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Big Gates' Newest Artist Fella Talks Plies, Incarceration & Dunk Ryders

03/28/10

MM: Polk County in this b*tch!!! Hi Babes how are you?

FELLA: IM GOOD ENJOYING LIFE! WHAT DEY DO?

MM: I?m over in Tampa but Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, Hernando and yes Polk are all considered home. So how?s life on Big Gates?

FELLA: EVERYTHING 1HUNID!! U KNOW, JUST SURROUNDED WITH LOVE AND FAMILY WE DEEPER THEN A LABLE, YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKIN BOUT!! DON?T GET NO REALER!!

MM: How was your career up to that point?

FELLA: THE STREETS, SUN UP TO SUN DOWN!! PRISON!

MM: Before music you served jail time, correct? What were you charged with?

FELLA: YES I DID 2YEARS IN PRISON, FOR DRUG CHARGES AND VIOLATION OF PROBATION WICH I WAS AWREADY ON PROBATION FOR DRUGS!

MM: How did you go from facing 10 years to only serving 2 in federal corrections?

FELLA: WELL ACTUALLY I WAS FACING 30 YEARS BECAUSE WHAT I GOT COUGHT WITH WAS 1ST DEGREE AND I WAS GOING TO TRIAL AND IF I WOULD HAVE LOST THEY WAS SEEKING 30YEARS, BUT THEY WERE OFFERING ME 10YEARS OR TELL ON MY PATNA, SO I SAT FOR A YEAR FIGHTING MY CHARGES, I WENT TO TRIAL AND WON DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE AND LIES AND ENDED UP DOING 2YEARS FOR SOME OF THE SMALLER CHARGES AND FOR PROBATION THEY GAVE ME A YEAR ? GOD IS GOOD!!

MM: I read that your mother and nephew were wrongly accused and serving over 10 years. What?s the story behind that?

FELLA: YEA I CANT REALLY SPEAK ON MY MAMA CHARGES YA KNOW WHAT IM TALKING BOUT, BUT YEA SHE IS DOING 11YEARS IN PRISON, SHE A OG THOUGH THIS HER SECOND TRIP SHE DID 3YEARS WHEN I WAS LIKE 8 FOR NOT SNITCHING, AND YEA MY NEPHEW DOING 25YEARS IN PRISON, TRYNNA KEEP IT REAL FOR NIGGAS WHO HE THOUGHT WAS REAL, AND THEY ENDED UP PUTTING EVERYTHING ON HIM. THEY 1HUNID THOUGH I MAKE SURE THEY GOOD IN THERE U KNOW..

MM: You released ?Pill & A Half,? hosted by Plies, less than a week after signing with Gates. How fast do you write babes?

FELLA: WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THE NIGGAS BEFORE ME USE TO ALWAYS SAY FIND SOMETHING THAT U LIKE DOING AND U WILL NEVER HAVE TO WORK, AND I NEVER KNEW WHAT IT MENT TILL NOW.. SO ITS EASY TO ME YA FEEL ME, I JUST TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT IVE BEEN THROUGH OR SEEN, OR EVEN MY NIGGAS GO THROUGH, U KNOW MY FAMILY AND ALL, SO IT JUST COME EASY.. I GOTTA MEAN ASS GRIND!!

MM: Now with Plies, being such the megastar that he is, do you feel as if your movement will get overshadowed?

FELLA: NEVER THAT, IF ANYTHING HE JUST MAKES ME WORK HARDER, AND HE DON?T WANT TO OVERSHADOW ME HE WANT ME TO HAVE MY OWN LANE?SO ITS JUST A BLESSED SITUATION TO BE IN!

MM: Why did you choose to sign with Big Gate Records or did they choose you?

FELLA: IM JUST GONE SAY REAL RECKON REAL!! AND BIG GATES HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE REALIEST CEO?S OUT THERE FOREAL, HE REACHED OUT TO ME HIS SELF TOLD ME WHAT HE WAS GONE DO WITH ME AND SAID WE GOING TO THE TOP AND I AINT NEVER BEEN A FOOL, SO I SAID LETS GET TO IT!! AND 7MONTHS LATER I GOT ONE OF THE HOTTEST SONGS ON DA RADIO GETTING BOOKED FOR SHOWS! JUST ASK ABOUT ME, THAT?S WHY I SIGNED

MM: What?s your favorite record off the mix tape and the thought process behind it?

FELLA: IM GONE HAVE TO SAY TRACK #9 ?WHEN I DIE? AND BECAUSE ITS JUST ME TELLING HOW FLAW AND TRIFE THESE NIGGAS IS OUT HERE, U KNO, NO MATTER HOW REAL U KEEP IT WITH A NIGGA AT THE END THEY STILL GIVE U THERE ASS TO KISS, SO IM JUST SPEAKING ON HOW I LIVED, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT WAS OUT OF ENVY AND JEALOUSY!!

MM: Why ?Pill & A Half,? how did that title derive?

FELLA: JUST BEING OUT HERE IN THESE STREETS THUGIN IT NOT GIVING A FUCK BOUT NUTTIN RUNING WILD AFTER THAT MONEY!! AND WHEN U ON A PILL U BE JUST LIKE THAT!! WILD! SO PLIES WAS LIKE BRUH LETS CALL IT ?PILL & A HALF?

What other projects are you currently promoting?

FELLA: RIGHT NOW IM JUST FINISHING UP 2PILLS & A HALF, AND THAT?S GONE FUCK THE STREETS UP! THEN IM JUST GONE GO OFF THE STREETS YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKIN BOUT! WHAT EVER THEY WANT!!

MM: The Miss Mouth Times is doing an editorial on DJ Coalitions. Are they a tool your team utilizes when promoting your projects?

FELLA: I JUST RECORD THE MUSIC AND BIG GATES KNOW WHAT SONG GONE DO WHAT!!HE DECIDE WHAT SONG TO THROW OUT THERE. WE JUST SIT BACK AND LET IT DO WHAT IT DO YA FEEL ME!! GOOD MUSIC GONE DO WHAT IT DO REGARDLESS!! BUT I FUCK WITH EVERY DJ THAT?S FUCKIN WITH MY MOVEMENT!!!

MM: ?Buddies? is killing the radio right now, did you think the single would move this fast?

FELLA: NOT AT ALL I MEAN I KNEW IT WAS GON BE BIG BUT NOT THIS BIG! I MEAN IT WAS RADIO STATIONS IN LIKE 4DAYS AFTER I RELEASED IT, WITH NO MONEY BEHIND IT! IT?S A BLESSING!

MM: Other than Gates & Plies, what is your relationship with your other label mates?

FELLA: WE ALL FAMILY!!! WE KEEP EACH OTHER FROM FALLING!! AND KNOW WHAT WE GOTTA DO AND WHAT BIG GATES EXSPECT FROM US!! WE 1HUNID!

Now there is also another Florida rapper named ?Fella? from Dunk Ryders. Any plans for either of you to change names?

FELLA: I MEAN I AINT GOT TIME TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT NIGGA! IM JUST DOING ME, ALL I CAN TELL YA IS GET SOME POPCORN AND WHAT EVER U DRINKING ON CAUSE FELLA WITH BIG GATES RECORDS FINNA MAKE A MOVIE!!! KNOW WHAT IM TALKING BOUT!!

MM :For features, bookings or drops who should my readers contact?

FELLA: MAURI & NI 1-866-963-8111 mauryandnibooking@gmail.com and/or biggatesrecords@gmail.com

MM: Did I miss anything babes?

FELLA: IF YOU 1HUNID COME FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @FELLAONYAC AND HIT ME ON MYSPACE/FELLAMUSIK

MM: Thanks for your time and I look forward to talking to you again.

FELLA: 1HUNID

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