DJ Drama lived up to his name when the police arrested him after they raided his studio. Now, he’s back with more details on his upcoming mixtape.
“I wanted to come back strong and repent myself, so it’s hosted by me. Me on the cover. I got Tip, Big Kuntry, La Da Darkman, Gucci Mane. Lil’ Boosie … Gucci Mane and Boosie are like the hottest n—as in the streets. … There are definitely some exclusives on there that are made just for the tapes — USDA, Gucci Mane, Willie [the Kid] — but then there are songs that are [new,] like Playaz Circle’s ‘Duffle Bag Boyz,’ which is crazy-big in the A right now.”
“This is a tape for the masses, so I wanted to do something everybody could rock to,” he added. “It’s about making the streets happy. People tend to forget that before Gangsta Grillz, [I] was doing mini albums — it was a regular series. What it was based upon was the hottest songs in the streets of the A.”
With a new tape out, he is upset with the current state of the mixtape world.
“Start being creative and stop making a million Lil Wayne tapes…How many Wayne tapes you gonna make, man? It’s a drought in the mixtape game.”
After being arrested, he’s still not scared.
“Get it how you can get it,” he said to MTV. “It’s a statement for me. It’s nothing more than feeding the streets. We’re giving out 15-20,000 at Birthday Bash. I’m in city to city, state to state all the time. I’m doing my thing, going back to my roots — hand to hand — giving them out. If there’s another way of getting it, so be it, I don’t have control over that. But it’s a promotional item, as all [mixtapes] are.”
Drama is also speaking on the case he’s got.
“I’m off pre-trial…I still haven’t seen a day of court yet. Behind the scenes, it’s still going on, but hopefully soon I will have more positive information when things are settled.”
