In hip-hop, every few years a rare voice emerges from a regional scene that carries so much weight that it can’t be denied. While the young up and comers flourish on MTV for all the world to see, there’s always an underground champion who represents the real pulse of his city, sometimes deeper and more intensely than some want to hear. As artists like Mike Jones, Paul Wall and Slim Thug paint Houston as a city of diamond waterfalls and never ending Bentley dealerships, there’s one rapper who is determined to give the world a real picture of his H-Town streets. C-preme grew up in Houston, Texas. Born and raised a product of it’s southWest streets. Among other notable distinctions, he’s a member of the Hustle City And GMG Ent. Since his first appearance on wax, to this moment today, C-preme has been one of the most consistently lyrical, street reporters this region has ever known. “People always wonder why we be so serious,” C-preme reflects, “and I sit back and let ‘em know, we keep a lot of s*** we go through inside our chests. We ain’t the type to go talk about our problems to nobody so that’s what make us good at what we do in this music s***. We go through s*** on a day to day basis. That’s why we have so much s*** to talk about. That’s why I’m glad we go through s***. I hate that it be how we go through it but it’s good that we do go through it because without that, s***, what would we have? S***, my brother Scrappi Facing three life sentences, I can’t be there. I don’t even want him there. I gotta do this for him and for me and my whole family.” The tales of reality don’t come from hearsay or his imagination either. C-preme is the rare rapper who really lives the street life every day. Whether he wants it or not, it is a part of him. “Last year My N**** ended up catching a b******* case being in a shootout that wasn’t even His fault,” he explains, “it was the fact that m************ up there on drugs trippin’ with theyself and can’t handle they drugs and wanna get buck. I’m going through so much b*******, like I was going through a case between My whole 74 family against a whole certain precinct police station. Not no one policeman, I’m talking about literally where it’s like warfare. We come out our house they itching to come get us. We ain’t in no fairy tale s***. I’m gonna be consistent till they put me in my grave and hopefully when they put me in my grave it’s still gonna be consistent.” In the meantime, while going through the process of finally getting a major deal, C-preme has stayed busy working with everyone from Swat Product to Southern Empire. Rap to The Game. The late Pimp-C,Was A Mentor And Close Friend Of C-preme. “It’s only right for me to bring my culture and my team.” C-preme will always ride for his Folks. That’s just our s***. Pimp is a legend man and with me around he ain’t never gonna fade away. And then Larry Hoover, I ain’t gonna let that s*** fade away. I brought that s*** back because I felt my first impact needed to be what I represent and who the f*** they need to be respecting right now because this man paved the way for everybody.” And that’s real. The road paved by Hoover may be getting trampled by newcomers with Fake aspirations, but if you really dig deep into the core of Houston, you’ll see that artists like C-preme, the Rap-A-Lot Family, Screwed Up Click and the ABN Gang are really what keeps this Organized minded city thriving. When everyone else fades away, We will still be the foundation. And C-preme is one of the strongest and most unique bricks in that mug. “Yeah I’m away from the pack.” C-preme states in closing. “People gotta understand that I’m the black sheep of the pack. But also the fact that I’m Real. Everything I say is Real, nothing is fake. You’re gonna see a lot of real s*** coming from me. I ain’t here to be friendly with nobody. I ain’t here really to kick up no dust. It just is what it is, C-preme. I’m bringing to the game the realness, no fabricated s***. No ridin’ nobody’s d*** cuz they hot. I did my own thing. I made my own way.”
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