In our first interview with Troy Ave the up and coming NYC emcee starts off talking about the extremely high praise he’s been receiving for his latest project “New York City: The Album”. From there he immediately get’s into how he feels about other artists explaining that when he called Kendrick Lamar “a weirdo rapper” it wasn’t a diss and that they actually dig each others music. He also tells us how he initially felt disrespected when he heard Statik Selektah chose Chance the Rapper for a Complex Magazine “Best New Artists” list, but that the two have since patched things up.

After telling us how he plans on signing to a major label, Troy Ave talks about performing in the RapFix Live end of the year cypher with tons of other rappers and 50 Cents SMS boxing event. – TheNEHipHop

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