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Rain
 24: Introduce yourself to the readers and let everyone know where you’re repping and how long how you been rapping for? Rain: What up yall, this Rain repping Fayetteville, North Carolina. I’ve been making music since I was about 9 years old. I got over 10 years into this craft. I'm not one of these guys that look at it as just another hustle. 24: Not many artists in the game except are from North Carolina so is that something you really want to take advantage of and open the doors for more artists to come through? Rain: Yeah, that's the plan. I mean Florida, Georgia, Texas, New York, Cali, they all came in the game and made a mark. I love listening to all kinds of music but none of it represents where IM from to the fullest. I know the people in my city would love to hear our story from someone who really lived it and someone they know personally. 24: You were recently in XXL "Show & Prove" section and you’re not signed to a major as yet and The Source Magazine so tell me how big was that for you seeing yourself in 2 creditable magazines like XXL & The Source? Rain: It was a dream come true. The Unsigned Hype (in The Source Magazine) was big because so many artists came from that. For example Biggie, DMX, Eminem, 50 Cent, Mobb Deep, and that's just to name a few. So for me to be looked at in my prime in the same light as they were is amazing. The XXL Magazine feature was big for me too. I was the only artist in that section that was unsigned. Everyone else had records on radio and videos on TV.
Rain: The truth. The realness. Music nowadays is all about the ups. With me you can hear the balance, the ups and the downs. You can hear real emotion not just someone trying to be slick and fancy all the time. I have real shit to talk about. 24: I know that you are working on a new project with DJ Cannon so tell me more about that and any thing other else your cooking up for the near future? Rain: Don Cannon and I did two mixtapes together. “Highly UnAnticipated” and “Highly UnAnticipated Reloaded”. I'm still pushing that its classic music. All original music and it have no time span to it, which means it will never sound old. Its one of the few projects that came out in the past 5 years that you can listen to in the next 10 years. I'm also working on an album with The Heatmakerz. Shout out to Rsonist and Thrilla. This album is going to be 100 percent real. No deadline, no blatant radio attempts, no bullshit. Straight Crack Music. 24: Who are some of your musical influences coming up? Rain: I was a fan of Nas storytelling capability. I felt like he was so descriptive. Biggie found a way to tell the same stories and not be so complex but still make it sound creative. Those guys were the best at the shit in my opinion. Andre 3000 is another guy who paints serious pictures. I grew up listening to everyone though. Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, Scarface, Snoop everyone. These niggaz basically raised me. 24: You were recently on www. ThisIs50. Com and BET "Spit Yo Game" so tell me how did that come about? Rain: I did Sirius Satellite Radio with my man Gabie and Nelson, the Gomez Bros. Show, the last time I went to NY. They invited me to do THISIS50.com. I went there and knocked it out. I got a chance to talk to 50 Cent. He's a real down to earth dude. The way he thinks and his marketing strategies are unreal. At that point I understood why he is on the level he is on. The BET "Spit Your Game" came about through my management. He got link up with someone at BET and let him hear some of my music and it was a go. 24: Your grind work shows with The Source, XXL, and ThisIs50.com, BET, Smack DVD, under your belt to name a few but I wanted to know what else do you feel separates you from other new artist and why should a label A&R sign Rain over someone else? Rain: An A&R can't sign Rain. I want to talk to the boss. That's where my mind is right now because 99% of the A&R's I already sat down with either had no control over the situation or was to blind to see the fortune. They should be fired because they are fucking up the money. That's what separates me from these other artist my business mindset. I'm just being patient until the right opportunity comes around. 24: What's the best way for people to hear more music or find out more about Rain? Rain: www.myspace.com/rain910 everything is up there. Music, videos, interviews, so go and do your research. 24: Any last words? Rain: Shouts to 24hourhiphop, big up First In Flight Entertainment. We riding, FUCK THE WORLD!!
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