Zay (Houston, TX) – Q&A Interview

Tell us a little about yourself. Where you are from? How long have you been making Hip Hop?

I am a Artist / Producer from Houston Tx / I been making Hiphop since 2000

What influences you in making Hip Hop?

Influences come from all over past / present  / music / experiences / all genres of music / ( life is like a soundtrack to me in my head – lol )

Describe your music, and what separates you from other MCs?

My music is natural – non-rocessed ,, non – microwaved ,, home cooked , and the authenticity is easily relatable to men and women – I am separate from ther other artist because my belief is ” make the music , don’t chase the music”  which gives me my own sound

Who have you collaborated with? Who would you like to collab with in the near future?

I have collab with several Houston all-star from the S.U.C. (screwed up click ) era  Big Pokey, Lik Keke , radio personality – Kiotti, South Park Mexican, biggest feature I’ve been apart of was with Fat Joe  ( south park / south Bronx remix )

Up coming features – I’m open to work with anybody – as of right now I don’t have a particular artist lined up to collab with

Your definition of “Underground Hip Hop”?

My definition of underground hiphop is the culture persevered in its roots of still loving all the elements ( mc , graffiti , dj , b-boy , knowledge of self )  —   as  we  grow  ,, and  social media grows , and  marketing ,,  hip hop will grow and spread to all backgrounds of people  – which is good as long as the roots of the tree are always fed  and acknowledge ( just like going to an art museum and still appreciating early painting and architecture –  – yes technology will do things faster and bigger but the  ” controllers ” should have knowledge and appreciation of the roots to counter balance losing all integrity.  ( just my opinion)

Production wise, who are your influences? Who does your production?  And who would you like to work with?

Production is all in-house  I work with a production team called ” the network” we produced all the tracks presented

Any current or future projects you are promoting?

This one –  Leopard head ( the EP )

Where can we find your music and info?

Music coming soon to ITunes but you can check out my FB artist page  @1Zayallday

Any shout outs?

Shot Out to all that  Love the Culture