![]() ![]() How does Mannie Fresh feel about Hip-Hop right now? I feel like a lot of these dudes trying to find their identity again. You had kids come back going ’Son, word is bond.’ And then you’re just like ’Where you been at?’ So we in the rebuild stage where we trying to figure out, okay, where do we fit in now? If you young, you had a disconnect for a little bit, so you got to have a connect again. New Orleans is so built on its own language, and its own way of communicating. This generation is the only generation that I’ve ever heard say slang from different places. ![]() If you came back from Atlanta and there was somebody who stayed in New Orleans, and you sounded like T.I., we were like, “Man, where you been at dude?” And then you were trying to push that on other people. If you went to Atlanta for four or five years, you picked up some Atlanta habits. A whole bunch of culture was lost from New Orleans. We still a city that’s in rebuild stage from Hurricane Katrina. This interview had been edited for length and clarity.ĭo you think some of the New Orleans artists might lean on that familiarity, or is it a pride thing? Is it a double-edged sword maybe? In the immediate future, Mannie Fresh gears up to spend the rest of the year revisiting his classics, adding new songs, and DJ’ing lively parties-all with his Bayou state origins intact. And now we on ‘get rich.’ That’s all we on, ‘get rich, get rich, get rich.’” To me, when I was growing up, rap was a teacher. ![]() “If you’re a storyteller, if you a bling rapper, whatever, and all of that. “It’s all right to be in whatever category you in,” he assures. With his success, he hoped to open doors for other artists to succeed on their own terms. With high hopes going forward, he envisions a future where Hip-Hop artists continue to seek inspiration rooted in tradition, pay homage and expand room for the artists and entities that built the culture from the ground up. Judges for Red Bull Street Kings enjoying the show at Red Bull Street Kings in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 24 September, 2022 Justen Williams / Red Bull Content Pool ![]()
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