FIRST OFF WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO DO THIZ RAIDA PACK INTERVIEW. WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT YOUR CAREER SO FAR, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW.
WHEN AND WHAT MADE YOU GET INTO THIZ MUSIC THING-THING?
I WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD WHEN I GOT INTO DOING MUSIC. THE FIRST THING I LIKE TO DO WAS SING..R&B..I USE TO LISTEN TO TLC ALL DAY EVERYDAY, BUT T-BOZ WAS MY FAVORITE. I STARTED OFF SINGING AT B-DAY PARTIES FOR MY FAMILY, AND DOING LITTLE SHOWS ALL OVER. UNTIL I DISCOVERED I LIKED RAPPING BETTER. I FEEL THAT WHILE RAPPING YOU CAN GET MORE WORDS OUT THAN SINGING A LINE OR TWO. SO I GOT INTO RAP, I CAN'T FREE STYLE, BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT, BUT THEN I CAN WRITE RAP'Z ALL DAY IF I WANT. SO I GUESS THERE ARE SOME THINGS DIFERENT IN THE WAY I DO MINE, BUT HAY EVERYONE HAS THERE OWN STYLE..RIGH...
WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL INSPIREZ YOUR PROJECTS WHEN YOU SIT DOWN TO BLAZE NEW ISH?
THE THING THAT INSPIREZ ME IS WHEN I WALK AROUND AND GAZE AT WHAT IS DOING OR GOING ON WHEN WERE OR WHAT EVER. I FELL THAT WHAT EVER YOU LOOK AT YA CAN RAP ABOUT THAT IN A CUPPLE OF LINES. RAP TO ME IS A FORM OF MIND RACIING, AND MIND CHALLENGES. THAT IS WHAT IS FUN ABOUT IT..YA CAN WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY, AND BAM! A RHYME IN YOUR HEAD SO THEN YOUR RHYMEN IS THE SHOWER OR WHERE EVER.
WHAT IZ YOUR LATEST PROJECT?
MY LATEST PROJECT WOULD BE DOING THINGS WITH CHIEF ROCK. THIS GUY HAS EVERYTHING GOING ON. HE CAN DANCE, RAP, SING, BATTLE YA NAME IT I BET HE CAN DO IT. BUT ANYWAYS WE GOT SOMETHINGS GOING ON, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT THE TITLE IS. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY UP ON DATE OF THAT JUST HIT UP THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: www.chiefrock.net or www.ladyshort.cjb.net THAT'LL GIVE YOU SOME WHAT OF INFO FOR YA HEADZ A BIT.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE PROJECT AS FAR AS PRODUCTION, FLOW AND TEXT?
I THINK IF I WAS TO DESCRIBE WHAT CHIEF ROCK AND I WILL BE DOING...WELL WE WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE A BOY GIRL CONVERSATION RAP TOGETHER, BUT WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THIS MAN IT'LL BE TIGH..ALREADY KNOW THE BEAT SOUNDS TIGHT. ONCE WE GET THE FLOWIN TOGETHER DANG IT'LL BE OFF THE HOOK.
WHAT IS YOUR FAV TRACK ON IT?
I LIKE ALL THE TRACKS. I REALLY DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE CAUSE ALL OF THEM SOUND GOOD.
HOW CAN OUR READERZ GET A COPY OF YOUR PROJECTZ OUT?
WELL..REALLY NOTHING OF ME IS OUT YET BUT, SHOULD BE BY THIS FALL, OR SUMMER..BUT TO KEEP UP DATED ON STUFF JUST HIT UP THE WEB SITES. www.ladyshort.cjb.net or www.chiefrock.net
WHAT ARE YOUR 5 FAVORITE HIP HOP PROJECTZ OF ALL TIME?
THE 5 FAV'Z OF MY OWN STUFF WOULD BE "NATIVE GAME" "ROCK-A-DOE-SHIS" "NATIVE PRIDE & POWER" "4-EVER RED" "SOL-JUH STRIDE"
WHAT WOULD BE YA DREAM SHOW AS FAR AS GUEST, PRODUCTION, DJ, WARM UPz, PROMOTER, ETC.?
I THINK I WOULD LOVE GOING ON TOUR WITH ALL THE NATIVE MC'Z AND WE ALL DOING LIKE 20 ALBUMS WITH ALL THE NATIVES BUMPIN THERE STUFF, AND HAVING A 5 DAY CONCERT IN EVERY CITY AND SETTING UP SOME KIND OF DANCE THING, DJ THING, BATTLE THING, AND SO ON KINDA CONTEST THING. WERE OTHER NATIVES OR NON NATIVES CAN SHOW THERE STUFF AS WELL AS THE FAMOUS NATIVES OUT THERE.
WHAT EMCEEZ DO YOU BUMP?
I BUMP ALMOST ANYTHING IN MY HOUSE, CAR, AT A DANCE, OR ANY PLACE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY GUEST APPERANCES OR OTHER PROJECTS IN THE WORKz RIGHT KNOW?
WELL.....NO REALLY JUST THE THING I AM DONG WITH CHIEF ROCK, BUT IF ANY ONE WANTS JUST GIVE ME HOLLA AND I'LL THROW MY STYLE DOWN ON YOUR ALBUM OR WHAT EVER ANY DAY...
WHAT DOES YOUR ARTIST NAME MEAN TO YOU?
MY ARTIST NAME IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE, I AM A LADY AND I AM $HORT. THE DOLLAR SIGN REPRESENTS SPUNK, AND DUTIES THAT GOTTA BE DONE. PLUS I WAS CALLED $HORTY ALL MY LIFE. SO THAT IS THAT....LADY $HORT IS WHAT IS BE'Z AND WHAT IT STAYZ.
WHO IS SHE AS AN ARTIST?
WHO IS SHE?..WELL...SHE IS A LADY WITH A LOT OF COURAGE, RESPECT, LOVE, NO HATE, SHE LOVES HELPING OTHERS, AND STANDING IN THE WAY WHEN SOMETHING SEEMS WRONG. I THINK EVEN THOUGHT SHE IS SHORT AND PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN PUSH HER AROUND THEN SO BE IT CAUSE DINO-MIGHT COMES IN SMALL PACKAGES, AND SHE IS JUST AS STRONG AS OTHERS THINK THEY ARE. SHE STANDS TALL WHEN PEOPLE WANNA SET AND SEE HER FALL. NOTHING STEPS IN THE PATH OF LADY $HORT.CAUSE THE PATH STRECHES EVERYDAY. IT BECOMES LONGER AND HARDER, MAD AND SAD, HAPPY, OR UNHAPPY..BUT THE FUN OF IT ALL IS WHEN YOU GET IT DONE AND THEN YOU CAN SAY "HAY I DID THAT AND YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY!"
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IZ HER STYLE?
HE STYLE IS WHEN THE CROWD IS DANCIN, HAVING A GOOD TIME, AND SINGING ALONG. THEN HER STYLE WOULD HAVE TO BE THAT UP-A-DEE-UP HIP HOP THANG.WERE EVERY ONE IS GOOVIN AND HAVING THAT TIME OF THERE LIFE WERE NO BODY FORGETS.
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH IN THE INDUSTRY? (DEAD OR ALIVE)
I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH STORMBIRD aka DRX9, NIGHTSHIELD, NATAY, ROLLIN FOX, MISTIC, SHADE, HAIDA AND HAVE A BIG PROJECT GOING WITH NOTHING BUT THE LADY MCZ OF THE STATE.
WHAT ARE YOUR GOLAZ AS FAR AS THIZ INDUSTRY GOEZ?
I AM GONG TO COLLEGE TO STUDY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND OPEN AN ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOP WITH ALL STYLES OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART WORK, MUSIC, BEADWOR, OR ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS ALL OVER, I ALSO RUNNING AND OWNING MY OWN ENTERTAINMENT STUDIO WHICH WILL BE CALLED "LADY $HORT ENTERTAINMENT" AND LATER ON IN THE FUTURE WORK WITH ALL NATIVE AND HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WERE WE HOLD SOME KIND OF NATIVE HIP HOP CONVENTION TO HEL ALL THE OTHER NATIVES GET THERE STUFF OUT FOR ALL EARS TO HEAR. I AM ALSO DOING A DEAL WITH THE LOCAL NATIVE RADIO STATION TO HAVE A NATIVE NIGHT WERE THERE IS NOTHING BUT NATIVE HIP-HOP, R&B, COUNTRY, ROCK, YA NAME IT..IT'LL PLAY IT. THATS AS FAR AS THAT GOES FOR OTHER GOALS. THE OTHERS ARE JUST TO FINISH SCHOOL, AND DO WHAT I CAN DO TO ACCOMPLISH MY GOALS .
WHAT ARE YOU IN IT FOR?
I AM IN THIS TO REPRESENT MY TRIBES FROM ALL ACROSS THE NATION, TO SHOW THAT WE INDIANS CAN ALSO DO OTHER THANGS THAT KILL ONE ANOTHER, OR SKELP SOME WHITE MAN. WE NATIVES ARE UNSTOPP-ABLE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SHOUT OUTZ TO BLAXE INTO THE CYBER WIND?
KEEP THAT NATIVE PRIDE..TO ALL MY HOMIES..KEEP HOLDIN YOUR GROUND (NO VIOLENCE) AND TO MY SIS AND G-MA..HAPPY B-DAY..MY BROTHER KEEP YOUR HART STRONG...DON'T LET IT FALL APART. CHIEF ROCK..WE GONNA DO THIS..AND GET IT UP AND GOING..BLAZIN LIKA A M*THA F*CKA....WE IS ON HOT FLAMES..HOMIE..STORMBIRD.. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HEAR DOING THIS WITH YA AND IF YA NEED ME YA KNOW WERE I BE. TO ALL THE NATIVE MCZ KEEP IT REALL,,AND GOING...YA GUYS GOT IT GOING ON....TO ALL THE NON NATIVES YA IS HOT TOO..KEEP IT UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD. AND I AM OUT..BYE-BYE...
Blessings & Prayers,
Lady $hort
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