Sire Castro

posted May 14, 2009 12:00:00 AM CDT | 13 comments

Bronx native Sire Castro sees himself as Rap's version of Fidel.

As a battle rapper that felt no one can touch him, Sire is confident and proud to say he got next. A fan of Hip Hop since his childhood, this is also an emcee that admits he might bend the truth about the cars he's riding it, but says it's all about Hip Hop's roots.

Known in the streets for his classic battles in the streets of New York this emcee is here to prove that past battle rappers can take it to next level. As he lets it be known the rhymes was always sick and he's here to give you The Influenza.
 
Does Sire Castro Model Himself Behind Fidel?: "I picked that off gate man. I liked Fidel Castro, because he was just a ruler and nobody could fuck with. He was ruling one of the smallest, but powerful countries and nobody messed with him. That's how I put Sire Castro together and I killing them on the streets with the lyrics. I definitely liked his confidence and his power."
 
The New Age Industry Has Ups And Downs, Is It Still Worth It?: "It's not to the point where it's a job. I do it for the love of Hip Hop, if I wasn't getting paid for it I would still do it. I'm in the studio all the time working on mixtapes, everything. I'm making good music all the time."
 
When Did Sire Castro Realize The Game Was For Him, The Life Story: "I loved Hip Hop, man, I just grew up on it. I can say it started in that early movement with Krush Groove. It was that movement where everybody was working, making good music that started to make sense. It was over like man now I got something to talk about. Juice came way after Krush Groove. It was dope for the Hip Hop influence, but the movie that really started it for me, was Krush Groove."
 
Opinion On Musical Content Dominating Radio Now: "It needs to be refreshed like you know how your browser gets to cluttered then it starts glitching then you refresh it. It needs to be refreshed, man, it's needs a new ear, a new voice, the game is too cluttered now. The consumers is getting tired of old voices as they are waiting for that new act about to pop off. A lot of the older cats is cosigning the newer cats. They out there supporting that new voice."
 
They Say The Content Now Is Repetitive, What Is Castro's Subject Matter: "I'm real versatile, so I can get into any topic or any given moment. Depending on how the beat comes around, I rock it like that. I go into the booth with the mentality to kill every track, I make music for everybody. I make music for the females, clubs, for the real street people that went through the struggle like I went through. No flaws or nothing I just spit it how it is. I might over exaggerate about riding in a Bentley here and there, but everything else is truthful."
 
How He Feels About Gimmicky Rappers; Is It Best To Be You Or It About The Mooga: "I think you should just be yourself. I want everybody to know Sire Castro for who he truly is. I'm just a real nigga trying to do what he got to do and that's how it should be for people. If it's going to go down it's gonna go down. There is a lot of fake cats out there, that's why the game is the game. Sooner or later somebody gonna put you out, the world is too small as somebody know somebody. So either way if you come with an image in which you try to portray something you not, somebody gonna put you out."
 
As A Battle Rapper, Does It Make Or Break You:
"Battle rapping helps if your tryin' to get up your buzz. If you just going around giving out CDs and people don't know you, it's tough. You can have the hottest CD in the world, but nobody will take it seriously as they be like, 'I don't know him, he can just be another wack nigga". If you known for running around biting heads off and then hit them with a CD it can help. Battle Rap though is not necessarily the game as it is another part of hip-hop. At the time I was doing my thing I'm more mature than that now, that was the young version of me. I used to go around battling everybody at every block party, every event there was too battle. When it comes to to making good music battling don't come across to me like that no more. I would still do it if I have too, if money was involved."
 
Is Battling A Necessary Training Course To Perfect One's Rhymes:
"Definitely, battling is a part of Hip Hop. You have to battle somebody to get your name up. That's how I got my name up to being my blocks legend. If you ask about the hottest bars on the underground in The Bronx, everybody knows about Sire Castro. It's not no one place where I can go where nobody notices me. It was all about having the best product. Whoever had the eight or nine, you have to have that 10. Battling was like, 'Oh this nigga think he the nicest I'ma go for his head.' Don't get me wrong, it's a lot of cats that can battle rap, but can't make songs. They be killing everybody running through like 20 niggas, but when it time to make that song, a real song it hard for them. I've seen that plenty of times."
 
What's Next: "Right now I'm working on The Influenza Outbreak CD. If you do your research on the Infleunza that was the biggest bird-flu epidemic ever. That's what I'm tryin' to do, drop my stuff and make everybody sick. I'm a show that I can make exclusive music. I'm real confident that the people will love my music as the world will love my music."

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