24: Introduce yourself to everyone that doesn’t already know who you are.
Fly Street: We are Fly Street Gang the dopest group. You probably heard of us,
if not the group consists of Jay West aka Clevah, Tah Streetz, and Fly Boy Phantom.
24: Before we get into your music, can you describe your history about how you got into and what inspired you.
Fly Street: To make a long story short, Tah and Jay West are cousins who always played around with music ever since they were kids. Phantom and Tah went to school together and did talent shows together. One day we decided to get into the studio and mess around with a few mixtape tracks, fast forward to 2011 and you have fly street gang. We were inspired by simply trying to make music we liked, but once we played for other people and they liked it we began to get more serious about it and began perfecting our craft.
24: What was the Hip-Hop scene like for you growing up where you’re from?
Fly Street: Growing up in Oakland, you had all types of music coming from our area. You had Tupac, you had E-40, Too Short, Luniz, 3x Krazy, and the list goes on, but with the Bay being so close to L.A., you also had Ice Cube, NWA, Snoop, and countless others. Growing up on the West Coast, we were more into Gangsta Rap or Mob Music but we did also listen to Biggie, Nas, Jay-Z and other artists from the East Coast as well
24: What makes you Unique as a artist and different from other rappers out now?
Fly Street: The thing that makes us different from other rappers is the sound we capture with our music,
we approach every song as if it’s a single. We put our all into everything that we do. Our music is more of a feel good vibe, but we do have all types of songs also with it being 3 people in the group. You get 3 different personalities on every track 3 different perspectives on the every track, we are very versatile we aren’t defined into a box, we can create anything.
24: Tell us about what you are working on.
Fly Street: Right now, we are working on our next mixtape/street album called ‘ZERO GRAVITY.’ Also an EP which we’re still working on a name for, but on top of that we are pushing our new single, ‘KNOCK IT OUT’
24: What producers have you worked with and who would you like to work with in the future?
Fly Street: We’ve worked with Iamsu, Jallah Keyz, and RawSmoov, just to name a few. We would love to work with J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Pharrell, The Runners, and Bangladesh. Pretty much anyone with hot tracks, we’re ready to work.
24: Are you happy with the feedback you have been getting from people on material you have released?
Fly Street: Yes, we’re more than happy. We’ve gotten a crazy response to our single ‘KNOCK IT OUT’ and also our last project ‘FLY NONSTOP,’ which currently has over 100,000 downloads, that’s big, but also humbling to us, it let’s us know people love the music we make and that’s who we do it for, the people.
In today’s free download age, what do you need that you don’t to make yourself a household name?
Fly Street: Keep putting out quality material and also visuals, never stop the music keep it coming.
24: How do you feel about the current state of the Hip-Hop scene?
Fly Street: We see a lot of promise in the game right now, it’s going into different areas and new artists aren’t afraid of trying new things. In most cases the quality of the music is getting better.
24: Outside of the music, what else are you currently working on?
Fly Street: We’ve been more so focused on the music, but we would love to get involved
with films, fashion, and also helping out more in our communities.
24: Where do you see yourself going in 2011 and how do you plan to separate yourself from the other artist out today to get the recognition you feel you deserve?
Fly Street: In 2011, we see ourselves further established to worldwide audience. We’ve been working hard and making music and visiting other states and cites to expand our brand. Make people more aware of our presence, we will separate ourselves from our competition by consistently giving quality music and putting in the work it takes to reach the top.
24: How can fans go about contacting you?
Hit our website WWW.FLYSTREETGANG.COM
TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/flystreetgang
FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fly-Street-Gang/139409658760
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/flystreetgang
iTunes http://www.itunes.apple.com/us/artist/fly-street-gang/id417795765
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/flystreettv
or email us FLYSTREETGANG@GMAIL.COM
24: Thank you for providing 24hourhiphop with this exclusive
interview, do you have any lastwords for your present and future fans
Fly Street: We appreciate the opportunity! Check us out let us know what you think about our music
and request ‘KNOCK IT OUT’ FEAT R.O.D. on your local radio stations, Thank You!
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