Among the earliest pioneers of free mixtapes becoming promotional tools for himself and Southern Rap acts, DJ Drama’s prior run arguably hasn’t been repeated by any competitor since the 2007 FBI crackdown on his operation. Backstage at BET & ASCAP’s South By Southwest Music Matters showcase earlier this month, Drama took a moment to extend a show of appreciation for Rap’s comrades that helped take him to greater heights.
“The [T.I., Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy] trifecta made my career and helped put me in the position Im in now,” Drama told HipHopDX. “But it’s been a blessing to have done a record with Outkast and mixtapes or records with almost anybody who’s anybody in the Hip Hop world.”
Having also hosted tapes by Little Brother and Jean Grae over the years, DJ Drama’s more recent work has leaned towards a broader reach. The latest single from his Quality Street Music compilation “So Many Girls” features Roscoe Dash, Wale and Tyga, just one selection from the album full of today’s established and still rising stars.
Drama’s Gangsta Grillz series will continue with Compton spitter Problem’s The Separation hoping to capitalize on the West’s resurgence. As for what we can look forward to next, Drama is sticking to the same script that brought him this far as a curator turned full fledged executive. He told DX “More money, more music and more movements. Mean Street Studios is a new facility we just built in Atlanta, I’m working with a lot of fresh talent and producers to keep feeding the streets.”
dj drama has a career?
mixtapes, albums, radio shows. i would say the answer is obvious.
Yes he doe! do you?
Nigguh puhlease! I work at Walmart!
Naw, you aint workin at Walmart. You sellin propane and propane accessories I tell you what.
^^^ LOL yeah that second hank hill was not thinking about that shit
Lil Wayne has made lot’s of careers: Drake, Nicki, Tyga, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled.
false.
drake and nicki yes, everyone else not so much
Get your facts straight, condom mouth bitch. He only made two careers; Drake and Nicki Minaj. Tyga doesn’t have a career. Those other guys you named, Wayne DID NOT MAKE THEIR CAREERS; they made their careers by themselves.
Jcole was signed by Jay Z. Kendrick was a Dre artist correct? Rick Ross had airplay and songs on the charts as a solo artist before all the popular Khaled collab anthems between the 3 of them (Wayne, Khaled, Ross) Khaled, Ross and Weezy all benefited off each other with those collab tracks!
Sorry dumb comment on my part. I was distracted by sucking dick
idgaf bout dj drama
grabs dj drama by his neck and hangs him in front of his house while lil kids come back from school in the rain with wild hungry dogs roaming around but some of the ppl dident see it.
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Lil Wayne didnt start all of those , where do yall get this info ?? lol
Alot of ppl like to overlook the fact that Tip, Wayne, & Jeezy created something that will never be forgotten & go down in history as it’s own sound… They are like this era’s Pac, Jay, & Biggie..If u dont agree u must @ least agree with how they changed hip hop
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Be paid weekly and earn like a boss! Love my job, since I’ve been bringing in $87h I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I’m making it online. All I do are easy tasks from this one cool site, Epic2.com___
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAeoOcpUS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SCtyEOJy0A
no one watches these