With Mase, Cam and the Diplomats, do you think Harlem is hot again?
My whole thing with Harlem is that it seems like the industry has broken the boroughs down into stereotypes. Brooklyn are these hard killer dudes. Bronx niggas is some gangsta niggas. Queens niggas is lady lovers. Harlem is some fly gimmicky… The only thing I can respect about New York is that it’s the fashion mecca. So of course, I have to represent that because Harlem is one of the biggest hoods in Manhattan.

You seem to be very aware that this is the music BUSINESS.
I’ve heard about people who got robbed and jerked. But it always seemed like they had their hands out. Like you come from nothing and so you get a lil something and then once you spend it all you feel jerked. You need to invest your money into yourself. So no matter what happens at the end of the day you know you got yourself. That’s why I put out 10 mixtapes already. Regardless if you don’t give me a deal, I’m going to keep putting out my shit and sell units. Because that’s what it is. It’s about procedure. And I know procedure.

How do you feel about hip-hop music today?
I feel like it’s missing Purple City. Once these people hear what we’re doing, they’re going to say, that’s what I want to do. Why don’t they have the balls to do that… Half of these people are looking for hand outs. They’re so quick to sell out. Purple City did far from sell out. The trials and tribulations that we went through. No one even expected us to last this long. We’re still here.