Interviewed by : @_TonyMC
Edited by: @1stClassFilms
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Zoey Dollaz walked into G Studios on the 11th floor of a high-rise in
Downtown Miami with his head held high as he prepared for a long night of work in the recording booth. The Haitian-American MC immediately sat down to work on his forthcoming single. As the
Jahlil Beats produced instrumental rattled the room with its magnificent bass patterns, it didn’t take long for the
Dade County rapper to come up with a quick 16 that’s sure to stun his fans and haters alike.
Since our last conversation with Dollaz a few months back, major changes in his budding music career have made the 25-year-old lyricist an hot commodity in the music industry
. In the months following the overwhelming success of his radio smash “
Blow A
Check,” Dollaz, who was born
Elvis Millord, resisted signing his life away to other labels until
Future came into the picture. The
Dirty Sprite rapper eventually helped to fulfill
Zoey’s childhood dream of being signed by
Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid.
“Man, I met the guy that i always said would
sign me from when I was a little boy,” Dollaz told
VIBE. “I’m like L.A. Reid will always be the person to
sign me, and that’s no story or fabrication. I knew he would be the person to sign me whenever I get signed… As soon as I met L.A. Reid, it was instant. He was like ‘Man listen, I don’t know nothing about you but I know talent when I see it, and I know a good soul when I see one.
Welcome to Epic Records.’"
Dollaz claims he knew L.A. Reid would be the first one to sign him ever since he was a young boy. Since signing to Future’ Freebandz imprint, Dollaz is changing the direction for his forthcoming project to match the monumental direction his life and career is heading in. After dropping numerous projects like
Love, Money,
Bullets and last year’sWho
Don’t Like Dollaz, the newborn Freebandz artist switched up his previous plans for his forthcoming release to reflect how blessed his life has truly become.
“
The new name of my mixtape is Port-Au-Prince. I’m focusing on that more, and the label agrees so it makes sense. I’m not just repping for me as an
American rapper. I’m
Haitian. I’m repping for a whole culture.”
Before becoming a part of the growing Freebandz squad, Dollaz was already a part of the inner circle of pivotal
Miami acts like
Rick Ross,
DJ Khaled,
Denzel Curry, and
Bizzy Crook. After
Diddy and
French Montana’s “Blow A Check” remix pushed him into the national limelight, Zoey said that he wasn’t pressured by Future to make moves under his imprint. In fact, despite the numerous offers on the table, the Miami rapper said he didn’t feel comfortable joining up with any other label.
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Watch the interview in full below.
http://www.vibe.com/2016/02/interview-zoey-dollaz-rising-rapper-miami/
- published: 19 Apr 2016
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