doing it and I know that makes him happy. I know he sees us doing our shit and he's happy. I'll never forget him. E-Skummy, Rest in Peace. What's next for you? As we speak I'm about to go see this PO and piss in the cup for this bitch. Then I'm going to go get me something to eat and write something tonight. Musically I'm still in the stu, just writing. I'm working on Bad News Born Part 2 and the album. Like I said, Domingo's shopping me so we're going to see how that goes. I'm still doing me. What do you want to say to everybody? Thanks for reading the interview. Thanks for supporting the kid if you support me. If you don't, thanks for reading it anyways. Even if you hate me, I know you read the interview, cocksuckers. Keep supporting the kid and I'm going to keep on doing what I do. Make friends with Born Unique at your own risk. http://myspace.com/bornunique

By Brian Kayser

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