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Posted at 10/13/2006 07:45:00 AM
After 10 years in the game with the Ruff Ryders, Drag-On is ready to step out on his own and take his destiny into his own hands, as he launches his own label, Hood Environment.Although the rapper moved over a million units sold with his former label, he felt it was time to go the indie route, putting out his own music, so he wouldn't have to wait on anybody but himself.
"My back was kind of forced against the wall. I've been grinding for like 10 years and [the Ruff Ryders] only got two albums on me," Drag-On told BallerStatus.net. "That's not how my work ethic is. I know my joints should have been more dropping than that. I should of been on my fifth or sixth album by now. So, right now, I'mma make it all up with my Hood Environment, my own record label."
And with the experiences he's went through in his own career, Drag-On feels as though he has the knowledge to run his label smoothly.
"I've been in the game for 10 years, grinding and putting out hits. I'm still young, but I've learned enough to know what it is to run a label," explained the rapper. "I know what it takes to break an artist. Those are tricks of the trade that I studied within my career."
Drag-On hasn't had a commercial release since 2003's Hell And Back, but he hasn't been stagnate. He's actually been in the studio working on multiple projects with many different artists such as Baby from Cash Money and D.M.X.
He's also released five mixtapes, and is currently working on the first release under Hood Environment named after the label, which features Drag-On and his artists Terra Da Dude, Eyez B and Glockman.
The first single, "Shoe Box," is currently out and making its rounds on the internet and radio on the East Coast.
"We just breaking the ice [with 'Shoe Box'] because I know my fans have been waiting for a long time," said Drag-On. "So now, they definitely can hear me through Hood Environment. That's just breaking the ice for my artists, label and company as a whole."
As far as his relationship with his former label, Ruff Ryders, the rapper and new CEO says, "I haven't really been around them; I'm just really staying focused on my own thing right now. I got my own thing jumping off right now and everybody's lovin' it, so I'm just appreciating the streets right now."
Source: BallerStatus.Net
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