Last Updated: May 19, 2006

Here's an interview done with Boondox that talks about his history, his music, and more.

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1. How did your partnership with Psychopathic Records come about?
Me and my boys was at the Hells Pit show handing out CD's promoting all of our singles and one of mine fell into the right hands. I was contacted by Violent J shortly after that. We kept in contact talking about ideas and different shit like that until the time was right for me to come up to Detroit and lay everything down.

2. Who are your influences in music?
I am influenced by so many people and groups that I don't even know where to begin. But I guess starting off with my main influence and one of the main reasons I got into rapping was ICP. I had always listened to rap and all since I was a kid but they made me want to do this shit for real. Another big influence was Three 6 Mafia. I patterned most of my early shit on their style, especially the beats I was making. I also was into the shit bumpin out of Georgia, Outkast, Goodie Mob, and a lot of shit from Oomp Camp. Believe I got influences from other types of music to, from Iron Maiden to fuckin Jim Croce, I just love music.

3. Where exactly are you from and what is life like in your home town?
Well I was originally born in Richmand Georgia but grew up and spent a majority of my life in the Conyers and Covington area of Georgia. Life in this area is what you make it, just depends on what side of town you lived. We got the booonies and we got ghettos and we got richy ass parts too. There's miles and miles of nothin at all, just the sticks, I'm talking fill ya fuckin car up with gas cause you ain't filling up again for a while type shit. We also got a strip of road with stores and all, I mean we ain't on some horse and wagon type shit but we also ain't to far removed from it either. You got ya ghettos too, places you don't wanna be if you don't know what's what. We got a place called Porterdale, this place cant be described, it has to be experienced. Believe it tho, the people from Porterdale are some of the downest mu fuckas you will ever meet. Shit's real out there.

4. What are your goals in the music game?
One of my main goals in this game is to make music people can listen to again and again. I don't want to make music for the times I want to make music that's timeless and that's what happens at Psychopahic. The stuff being made at the Hatchet don't have no expiration date on it, Juggalos will be bumpin the old shit right along with the new. Another goal in this business is to use it to make sure me and my family are taken care of. I got the greatest job in the fuckin world as far as I can see, and to be able to make a really good living off of it is the shit. Music is gonna help me live a life most people only dream of and for that shit I am eternally grateful, and that's real.

5. What was it like recording in Detroit?
Recording this album was one of the greatest experiences in my life. Having all the people I admired in this business working day and night on my record was just the shit, that's the only way to say it. Violent J and Shaggy at The Lotus Pod working side by side with me to make my shit the best it can be, Mike Clark at The Funhouse just schooling shit. Working with everyone was a fuckin honor for me. Twiztid layed down pure fuckin fire and blessed my record with an appearance, and Blaze killed that shit on the same track. It was cool as fuck working with AMB, we was kinda doing our shit at the same time and I'm glad I got to really know those guys they are the shit. I just want to take the time right now to say thank you to all those ninjas, y'all made this shit into something I ain't never gonna forget. Much love to all of y'all.

7. What was it like shooting the video for "They Pray With Snakes"?
This video shoot was nothin but the atom bomb of freshness to do. We was trespassing onto crazy ass farmers land in fear of catching buckshot to the ass at any moment. We was deep out in woods crawling with all kinda wild animals and poison oak everywhere. All the people involved was straight up ninjas with no fear. Tom, Ryan and the man himself Violent J was out there in the harshest conditions getting the job done. When I say harsh I mean harsh too, we was almost waist deep in the darkest most leech and snake infested swamp you could imagine, and everyone jumped right in to get the shots we needed to get. Only at Psychopathic will you find motha fuckas willing to risk life and limb to shoot a music video. The rain tried to fuck us up on day two but it couldn't stop what we was doin, we just ended up driving around and finding all the freshest places we needed to finish up. I'm glad we got to shoot in Georgia and not only that, we got to shoot in my town. Thanks to everyone who worked on this.

8. What were your past experiences in music before signing with the Hatchet?
My experiences in music started off playing bass guitar in numerous bands and also fronting a few bands. I did ass loads of shows back in the day all over Atlanta, all local shit but we still schooled it. I didn't get into the rap game until a little bit later on in my life when my boy Smokey let me join up with his group S.H.I. We recorded a lot of good shit but never released anything past the point of giving CD's away at other shows. They helped me a lot to get to where I'm at and I thank Smokey and Produk for that.

9. What are your interest besides music?
My number one interest in all aspects of my life are my kids and spending as much time as possible with them. Whatever they are into I'm into. I got mad mad love for wrestling, that's the only shit I watch on T.V. anymore regularly, well besides when football season rolls around then I'm glued to that shit. I like chillin with all my people, drinkin and shootin the shit. Most my time is spent with my kids and my people when I ain't doing this music thing.

10. What pisses you off?
To be honest I ain't got a whole lot to be pissed off about these days, but don't think that I don't be getting pissed off. One of the main things that be pissing me off is all the fucking hate in the world today. Folks just need to sit back and relax. Most of the hate that is going around ain't even about shit, people just hate to hate. I ain't saying people shouldn't have an opinion, I mean opinions are the shit, without them we would be some mindless mu fuckas ya know? Alls I'm saying is before you take it from an opinion into just plain hate check yaself, theys way more impotant things in this life than to spend it fuckin with other folks. Oh yea, people that cant drive pisses my ass off too.

11. What can ninjas expect from a Boondox concert live?
I'm bringing the country to the stage. All y'all that ain't never been in the boonies I'm bringin the boonies to you. We are planning on having a big ass set with cornstalks, woods, and maybe even an old ass barn up in the mix. But don't be thinkin its all visual cause I got some sounds for y'all ninjas like ya never even heard before. I'm bringing everything I got to get y'alls feet stompin and square dancin up in that bitch, well maybe not square dancin but I'ma have ya asses moving that's fo sho. Just come see for yaself.

13. How would you say your childhood was?
I was a bad ass kid, I'ma leave it at that for now.

14. Are there any non-Psychopathic artist that you would like to someday work with, and why?
There are quite a few. I'd like to work with Tech N9ne, he makes everything he's on fire. I'd like to work with Koopsta Knicca, his solo shit is some of my favorite music to bump. Babby D, he was killin shit at 16. Three 6 Mafia would be fresh to do a track with, pretty much anyone from Hypnotize Minds, That whole camp is the shit. There are so fuckin many great artist that I have been into I cant even begin to list them all, that shit would take all day.

15. What would you do with a million dollars right now?
First thing I would do is buy a fuckin house, I'm jumpin from place to place right now. My kid's savings would get a big boost. Then I would get me a car that don't break down every other week. I'd throw some chedda my old groups way to get shit they need to help them along. I would put most that shit back for a rainy ass day, we all have them.

16. Is there a lot of pressure being the only artist on Psychopathic from the South?
Oh yea! I am the first, there's only one first and that's me. I got the whole fuckin southern part of the country to represent and that is beyond fresh. I feel the pressure and think about it everyday and it weighs on my mind. I ain't going to take this lightly either, I'm honored beyond anything to be here, I'm gonna run with this shit and show everyone that I deserve to be here. I'm going to earn my spot and hopefully help some other southern rappers get the same chance I got.

17. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I see myself still doing what I'm doing now. Putting out records touring my ass off and entertaining the Juggalos and Lettes, O G's and all the new ninjas that come along everyday. I see myself financially able to do what I want to do. I see myself more than likely jumping behind the board and producing the freshness. I see myself with a big ass smile on my face brought on by my success at the Hatchet and the love from all of y'all that I hope to earn.

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