Compton menace series#

When I do something that I take a likening to, I put my all into it. I just try to bring that out, because everybody goes through it and it’s something people can relate to.Ī: How has the development of your career in music changed your involvement in the streets?Ĭompton Menace: I’m not doing the same things anymore. Has your involvement in the streets influenced your music?Ĭompton Menace: It definitely influenced my music, just because of the simple fact that a lot of people go through the stuff that we do as far as being involved with the police, drugs, or negative people. You mentioned having had a couple issues with the law. Yeah I sold a couple grams but I was tryna make a way, my son runnin’ ‘round them acres let that lil n# play When we finally did the record I was like “Oh, ok, now I know what you were talking about.” It was serious, like, man, “That’s me right there.”Ī: A line of yours that stood-out to me from your song “For My Real N#”: I was on the road with Game, the beat came on, and he was telling me that he could hear me on it. My first time being in the studio was really just messing around. As far as my career goes, it was around 2006 when I had a couple issues with the law that made me focus all my energy toward music. When I was 14-15, that’s when I really started getting into Scarface and the other influences of mine that I was listening to. Similar to how Game helped him discover the prospects of a career in music years ago, away from the street life he’d grown accustomed to, Menace hopes to share his journey with peers from his neighborhood.Ī: Tell us about your upbringing and earliest experiences with music.Ĭompton Menace: As a kid, I grew up in the church and that was kind of where I started with music… with the instruments and playing drums.

Compton menace series#

The series began in May and continued most recently in November with the release of Volume 2, which features Wiz Khalifa, Cassidy, Birdman, Ace Hood, and the aforementioned Game.Īs Compton Menace explains, the street story tales that he tells in his rhymes come from real-life experiences of his. Signed to fellow Compton-representer Game’s Black Wall Street Records, Menace has developed a buzz this year with his Menace II Society mixtape series. As his name states, this emcee hails from Compton, California – a city that several Gangsta Rap pioneers, such as MC Eiht and N.W.A., also call home. Carrying the torch for a new generation of Gangsta Rap is Compton Menace.