Nothing, just chilling.

You’re from South Mississippi, right?

Yeah, I’m from Waynesboro Mississippi.

Tell us a little something about Waynesboro.

Waynesboro is in far southeast Mississippi, located almost on the Alabama state line. It’s like way off in the corner of the State. It’s a small town so it don’t get a whole lot of action. If you really wanna cut through to it, it’s country, real country. But then you got everything that falls down from the television, the movies and music. And the kids take and try to form their own little thing with it.

Now you talk a lot about GLF on your album, what exactly is GLF?

GLF is the block, it’s the street…. It represents the streets. It’s guttered out because it started out as Glitters Lane Family, which was the name of a street. And then, through a stint in prison, when I had got my mind right and everything right I change the meaning of the name GLF from Glitters lane Family to God Lives For-real. So now it’s on a whole new level of proving to the world that God really does live for real if he can let a little street niggas from Waynesboro Mississippi ever climb to the top and shine in this rap game.

Speaking of the rap game, you’re fairly new to this, give people a little background about yourself.

Like I said I did a stint in the pen. I’ve been out on the brick for about two years and seven months so that’s the extent of my involvement in the rap game. I’ve only really been doing two years and seven months worth of grinding so, like you said, I’m really new. But, if you look at my status in the game, as far as Mississippi is concerned, I’ve done a whole lot of grinding in a short period of time.

How did you get started rapping?

I started rapping like a week after my release out of prison. I got up a hundred dollars and bought a hundred dollars worth of studio time and recorded a little demo song on a little tape. And I had taken that little tape home and recorded copies off of it and handed them out to everybody in the neighborhood. And this little college student got a hold of it and gave it to some doctor that he knew and I met up with the doctor and the next thing I knew it just kept flowing from there.

You’re referring to Dr. Ali the owner of Aurora Records, the label that released your debut LP Mouf of da Souf, right?

Yeah, he put my first record out and all of that.

Now Mouf of da Souf did really well for you here in Mississippi…

Yeah it was the record that got me where I am today.

Basically it was a sour record deal. Everything was set up to where this dude was just trying something. I was so new to the game that I didn’t know nothing. I would’ve signed anything back then.

So once we got on off in the game and I realized the business of rap….and he recognized the seriousness of the game I kinda believed that he changed his mind and sortta left me out there in the water and I had to swim back and get back on my feet and be strong. But it all worked out through the grace of god. And I appreciate everything that he did for me because that album did take me places and it still can take me places because it’s still out in these streets. It’s just that he didn’t really want to get behind that album and push it the way he should have. Word of mouth and the streets is what got that album where it is today.

Now you hooked up with David Banner for a little while, how did that happen?

Yeah, that was a great part of my life right there. In fact, it was one of the highlights of my career when I hooked up with Banner. I was on the rebound from this deal, not knowing where to go; what to do….and you know he really took me in at that time. He dealt with me. he really gave me a chance to show that I was worth something. And as I was putting it down and doing whatever we had to do together, he helped me to stand up on my feet and my power back. And I really thank him for that.

Okay what’s going on with you now? Are you still with Aurora Records?

Naw. The record deal is gone. Right now I’m doing a lot. I’ve got plans in the making for forming my own record label. I’m taking my time because I know I can do it now. Like I said before I’ve only been in the game for a little while, but now I play ball with the majors.

Do you have plans for a new album?

Yeah, I’m working on a new album right now. I’m about to release the first single in another month.

And it’s called?

War, featuring David Banner. The name of the album is called War Vol. 1.

What can people expect from the new album?

They can expect a change for the whole game. A change on the level of somebody is really gonna put their neck on the line as far as telling the truth about Mississippi and these streets, no matter, at any cost. And, once it’s over, the fate of it is on the world. But I feel like P-Boy Stone is different. It’s all about the money; it’s about the power. Because it’s a blessing for me to able to even touch a mic given the life I had so every time I get on the mic, even if I never touch another mic from that day, I feel like I used it 100% when I did touch it.

What is P-Boy Stone about?

P-Boy Stone is about the people, the minority. I’m very, very different from a lot of young cats that out here today. Because it hard for people to accept that this cat doesn’t even put value on a lotta stuff as far as material things and all that as far as money goes. I’m past all of that. It’s like a spiritual level, yet it’s very, very aware of what’s going on a street level.

by: Charlie Braxton.  © 2002 Down-South.com