Hip Hop Heads have been "Trottin' the Globe" for years. This is just the beginning for me and I still have a lot of ground to cover. In November 2002 my boy Zone told me we had a show booked in London and that was it... We hit England, the Netherlands, and Spain in 2003. I came back to NY that August to finish my second album "Geographix", went to visit my family in North Carolina for a couple months and then flew to London on December 29th, my birthday... a few weeks later I landed in Paris.

Are you still able to record some music in Paris?

Where ever I am... I'm gonna record! But it's definitely a little different out here because I can't just wake up, have some coffee and bang out joints all day. When I was recording my first album "Demographix" I literally lived in the studio. Now I gotta set up appointments and shit, but in the few months I've been here I've knocked out quite a few bangers.

What are some of the things you are currently working on? Do you intend on doing any collaboration with any other artist? And if given the opportunity who would u like to collaborate with?

I'm working on a new album, "Turbographix", which I wanna drop later this year. I've been collaborating with a lot of new producers and I'm always down to listen to some new beats. I'm trying to collaborate with anybody who's serious about getting dome work done.

Why are you different from any other artist in the hip hop sector? What makes you poles apart?

People always tell me that my flow is different. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that nowadays a lot of Emcee's just sound the same because they pattern their flows after whoever's hot at the time. I make a conscious effort to put a certain amount of personality into my delivery and my content has never been one dimensional. What seperates me from most Emcee's is my ability to create styles specifically designed for that particular beat. You just have to listen to my shit for yourself... because I know niggaz don't sound like me!

How far would you go to get the exposure that most artists are after and how far would you like to take your music?

Exposure just comes with the territory. I do as many shows as possible, I'm always in the streets promoting, meeting people, freestylin', etc...

Nobody works harder than I do. Some folks might work just as hard, but no one works harder than me. Sky's the limit but my primary focus will always be makin' good music.

If hip hop involved no money, no profit would you continue doing it?

Yep... I sure would! There's a lot of paper involved in Hip Hop, but I'm broke as a muthafucka.... and still grindin'... and lovin' every minute of it!

Hip-Hop heads in France have a fascination for the US, what’s it like being an American hip-hop head in Paris?

I'm lovin' Paris... of all the cities I've visited in Europe it's the closest to NYC. I've been out here for a couple months so sometimes kids recognize me in the street. I build with all of 'em, it's dope to give them an up close and personal impression of an american Emcee.

I’m sure tons of French groups stalk you for laying vocals on their songs…

I've done work with alot of French crews. I usually give them a few verses and their producers bless me with beats. I've worked with cats who are releasing music, big studio style and I've worked with up and coming crews, in home studios. As long as it's Hip Hop I'm wit it.

Is it easier to blow up in Paris than in NY, I know the NY scene is getting saturated…

I don't think it's easy to blow up any where. Then again, what is "Blowin' Up"?

If it's sucess, I've already blown up. If it's satisfaction, I'll never blow up.

I guess "Blowin' Up" is in the eye of the beholder...

There are millions of Emcees in NYC, making it the premier training ground for aspiring Hip Hop artists. I fine tuned my approach to makin' music in the trenches of the NYC Underground. I love NYC, I just had to take advantage of this opportunity to get my grind on overseas.

You’re also hosting the French chapter of the End of the Weak Open Mic, can you tell us about the first edition?

It was a good look for the movement. I hosted EOW London in 2003, so before I even came to Paris we were researching possible venues to hold the event here. With the help of "Hip Hop Resistance" and "Club Tryptique", we jumped it off with fury on March 7th 2004. DJ Gero (DMC Champion France 2003) and DJ Fab (Generacions Radio 88.2) provided the beats for over 70 hungry Emcees! We even had 9 members of the EOW crew fly in from NYC as special guests... it was extremely ANIMAL!

Now that you’ve been to European countries, what would you say is the biggest difference between US Hip-Hop and French Hip-Hop?

There are alot of little differences, but the biggest difference to me is the fact that they Rap in french and we rap in English... other than that, I feel right at home.

Do you think you’ll go back to live in the US one day, do you miss it at all?

Dude... I'm just visiting, I'll be home by August to finish the new album. However, I plan on visiting Paris frequently for years to come.

Any last words/shoutouts?

Big shoutout to hiphopgame.com...

Big Up to all my family, you know who ya is!

On some real shit...make sure ya'll keep ya ears to the street because, "Turbographix", the final installment to the "Graphix Trilogy" is on the way! For more info log on to endoftheweak.com....

Green Light Nigga!