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Thursday, May 17, 2012

CHRIS (MADGODS) MARTIN TALKS TO MIRAGE512 ABOUT HIS BRAND PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

MY MAN CHRIS MARTIN HAS BEEN GETTING HIS TEE SHIRT HUSTLE ON FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW. HE HAS BUILT HIS MADGODS BRAND UP FROM THE GROUND OR SHOULD I SAY THE UNDERGROUND. ALONG WITH BEING A COOL CAT AND A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE HE IS ALSO A GREAT BUSINESS MAN AND A LOYAL HIP HOP SUPPORTER AND PARTICIPANT. PEEP THE INTERVIEW I DID FOR YOURONESPOT.COM

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

MIRAGE512 INTERVIEWS PAPA CHUK FOR YOURONESPOT.COM

PAPA CHUK IS ONE OF THE CATS THAT I LOOKED UP TO WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IN HIP HOP. CHUK WAS THE MAN BACK IN THE DAY IN AUSTIN TEXAS HE WAS PROBABLY THE BEST OF HIS GENERATION ON THE LOCAL AUSTIN SCENE. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST RAPPER SIGNED TO A MAJOR RECORD LABEL OUT OF AUSTIN TEXAS. CHUK SIGNED TO PENDULUM RECORDS OUT OF NEW YORK THE LABEL WAS HOME TO SUCH ACTS AS LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND, HEATHER B, DIGABLE PLANETS. CHUCK WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA, RAISED IN AUSTIN TEXAS AND HAS LIVED IN HOUSTON TX FOR THE PAST 15+ YEARS. IN RECENT YEARS I HAVE CONNECTED WITH THIS CAT AND WE HAVE FORMED QUITE A NICE WORKING RELATIONSHIP, I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SOME GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WITH HIM.
PAPA CHUK CIRCA 1993
PAPA CHUK CIRCA 1994

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

MIRAGE512 INTERVIEWS MITCHY SLICK FOR YOURONESPOT.COM

MITHCY SLICK IS A UNDERGROUND HIP HOP LEGEND OUT OF SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. HE IS BEST KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP STRONG ARM STEADY WHICH CAME TO PROMINENCE ON TALIB KWELI'S BLACKSMITH LABEL THE GROUP INCLUDES RAPPERS PHIL DA AGONY AND KRONDON. HE IS ALSO SIGNED TO MACK 10s LABEL HOO BANGIN RECORDS. DURING THE INTERVIEW DURING THE WORLD FAMOUS SXSW FEST IN AUSTIN TEXAS I TALKED ABOUT HIS HISTORY AND THE GANGLAND FEATURE THAT WAS DONE ON HIS LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED BLOOD SETS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IF YOU DONT KNOW BOUT SLCIK, YOU BETTER GET HIP