I'm just honest.”Ī product of the infamous drug and crime saturated Dexter neighborhood, the Hustle Muzik Entertainment artist is no longer interested in the dangerous trappings of street life in his ‘hood. “They'll never hear something from me that's not the truth.

“They will never hear something in a song that's not true unless it's a punchline,” he says. These tales live in his music and he wants his fans to appreciate the honesty. The self-made success of Detroit rapper Yung Quis is a 20-year story of unexaggerated triumph and trepidation. Mark had a deep conversation with him about life, music, his career, and a lot more. Here I am, 10 years later, doing what I love -motivating the people.Detroit's fast-rising artist Yung Quis is producing some of the most authentic music available today. I'd like to thank my fans and anybody that was a part of my journey. If the album touched you in any way, just know that it was all for you. With every song, verse and adlib on this body of work, you can hear that determination, that ambition and that drive in every word.

I never thought of 'fame' or being accepted in this industry my only thoughts were to represent and speak for every man, woman and child that was in the struggle and just wanted to make a better way of life, without taking no for an answer. You can call it rags to riches, but I like to call it a boy becoming a man and believing in his dreams, goals and expectations. I kept pushing! When I said that the roaches were in the kitchen, I meant that! So now when I tell you the floors look like bowling balls, I mean that too. But I continued to keep my faith and hustle strong. I can't help but to think of all the obstacles I had to dodge and the times I was unsure. All the sacrifices you made for friends and loved ones you lost to the street life. All the nights that you prayed you could make it to see another day. Every experience, every up, down and close call. This body of work you see before you is just that.

We call that being a boss where I'm from - a self made individual that refuses to let his environment dictate his or her outcome in life. I find it odd when people use a negative connotation like 'trap music,' when the message (lyrics) clearly states: make it out of your surroundings and be the best man and provider you can be. Either way it's the voice of the streets, and we all know that when the streets talk, we listen. Some call it poetry, others call it the ghetto gospel, but the industry calls it 'trap music.' Go figure.

They say you have your whole life to make your first album, and they might be right.

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