NEW BIG WY INTERVIEW

Once again, our own Styles hooked up with Big Wy of the Inglewood rap group The Relativez for a special interview. Big Wy recently released the Piru Love 3000 song and video to the internet which has gotten thousands of plays and views just within a matter of days. The song which was dedicated to the memory of Bloody Mary (Nini X), Mausberg (from DJ Quik’s camp) and 4 Bent (from The Game’s The Black Wall Street crew) who were all close to Big Wy. You can view the video by through this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiwZs1yraBM

I caught up with Wy to talk about this video, the people to whom it was a tribute to, The Game & Big Fase, the resolution of the beef with fellow Inglewood rapper Mack 10, his business with Jim Jones, The Bangin On Wax days and questions given to me by his fans.

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Let’s talk about this new video Piru Love 3000. You released it just a few days ago and it’s already gotten several thousand hits on Youtube.

Big Wy: I did the song as a tribute to Bloody Mary (a.k.a. Nini X), Mausberg and 4 Bent a.k.a. Billboard. By me being affiliated with the original song Piru Love from The Bangin On Wax CD, I felt that it was a good song to use as a tribute to people that I was close to that happened to be Piru’s. I choose that record to do it, but I also wanted to pay homage to my niggas that are still alive and doing well like Red Rum, Lil Leak and Lil Stretch.

Let’s talk about those three individuals that you chose to pay tribute to: Bloody Mary, Mausberg and 4 Bent. Let’s start with Bloody Mary. Is there anything that you want to share with the fans about her?

Big Wy: Bloody Mary was a real down to earth homegirl. We were real close from the gate. On the mic, she was hard as fuck! When I first heard her I was like, “Who is dude?” She was in the studio when I first heard her and my homie was like, “That’s Nini.” I was like, “What the fuck?”

But Mary was two different people. When it was time to rap she was dangerous! The way she got down, it was so authentic. Her personality though was so genuine. As her homeboy I love her to death and miss her. We hadn’t seen each other for a while but one time when me and Suga Buga were on tour (as The Relativez) we ran in to her out in Portland. She was staying in Portland for a minute. After that I never got the chance to chop it up with her again and then I found out about her accident when she was out here in Cali. It was crazy because my boy Lil Stretch owns a motorcycle shop now and she would pass by that way everyday after work. One day I asked my homeboy Diamond from Fruit Town, “Who the fuck was that? Somebody just flew down the street on that motorcycle!” I was like, “Nini? Bloody Mary?” and he was like, “Yeah!” I didn’t know she could ride like that! Then two days later she was killed on her bike…

You had a short mention in your Piru Love song about her catching you fucking somebody?

Big Wy: (laughs) She caught me fucking in a room! That shit was funny! Me and Lil Stretch had been living together at that time. She came over to the house asking where I was at. The nigga Stretch he’s stupid like, “He’s in the room chillin.” He doesn’t tell her that I am in there with a broad. She opened the door and I am like, “Hey!!” (Laughs) She opened up that door and I was just workin!!! I’ve got a girls legs like Lamborghini doors!! She’s laughing and I am laughing and the bitch that I was fuckin’ was hollerin’! Afterwards Mary was like, “That was too much!”

(Laughs) Damn! She’s right. That is too much! Were you able to go to her funeral?

Big Wy: No. She was buried back in Ohio. She was originally from Ohio. Her mom is out there so that’s where they buried her.

Let’s talk about Mausberg now. In the song you mentioned how he would miss classes to meet up with you?

Big Wy: That was back when I was in a group called The Young Soldierz. We all had went up to Centennial High School for some reason. Mausberg heard that we were up there and he got in trouble because he ran straight out of class just to meet me. He just jumped right out of his seat in the middle of class. He was like, “Fuck this! I am outta here!” and just left (laughs).

One time I was down in San Diego doing a show as The Relativez. We were performing with DJ Quik and Suga Free that day. They brought Mausberg with them and once we hooked back up we were hanging out everyday after that. He would always talk to me about personal things and asked a lot of questions about the music industry. He was having a hard time dealing with the fact that he was becoming more famous but he didn’t have the money that he thought he should have. I would lace him up about the business. He would come get me and we would roll out to Riverside where he set up a studio with some of the money he had. Six Mill, Drest’a and The Young Hoggz would always be out there and that’s how I first got close to those dudes. Me and Mausberg would just hang out on some homie shit.

Did you guys ever record anything together?

Big Wy: We actually have a song that I am going to release soon. It’s me, Drest’a, Mausberg and Shame (from The Young Hoggz). Nobody has ever heard it. That’s the only song that we ever recorded together aside from a drop that we did for Big Boy at Power 106. I don’t know whatever happened to that drop though.

If Mausberg was still alive, how big do you think he would have been?

Big Wy: If Mausberg was still alive he would be big. I don’t know where he would have been as far as like what label or what company. Looking at that whole camp with Quik, I don’t know where he would have went. I know that Mausberg would have excelled a lot further because he wanted to do things positively without all of the drama. If he was alive he would be a force to be reckoned with.

Was he happy within that circle?

Big Wy: You know, he was only 19/20 years old. He was feelin’ it and enjoying it but he still felt like it should have been more. He felt like things could have been better, but that’s with anything really. He was still getting his feet wet and he still had to pay his dues. His life and career was just shut down so suddenly. He never got that chance to blossom in to his full potential.

Do you remember that moment when the news broke about his murder?

Big Wy: When I first heard about it I was getting ready to leave out of town on business. I wasn’t able to go his funeral because I got locked up in jail out in Kentucky. During that time we had just started The Relativez and Dirty Money had just dropped. I got caught up though and I wasn’t able to go to the little homie’s funeral. It hurt me real bad that I had missed that.

Let’s now talk about 4 Bent a.k.a. Billboard. You also mention in the song about being real close with him.

Big Wy: I feel like God is trying to tell me something because these people were put in my life for a reason. 4 Bent used to look up to me and I’m thinking myself that this nigga is hard. He would always call me “Big homie” and I never looked at it being like that but that’s how he viewed me. Me and him would just hang out everyday. I would roll there to the West (of Compton) to meet him and you would hear him coming down the street on mini-bike. He was a mini-bike fanatic. He would always race on them and all that other type of shit.

We once did a classic record, “I’ll Show You How”, that’s like one of his hardest songs ever. But we would hang out in the alleys, over at his house, over at my house.

Do you have any of his unreleased material?

Big Wy: No. Everything that I’ve had with 4, I’ve released it. He’s got stuff that I know that Game has and also Fase. That’s over my head though. That’s on niggas to put out. I love my homie though and I miss him. He was taken away too short from us.

He was taken away before a lot of West Coast fans with the exception of those on the Internet got to really know about him….

Big Wy: Dude was real cool. He was a big dude but he wasn’t about no games. He pressed the fact of being real. If you weren’t what you said you were, he was not rollin’ with you. He really believed in being authentic. That’s why when he first heard about dudes being Bloods on the East Coast he said in the song “I’ll Show You How” that he’ll embrace them but he’ll also tell these niggas what they are doing wrong and how to do it the way it’s supposed to be.

To keep it real, and everybody that know, they know that I know. He was the originality and the authenticity of The Black Wall Street. Everything that represented Piru in Black Wall Street was 4 Bent! He was the realest nigga from that whole crew. I ain’t taking nothing away from Fase and I ain’t taking nothing from Game or any of the other homies but they know what it was. 4 was the one! If he was alive, I believe that a lot of these different situations that Game has been going through would be a whole lot different. I think that Chuck (The Game) would be around a little more. Game, if you read this Blood, you need to come holler at me.

Did you go to 4’s funeral?

Big Wy: Yeah, I was at 4’s funeral. I was right there. I just hate how all of this shit is going down. When 4 died it just interrupted a lot of shit. I know if 4 was alive he wouldn’t want for this shit to be going on, especially between Game & Fase. Them my niggas. I love you Game and I love you Fase but I hope that you niggas can get that shit right. At least try to think about how 4 would have felt, if anything at all. For real!

There is also another track that was recently leaked called “Where U At?” with you, Glasses Malone and Jim Jones. Talk to us about that.

Big Wy: The “Where U At?” record was produced by my young homie J-Hustle. I know some people over at Boost Mobile and we are working on putting all of the business together on that song. I had a verse that Jim had done for me and I put it on that song. G. Malone gave me a verse also. The way it’s looking right now, when the song is officially released it’s going to be myself, G. Malone and Talib Kweli. Malone had got at Talib and he agreed to be a part of it. G told me that Talib was already in the process of recording his verse for it. Once I talk to Jim again, we will probably release his version again because Jim is my nigga too.

I was going to ask you what your relationship with Jim was like? I know that you guys had planned earlier in the year to do The Byrd Gang West but those plans fell through.

Big Wy: I haven’t spoken to Jim lately but you know what’s been going on. Everybody that’s been following knows what’s been going on with Jim. He had a lot of things that he had to iron out business-wise before we could launch our plans. Me and El Dorado Red came up with Byrd Gang West along with my boy Wacko, we started pushing it heavy and it started buzzing but we had a conversation with Jim and he was like, “We should hold up on it”, because his own Byrd Gang situation wasn’t even solidified. So we agreed to hold off things until the future. And then I started with my own company Checkmate Entertainment. Other than that, Jim knows what it is, Soo-Woop.

People have been asking me what’s next with The Relativez?

Big Wy: Me and Suga Buga are still doing our thing. He has a script for a movie that he’s working on called “H.I.V.: Home Invasion.” He’s been working on the script for that and that’s his main focus so I haven’t really been bothering him. I let the music get to him because when he hears certain records that I do, it drives him crazy like, “Man! Let’s work on an album!” He said that he’s ready to start working on a new album but I want him to get that script together because I know ultimately once we do that movie it will be a bigger stage. We will end up back in the studio together eventually.

You guys did record together for that song you did for Glasses Malone, “Damu Division.” That song is also significant because Mack 10 is also on that record. Who would have seen that coming?

Big Wy: Those that have heard it, love it. You’ve got The Relativez, 211, G. Malone and Mack 10 all on one record! Just me, Dogg (Suga Buga) and Mack 10 on a record is amazing itself!

When I first heard the news, I was shocked.

Big Wy: I’m a real nigga. I take my hat off to the dude (Mack 10) for even wanting to fuck with it. I am man enough to admit that all of that stuff with Mack 10 was started by us (The Relativez). It was just on some ego shit. We were young and listened to a lot of niggas that don’t really give a fuck about us or him (Mack 10) and we said stuff that we shouldn’t have. We got a chance to squash it and being a businessman I see where Mack was coming from. I see where dude is coming from because right now I am hearing some of the same stuff on our end. When you get money and you are doing different stuff with your career, you don’t have time for a lot of that bullshit. Mack 10 is a cool nigga. We got the chance to bond and chop it up. When we first squashed the beef we had a phone conversation. He said some stuff to me that I took to heart. I keep it real. When you tell me something right and are being real sincere with it, I will take it to heart. The dude explained to me that he was a fan of our stuff before he even dropped “Foe Life.” We’ve got mutual family that know each other. He used to be on my Auntie’s street before we even knew who he was, but he already knew who we were! But basically with the beef it was us listening to the bullshit of the streets. The dude is a legend who put Inglewood on the map. Every time he says, “Inglewood”, it opens up the door for The Relativez and the rest of us from the city to go further.

Do you think there will be more songs with Mack 10 in the future?

Big Wy: Yeah, I believe so. I am with it. I know that he has no problem with it. He’s got his album coming out and from what I’ve heard so far it’s bangin’.

Did Glasses Malone bring you guys and Mack together? Or had you been working towards that already?

Big Wy: You know that Glasses is a big ol’ softy (laughs)…. He’s all, “I’m a make it happen! Y’all niggas need to be cool” and all that. We were already cool but nothing had ever materialized from it recording-wise. Glasses was like, “Fuck that! I am going to make it happen.” Mack was asking him what we said and we are asking Glasses what he said (laughs).. G was in the middle and it worked out cool. I told Dogg (Suga Buga) what it was and how Mack wanted to get on a record with us and he was like, “Let’s do it. I have no problem with it.” I am in a cool financial position and so is Buga. We don’t have no reason to hate or be jealous and we made it happen. I am just glad that Mack wasn’t one of them narrow-minded niggas that don’t want to fuck with niggas that’s really doing it. It’s a lot of these rap dudes that try to take themselves so far out of reach and don’t want to fuck with the motherfuckers that are making the noise on the streets for real. Soo-woop to that nigga for that. Blood knows what’s up!

You started a company called Checkmate Entertainment. Give us a quick rundown on that.

Big Wy: Checkmate Entertainment is a company started by myself and Wacko. It’s being operated by me and my boy Poly Rob. He’s basically the brains that handles a lot of the shit. It’s an entertainment company as a whole. We do media with CheckmateTV.net, you will be able to see that soon. You can go on it now and see different trailers of The Raw Report and other stuff that we have going on. We are filming videos too. We’ve got a Checkmate Mixtape coming out and we just dropped one of the songs from our artist Joe Moses. That’s my young nigga and he’s going to set the tone for these young niggas around here and make them step it up. He’s going to push a lot of these old niggas to get back to work too.

Our other group Polydony is coming out too. Their first mixtape is going to be presented by Bishop Lamont. It’s going to be Bishop Lamont Presents Polydony: Poly Rob and Dony Springs. That is going to be real street hip hop. Everything isn’t about Gangbangin’, Dope and Guns. These niggas got bars.

We’ve been waiting for The Hood Hitch Cock 2.…

Big Wy: It is coming out. It was a mixtape but it’s a street album now and it will be in stores. Piru Love 3000 is the first official single off of that.

You recently brought back Red Rum 781 to us all with the release of his song “You Got Me Fucked Up.” That took fans by surprise and even myself!

Big Wy: People don’t know this but Rum was the one that gave me the call to do the Bangin’ On Wax record. A lot of the ideas that was on Bangin’ On Wax came from him. The original idea for Piru Love was his idea. The dude is very very talented. He’s one of the hardest rappers that I have ever heard in my life. We went to Junior High together that’s how far we go back. Over the years there was some misunderstandings over business and we got sidetracked with each other but we were able to talk, because that’s my friend, you know what I’m saying? With him recording, I feel like I am in a position to help him get his music out there because it needs to be known. People tend to think that Red Rum is just a Gangbang rapper and that’s not the case at all. He used to be one of the coldest battle rappers back in the day. My career in rapping blossomed just by listening to that nigga.

I’ve got some questions from fans. When I put the word out about the interview, people started asking me some questions to ask you. One person wanted to know if you still talk to Lil Hawk (Damu Ridas), who is locked up?

Big Wy: Lil Hawk is my nigga. I try to stay in touch with him through my people as much as I can. I haven’t been writing him like I should. That penitentiary situation, you get moved around and I’ve been moving myself. Even for myself, if you’ve got homies in jail you should try to stay in touch with them. I just got his new information and I will be writing him. I always try to mention him in my music. Hopefully I can get in a better position to help him with his appeal. I believe that he is in jail unlawfully and that with the right representation, he has a good chance of one day coming home.

People also want to know if you have word on Lil Stretch (Of The Original Bangin On Wax CD)?

Big Wy: That’s my little brother. We just had a Halloween party. He owns a Motorcycle Customizing Shop. You can buy Harley Davidson’s and get them customized. He’s doing very well. He decided to take himself out of music and do something else but I am going to get him back in there.

One person asked me if there were any fights between the Crips & Bloods who worked on the Bangin’ On Wax CD?

Big Wy: Naw man. The Crips that we were working with were dudes from way across town. The majority of us were from Inglewood, although Stretch was from Watts. When we first got there, there was tension of course but for the most part it wasn’t like. Motherfuckers wanted to make some money. If we wanted to bang, we could have done that at home instead of doing it while rapping at a studio. There were a few arguments here and there. The fights that did almost happen were from dudes that they brought up there. For the most part there were no problems. Nothing major happened.

Fans are also asking about B-Brazy tracks. Are there any unreleased tracks? And if so, will there ever be a street mixtape?

Big Wy: There’s a lot of stuff scattered around but the control is in the hands of a lot of dudes. Hopefully we can try to put something together and get it out there. I know some people were asking me why I didn’t give tribute to Brazy on that Piru Love song. B-Brazy is a delicate situation. I am taking my time on how to do that. I want to make it big. Bigger than anything that I am doing right now. Brazy is my main dude. But I did do a little tribute to him in a DVD that we put out not too long ago with some footage of Brazy from his Birthday Party….

The performance at The Key Club?

Big Wy: Yeah.

Jamar (who filmed it) had me put that out some time ago on the Internet.

Big Wy: I also put that on a DVD. But like I said, I want to do a real tribute like a documentary on who he was. I still talk to his brothers and sisters. His mother is doing well. I want to put that together the right way.

I also want everybody to keep praying for me. I read one of the fan questions on a forum asking about myself and my weight. I have a new nutritional plan and I am working out everyday so I can get myself back to the young sexy Big Wy (laughs). I appreciate that people care. When you are a Boss man getting money, it’s easy to sit around and pick up your feet (laughs). But I’ve got a daughter to live here for and my company is growing. Everything is getting bigger, so I am getting myself together regarding my health, so pray for me. Support the movement. Checkmate is official.