Featured artist: KING DAVID ISREAL - A BAY AREA PLAYER IN THE MIDWEST JUST TRYNA MAKE IT
Below is a short interview with the upcoming underground artist KING DAVID ISREAL.
How did you decide to become an artist?
KING DAVID ISREAL: IVE BEEN AN ARTIST ALL MY LIFE . WHEN I WAS A KID I USE TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR WRITING POETRY ON MY BEDROOM WALLS. MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS LOVED IT . MY PARENTS NOT SO MUCH. IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS IN ACTING CLASSES AND DID MANY PLAYS IN CHURCH AND AROUND THE BAY AREAS CITYS . THATS WHEN I LEARN TO TURN MY POETRY INTO RAP. I HAD A GROUP WITH MY COUSIN YUNG LOOTA AS A KID. HE IS STILL PURSUING HIS RAP CAREER AS WELL. LOOK HIM UP!!. AND I HAVE BEEN PERSUADING PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO MY SOUND SINCE THEN. IVE DROPPED MANY CDS. BUT MY LATEST 1 IS TITLED TOTAL ECLIPSE. EXCLUSIVELY FOR DOWNLOAD ON BITTORRENT. THEY BLESSED ME WITH A FRONT PAGE PROMO. I PUT THE SINGLES ON SOUNDCLOUD. AND I HOPE IT GETS VIEWED AND RECEIVED WELL. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING LOVE WELL. SO NOW AND SINCE 2005 IVE BEEN PUSHING MY LABEL ISREAL RECORDS. I STARTED IT HERE IN RACINE WISCONSIN WITH MY CO C.E.O MYSTAMACK. AND SINCE THEN WEVE BEEN ALL GASS NO BRAKES . PERFORMING AT OVER 100 DIFFERENT VENUES IN THE MIDWEST REGION . BRINGING IN NEW TALENTED ARTIST LIKE HYPNOTISEEYES, M80, OG IROC, AND OUR LATEST ARTIST GENO BROWN(FIND HIM ON ITUNES) AND THAT IS WERE I STAND TODAY. DROPPED MY FIRST VIDEO TITLED MISS ME WITH THE BULLSH*T ON YOUTUBE AND THE NUMBERS KEEP RISING TO THE TOP. AND THAT EXACTLY WERE I WANT TO BE. … ITS LONELY AT THE TOP BUT ITS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. #ISREAL
IT LONLEY AT THE TOP BUT ITS A BEAUTIFULL VIEW.SO DONT BE AFRAID TO STAND ALONE.
What about concerts? Do you play live?
YES . I GIVE CONCERTS AND PRIVET SHOWS
Best punchline you ever wrote?
I COULD BE FIRST IN LINE TO HELL WITH GASSOLINE DRAWS ON . AND NI**AS WOULD STILL BE SAD AT ME SUCESS!!
What are you currently working on? Did you release something in the past?
I JUST RELEASED MY ALBUM TOTAL ECLIPSE ON BIT TORRENT.
Last but not least: Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
YES I WOULD AS LONG AS I CAN KEEP CREATIVE CONTROLL OF MY NAME IMAGE AND MUSIC. TO MANY OF US SIGHN THE CONTRACT WITHOUT READING THE SMALL PRINT. I KNOW IM A DIFFERENT KIND OF ARTIST. AN AQUIRED TAST IF YOU WILL. BUT I LIKE WHO I AM ANS I LIKE MY SOUND AND DONT THINK I SHOULD EVER BE FORCED INTO CHANGING.
Any last words?
IM A BOY BOI (CALIFORNIA NATIVE)LIVING IN THE CILLA(RACINE WI). THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORT ME . ALL WHO ARE TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO MY CAMP ISREAL RECORDS. WITHOUT YOU THERE IS NO ME. I LOVE MY FANS
Where can we contact you?
KING DAVID ISREAL: YOU CAN FIND ME ON TWITTER AT @ISREALRECORDS – https://twitter.com/ISREALRECORDS
Thank you for your time. We wish you and your career the success it deserves.
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This interview was done by Amanda Aselia, a long time blogger and entertainment journalist specialized in the underground hip hop music field.
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