I met Chamillionare some years ago in Puerto Rico. He wasn't a star then, well at least not the international star he is now.
But he was well known in the Houston Rap scene as being the Mixtape Messiah. He was rolling with his younger brother Razaq, The legendary O.G. Ron C & Austin's Dj Rapid Ric. I'm talking about years ago when the brother had diamonds missing from his chain. I'm talking about the five of us sneaking into the atlantic records Showcase through the back door, telling the k...

H.I.  Because of  your song I’m Black,  you’re known to some people as a Hardcore MC with a Political edge: Was this your first song making a social statement? Or have people been missing the essence of your music?

S.P. Nah, I been doing that, probably was my first song. Nah, I couldn’t even say that, cuz there was one on my last album. I forgot the title of it, but it was like off of an Al Green beat (ed. note the song in question is Listen which samples Al Green’s Love and Happ...