“I was in the car, driving on the LIE (Long Island Express Way) and the song came on and my friend slapped on the dashboard. We started to bang the song really loud and everybody started acting real crazy in the car.”

That’s a real testimonial from somebody who listens to Lauryn Hill, Animal Collective and MF Doom. Hurricane Chris’ “A Bay Bay,” made this random Hip Hop head celebrate life and get hype. It’s safe to say Hip Hop and its people are changing.

Hurricane Chris’ “A, Bay, Bay” covers the airwaves all over the nation and not only is it a hit but a potential sign of what’s happening in the culture we refer to as “Hip Hop.”

HipHopDX sat down with 18 year-old, Chris Dooley Jr. to talk about his future contributions to the culture, the “Bay Bay Movement” and all the “non-making hit-makers” upset about the current state of Hip Hop.

By the way, the Shreveport, Louisiana native thinks the idea of Hip Hop being dead is “stupid.” You be the judge.

HHDX: Yo, we’re here with you right now because you’re a little major. I’m very excited.
HC: Hey Bay Bay.

HHDX: Hey Bay Bay (Laughs). Well, speaking of the track let me know a little history behind the song. Word of mouth it was inspired by a DJ named “Bay Bay”.
HC: Yeah, the “A Bay Bay Movement” the word actually comes from a DJ named Bay Bay. He DJ’s in a club called Coco Palace, in my hometown-Ratchet City. His presence got so strong in the club that it got to the point that they chanted his name every time he walked in the club. It became so snappy we just made a song out of it.

HHDX: Cool. You must have a dope relationship with Bay Bay.
HC: Yeah, we were all family before all this. Like, family fa’real.

HHDX: Okay, so you’re mad young. You’re 18. Let me know your perceptions of Hip Hop as culture. What does Hip Hop mean to you?
HC: Hip Hop means to me, being able to make music to express ya’self and at the same time put your point of view out there (to the point) where people will be able to vibe to it. That’s Hip Hop to me.

HHDX: Word. So, what did you grow up listening to?
HC: I grew up listening to Mystikal, Pac, Biggie (you know what I’m sayin’?)…the people that was out,. I was born in (like) 89’. I was on music as soon as I came out. Whatever was out, I was on that. I was on R. Kelly at a young age…I’m a real musician. I studied music. I always liked music. I’ve played instruments, in the band and all that. You feel me?

HHDX: Since, you’re from down South, explain the culture (down there) as opposed to what’s happening throughout the rest of the country. How can we make the distinction between Louisiana and any other state?
HC: You can separate Louisiana from any other state because it’s a whole different culture, when you come to Shreveport, Louisiana it’s totally different from any part of Louisiana and Louisiana is different from any other place in the world. My city is distinct on a whole 'notha level. You can go to Baton Rouge and any other surrounding area and then go to Seaport and it’ll be totally different- as far as the music scene, the club scene and stuff like that, that’s why we different.

HHDX: How do feel about what’s happening right now in New Orleans or in Louisiana. There’s a huge buzz down there right now. They have Lil’ Wayne, Juvenile is still crazy, Boosie …it’s really crazy. How do you feel about that?
HC: We just on right now, you feel me? We feel like we all just have to stay strong and click clack together. That’s what’s gone make them get out the way and bow down to this movement fa’real. We coming. Louisiana.

HHDX: (Laughs). Louisiana in the building. Let me know about the record. I go to school in Mississippi, we’ve been rockin’ out to that in the club. Why do you think it took so long to get to the northern or eastern part of the United States?
HC: It took so long because coming from where I come from (Shreveport, Louisiana) also known as Ratchet City- the city's so small that it’s hard to get exposure. If you ain’t really somebody that knows somebody, then you’re pretty much lost. Like in New York, you can walk down the street and just walk into the J Records building. In Seaport you isn’t gone see nuthin’ like that. You gotta get on an airplane to make something happen. So it’s really hard.

HHDX: The track is real crazy, it’s a remix out right now.
HC: Yeah, we got the remix.

HHDX: Crazy people on the remix. How did you make that happen? Did they come to you or did you go to them?
HC: It was just a big agreement. Everybody wanted to do it…so we just attacked it. I got Baby, Game, E-40, Boosie and Jadakiss on the remix. We got the video to the remix about to drop. Everybody came together and vibed, you feel me? We made it happen.

HHDX: Were you all in the studio together?
HC: Nah, we were all at the video shoot together.

HHDX: How did it feel to be around dudes like Kiss, who are well respected lyrically and even a dude like Game?
HC: I mean, real recognize real. That’s what that is.

HHDX: Cool. On the track, it sounds like you’re sayin’ “White boys actin' Gangsta in da club, A Bay Bay.” Can you give me a visual of white boys actin’ ganagsta in the club?
HC: (Laughing). I said, “White folks, gangstas and the thugs.”

HHDX: Word?
HC: White folks, gangstas and the thugs…it means basically what it say. You come to Shreveport, Louisiana you’ll see: white folks, gangstas, thugs, old folks. Bay Bay momma be in the club dancin’. If you look at my website, you’ll see the lady on there that I’m dancin’ with, that’s Bay Bay’s momma. We ratchet.

HHDX: Ya’ll ratchet?
HC: We ratchet

HHDX: Do the ratchet? (Laughing).
HC: Do the ratchet.

HHDX: Word. Aiight. What do you look forward to the most? At what point in your career can you say, “I made it.”
HC: Everything we got going on right now…and it’s a lot going on, so you never really have time to look at it like that. When you just slow down and look at everything that’s going on- the videos, the remixes and the album coming out this fall called, 51/50. When you get a chance to sit down and look at everything, that’s when it soaks in.

HHDX: If you had an opportunity to collaborate with anybody, who would it be and why?
HC: A lot of people. I don’t have a certain person... that would be too hard of a decision. I can’t think of just one person I would want to do a song with. I’m way more opened minded than that. I‘m ready to jam with anybody jammin’ at their profession. You don’t have to be doin’ a certain profession in music. Whateva level you on in music, I can get on that level with ya’. Ya feel me? Whoever jammin’ I’m ready to make hot music.
HHDX: Aiight. There’s a lot of people in the Hip Hop community, how are kind of upset that Hip Hop isn’t the way it used to be…
HC: What you sayin’ is that they getting’ scared.

HHDX: That’s what you sayin?
HC: You sayin’ they scared because they can’t make hits.

HHDX: Is that what you’re sayin’ or is that what I’m sayin’?
HC: That’s what we’re sayin’. Ain’t that what we sayin’? Both of us sayin’ that.

HHDX: (Laughs).
HC: The only people who sayin’ that is the people who don’t have hits right now. You feel me?

HHDX: So, you’re kinda of dissin’ the whole idea that…
HC: Hip Hop is dead. Yeah. That’s a stupid idea.

HHDX: It’s stupid?
HC: Yeah, it’s stupid. Hip Hop ain’t close to being dead. We making new music everyday, so how is Hip Hop dead?

HHDX: You don’t think the idea of...
HC: Music is how you feel. How you gone tell somebody how to make their music and that’s how they feel? Hip Hop is making music that express yourself. If you want to make a song about purple monkeys, runnin’ down the street. Who am I to tell you what’s not Hip Hop?

HHDX: Do you think you’re a good representative on where Hip Hop is going?
HC: I’m a real good representative, because I’m all about versatility. That’s what we focus on. I can make a club banger, I can crank the streets up and have them ridin’ to my mixtape and at the same time I can have a track like “Hey, Bay Bay” that just went pop. At the same time I can be headed in the streets sellin’ 100,000 ringtones in a week. The video droppin’ and got an R&B fan base, a Mexican fan base and it’s all about versatility.

HHDX: So, where do you see yourself in 10 years? You’ll be 28 years old, still under 30 and you’ll still be young. In ten years, where do you see yourself? What’s next for you?
HC: In ten years there will be a Hurricane. A Hurricane, “A, Bay, Bay” car. Ten years is a lot of years. You said ten? I see my record label go live entertainment, I see us off the ground, like we suppose to be: all the way runnin’. Polo grounds will be out here fa’real, fa’real. In ten years you can look back and say “The year of 07’ was the year that the ‘Hey Bay Bay’ Movement started.” We definitely makin' history.

HHDX: Since you said the “A Bay Bay “ Movement, give me an idea of what’s that all about.
HC: It’s Shreveport, Louisiana and what we bring to the forefront. It’s the Hurricane…it’s Seaport, period. We got another group called Lava House coming outta Shreveport and they just got a deal. We basically kickin’ the door down. We letting our people rush it.

HHDX: Anything else you want to say to the fans or readers?
HC: Make sure you get the album 51/50. Get the mixtape. Hit me up on my phone: 225-341-3110, leave a message on there and if I like it I’ll put it up on my myspace. Until then, we gettin’ bread!