 My name is Cuban Link, started as a rapper, known to the world, part of the Trevor squad when we started that. 1994 started in the game with my brother, Punn. We came in together, me, him, and Joe. We met up with Joe, Joe was on the same area. We formed a little triangle there, you know, the flavor was good, so we took it to the next level. I was the first one to break ground and show the world what he had, so you know where he went to the world. And then hip hop took it to the next level, he was right behind him. I mean, I started in the game, I started like 93, 94 with Punn. Besides that, you know, I fell in love with hip hop when I was 15 in elementary school, so you know, I was doing my thing. As far as like, since I was taking notes, I was in the right mind of school. You know, being a little too shy to really be siphon, but then, you know, I got in with the likes of Triple S, you know, my man, Punn, and then, you know, we used to go to the hallways of these, you know, spits and rhymes, and you know, that kind of broke the fear at, like, you know what I'm saying, like, spitting my lyrics. I started hitting them hard, like I started going in on my rhymes when we found out that we have to separate from each other and as far as he was accrued, he was full of clips. It was me say some pun, and you know, Punn got his turn first, because you know, he was the one that stood out the most, and Joe, Joe Willie, like, you know what I'm saying, was on Punn like that, and he was going to give Winnie the shot to take it first. After that, it was like, damn, you know, I've never been a solo artist, so it was like, I had to really go in after, of course, you know, learn from Punn, I ain't even doing it because, you know, he had to go first. So, you know, I was like, I was second up to bat, so I was really, you know, saying like, me and Punn would sit down and he'd start going in, and you know what I'm saying, when he wasn't around me, I had to go in on my own, and it really started thinking of concepts, and ideas, how to create an album, how to dissect 16 bars instead of just making a hot 16. I got to make three hot 16s, and make that concept for the song hotter. After that whole, you know, situation when I split from Trevor Squad, it definitely made me change my views as individuals. So that, me changing that views as individuals, you know, it did come with a little anger, you know what I'm saying? And I put it to my rhymes to a point where, of course, I'm from the street anyway, I always split that gangsta shit with y'all. But now when I spit it, it seems like it scares a lot of people away, especially business white collar people, because they think I'm talking about a certain individual, a certain situation all the time. And it's just basically me being a street nigga from the Bronx doing what I always used to do. It's just like, you know, I mean, I got a little more baggage now because, you know, situations that have transpired, but I'm still spitting that hard for, you know, gangsta shit from the Bronx. It's just, you know, the political side of it changed a lot. So it definitely made me take the road of, of, you know, all eyes against me, like, you know, selling some all life. My back is against the wall. So it's a weapon to get it, you know what I'm saying? And that's my attitude towards me. That's this position I've been putting. So when I do spit my lyrics, I mean, just understanding that it comes from the heart and it's definitely a message behind everything that I would be. And, you know, I'm a musician and I take music to the heart and I take it, you know, and I give it to the fans how I want to give it to them, which is, you know what I'm saying? Even if you're just angry with it, you know what I'm saying? It's not just anger. It's like, oh, let's just fucking go and shoot up anybody. And it's senseless, you know what I'm saying? It's something that, of course, I went through this situation. It's a point of view that I see. And maybe you can relate to my music involved. I live without what I spit most of the time. 99% of the time I'm spitting what I'm living. So sometimes when life do get hard, you know what I'm saying? That break comes in with, you know, my high eight is where I'm not even found this shit. I start doing other shit. You know what I'm saying? A little phase is in there and that maybe prevents me from really going 100% out of that thing. That making my album or something like that. It might take me longer than other, because it's really like, you know what I'm saying? It's really being independent. It's like, you know, I got in-house family that we do work together. Like, you know, AOM is a team. You know, they got the studio set up. I got my man 326 that I go over there and laid out my lyrics on in the studio. So it's like, you know, I write my own worksheet and it's time for me to work. But I do catch the fevers where, you know what I'm saying? I just want to be in the studio for three months straight and knock out a man's shit. But then, you know what I'm saying? Life hits again and then, you know, it's a little, another roadblock that comes in besides the politics in so much just regular life. So that's why I maybe take a little long time for my albums to come out. All that shit plays a part, man. You know, you don't got the politics backing you up in the gang. You got radio really not playing the music because of other reasons. You know what I'm saying? We got me living my life as a human being. You know what I'm saying? And as a man, you know, I'm still doing my thing. So, you know, all that comes into play where, where that shit, that fair shot for me hasn't come yet. We all got dreams. You know, my dreams still there. The hip hop dream in my head is still there. You know, did I get that shot yet? Nah, I was close to it, yeah. Was it supposed to be an easy road for me? Nah, nah. Did I come from a little town in Cuba called Puerto Serrada? That's a lot of doors. So, you know, that's just my destiny. I gotta, I gotta earn my the hard way. You know what I'm saying? That's already been already said and done. Like, I already know that's my role. I mean, if you believe in something, I'm more for it. Like, you gotta give it a hundred percent. Especially in the hip hop game. Like, you know, I'm a Spanish guy. You know, it was so, it was like so hard to get in this game and do a different job. Different ethnic background. It's just it. You know what I'm saying? Of course they're welcome. You know, you're always going to be welcome because hip hop is, it's, it's, it don't have no color. But at the end of the day, the majority and the dominant are, you know, black people. And they, they, they even want to put it down for a get-go. And you know, it's their sport. Regardless, you know, I owe props to that. But at the end of the day, when you come from the hood and you grow up with, you know what I'm saying? Black people, like, you know what I'm saying? You know, from the Bronx, you know, you from a place that you, you know, hip hop was created. You know, that comes into, into a place where that gives you an extra energy right there. You know what I'm saying? And it makes you feel like you fit somewhere. Hip hop makes you fit. You feel like, like, you know, you fit there. Because that's who you are. That's what you breathe. That's how you press. That's how you talk. So, you know, that's, that's just my emotions when it comes to hip hop. That's why I took it. To actually right around. I used to do my little, you know what I'm saying? Breakdancing. You know what I'm saying? You never really got into tagging and all that. But just that hip hop culture always imbibed me, like, you know, so that it took me in. And I just let my soul go with it. You got to go in your horizons. You really got to understand that when you speak, you know, you got to put yourself in a position where the world's going to listen to you. So, what would you say to the world? And what kind of message would you give the world? So, you really say your rhymes. I mean, it's hard. Especially now, you got, I mean, you've got a million rappers right now. They all want to be rappers. You can tell you that you've been hearing a lot of wack shit on the radio. And I can say that because I'm a nigga that, like I said, you know, I grew up on the juke's crew and the Rudd DMC, you know what I'm saying? The Grand Ya Ya You. And Liverpool names. Liverpool names. Twisters. You know what I'm saying? I grew up in the area, so I know what Liverpool's contact means. You know what I'm saying? And that's something that we lost right now. And I just, you know, I need that element back in hip hop. You know what I'm saying? And it's hard to find it, of course, because it's not glorified like before. You know, and niggas really gave me the shock as they earned it, as far as, like, straightening that minimum. So now, you just, like, got these songs and it's like, okay, you know, you know, you know, you put on a costume and you begin to make a video, you got a little hat and belt and you start. And that's like, you know, it's like, it has no, it's hollow. That's what I'm saying. Right, it's hollow. The ingredients, it's not all there. And don't get me wrong, there's people that still do it. It's just, it's not venomous. It's not heartfelt. It's not, you know, I mean, you got a lot of dance motherfuckers out there. I love, I love making people dance. You know, that's part of me. I like dancing when I go to the club. I just don't want to dance on time. You know what I'm saying? I think the album should embody more than just dancing. You know what I think? I think it should. The album should describe who a real MC is, who you are. The writer, the mama, the rapper. You know what I'm saying? She should describe who you are. Or even whatever your mind, exceptional what your mind thinks you are. Remember, you can't just, this is hip hop. This is one of the fields of music where the originality is key. Where who you are is key. Because you will get tested when you hit the street. So you got to understand really what you want to do when you're stepping foot in the game. Here's your boy, Cuban Link. 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