BORN ON MAY 24TH 1977 AG DA CORONER WAS ALREADY MUSICALLY INCLINED EVEN BEFORE HE WAS PUSHED OUT,HIS MOTHER WAS A WELL KNOWN DANCER AND HIS FATHER WAS A TALENTED CONGA PLAYER,HIS MOTHER WOULD PUT EARPHONES ON HER BELLY TO PLAY MUSIC FOR HIM WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT,FROM THE BEE GEES TO JAMES BROWN,THAT LOVE OF MUSIC WAS PASSED ON TO HIM AND HE CAME TO REALIZE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO PURSUE BY THE AGE OF 15,HE BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS WRITING SKILLS BY PENNING POETRY WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL WHICH A SHORT TIME LATER TURNED INTO RAP LYRICS,HE WOULD WRITE ABOUT THE STRUGGLES HE WENT THROUGH AND THE PAIN THAT WAS FELT THROUGH THOSE STRUGGLES GROWING UP IN THE EAST NEW YORK AND CYPRESS HILL SECTION OF BROOKLYN,TODAY MORE THAN 15 YEARS LATER HE CONTINUES HIS FIGHT TO BE HEARD AND RESPECTED AS A LYRICIST AND HOPES TO REMIND THE MASSES THAT NEW YORK HAS NOT RUN AWAY FROM HIP HOP BUT HIP HOP HAS RUN AWAY FROM NEW YORK,LOOK OUT AND SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT MY PEOPLE…………………..PEACE AND LOVE
Where can we hear your stuff? DA CORONER CAN BE HEARD ON HIS MYSPACE PAGE AS WELL AS J-LOVE’S ‘RISE TO GREATNESS’ MIXTAPE,J-LOVE’S ‘OUTDOORSMEN’ MIXTAPE,THE ALLNITAS ALBUM ‘ALL STREET JOURNALS VOL 2’ AND J-LOVE’S UPCOMING ALBUM ‘ENDLESS ANGELZ’
How did you get that name? WELL LETS JUST SAY I CAN REMOVE SOMEONES ORGANS IF I HAD TO,THE AG IS SHORT FOR AGONY WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ME WHEN I FIRST STARTED SPITTING BECAUSE MY LYRICS WERE FULL OF PAIN AND HARDSHIP
What has been your biggest accomplishment? MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT MUSICALLY HAS BEEN LINKING UP WITH MY DUDE J-LOVE,WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER AND HE DID HIS THING ON THE MIXTAPE SCENE AND IS NOW GHOSTFACE KILLAH’S OFFICIAL DJ AS WELL AS A VERY TALENTED PRODUCER,IN LIFE MY BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WOULD BE GETTING OUT OF THE HOOD (LOL)
What has been your most difficult challenge? THE MOST DIFFICULT THING HAS BEEN TO TRY AND NOT FALL VICTIM TO THE MACHINE WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AS CROSSOVER HIP HOP,I LOVE THE GRITTINESS OF THE BANGING BEAT WITH THE ILL BASSLINE AND THE LYRICISM BROUGHT FORTH FROM IT,THAT BOOM BAP RAP MUSIC LIKE GANGSTARR,MOP,KOOL G RAP AND SO FORTH
What makes you different? I CANT SAY THAT I’M TOO DIFFERENT FROM MOST OF THE DUDES FROM MY ERA WHO ARE DOING THIS BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT I DO AND THE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE DOING IT TODAY IS THAT I STAY DEEP ROOTED WITH THAT 90’S STYLE,NO OVER THE TOP SHIT WITH ME,EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND MY LYRICS AND I DON’T TRY TOO HARD TO IMPRESS ANYONE,I LOVE DOING THIS AND WRITE FROM THE HEART
What projects are you working on? RIGHT NOW JUST MAINLY FOCUSING ON GETTING SOME TRACKS DONE FOR MY MAN J-LOVE’S ALBUM AND THEN WORKING ON MY OWN MIXTAPE AND ALBUM WHICH I WANT TO RELEASE TOGETHER AS A PACKAGE
Where are you from originally? BORN AND RAISED IN EAST NEW YORK BROOKLYN
How Long have you been making music? SPITTING FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW BUT MAKING MUSIC FOR ABOUT 10
What artists inspire you? WOW THERE ARE A FEW,MY FAVORITE IS DEFINATELY KOOL G RAP,HIS WORDPLAY AND VIVID STORYTELLING ABILITIES ARE INCREDIBLE,I ALSO HAVE TO SAY RAKIM,KRS-1,BIG,EMINEM,GHOSTFACE AND RIGHT NOW I’M ROCKING WITH ILL BILL
How would you define your style of music? A BALANCE OF STREET,WISDOM,VERBAL AGGRESSION AND LIFE SITUATIONS………I’D CALL IT ‘HOOD POETRY’
What teams are you affiliated with? MY OWN ROSA FAM ENTERTAINMENT SQUAD,SPIC MOB,THE OUTDOORSMEN,THE ALLNITAS,BARTENDERZ AND MY NIGGAS BIG LOU AND LIL LOU FROM PURE CASH ENT
Who are some artists that you have worked with? J-LOVE,MEYHEM LAUREN,KILLA SHA,ACTION BRONSON,THE COMPLEXX,BARZ,PUERTOGLOCK,SUBLIMINAL,THE ALLNITAS,D.C,ANIMAL,BENNY BLANCO,EQUAN THE GREAT,TAKE-IT,C.B,PANA AKA DEEO,BENNY PHATZ,BARZ…….THERE’S SOME MORE SO SORRY IF I LEFT YOU OUT
Who would you like to collab with? JOELL ORTIZ,GURU OF GANGSTARR,KOOL G RAP,REDMAN AND ILL BILL
Where do you see the future of music? TO BE HONEST THE RAP GAME FOR ME PERSONALLY DOESN’T LOOK SO GREAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE RIGHT ARTISTS AREN’T BEING HEARD OR MARKETED THE RIGHT WAY,RADIO AND TELEVISION REALLY CONTROL WHATS HOT,IF YOU PLAY THE SAME SONG 1,000 TIMES A DAY PEOPLE ARE GONNA START TO LIKE IT SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THE FANS ARE BEING TURNED INTO ZOMBIES,THEIR BRAINS ARE BEING PROGRAMED TO LIKE WHATEVER THE MAINSTREAM OUTLETS ARE PUSHING OUT
Where do you see yourself in 1 year? HOPEFULLY ENJOYING SUCCESS WITH THIS MUSIC THAT I LOVE
Describe yourself in one word: WELL-ROUNDED
Any shout outs? MY CO-CEO AND BROTHER C-H DA DON,LOU DA PREZ,D.C,MY CUZ KISS,J-LOVE,MEYHEM,ANIMAL,TAKE-IT,KILLA SHA,ACTION BRONSON,J-STEELE,MY BROTHER JUST,EQUAN,BIG FLIM,THE WHOLE ALLNITAS FAMILY-DUB D,EXPO-1,OOGE,BLACK JUICE,MY NIGGA BIG LOU FROM PURE CASH,FRANK,MIKE AND CHRIS,SIX FROM FATAL FOUNTAIN,D.J PF CUTTIN,MY NIGGA BLAHZAY,CHUNK,SMOKEY,AL AND NELSON FROM URDIRT.COM,STEVE,R.I.P TO MY MAN VIC AKA THE DUTCH,LIL WILL,BILL BLASS,PUZZLE,BLACK,CHALLIS,QWEST,TITO,GRANDMA,MY MAN KENNETH HEDGEPETH AKA SPIDER AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO PASSED AWAY AND WAS CLOSE TO MY HEART
MySpace URL: www.myspace.com/lastoftheporicansrosafam
Management Contact Info: 646-208-9097 JAY
Official interview! Outdoorsmen on the come up.. AG gets it in on the mic real talk. Peep J-LOVEONLINE.COM and MEYHEMLAUREN.COM
yo trust me when I tell you this dude goes in and prolly one of the realest and loyal dudes I ever came across in my life,Yo AG do what you do and you have my support and everybody in washington DC is checking for you my nigga,100 and holla
THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT,AG GOT HIS HEAD ON STRAIGHT AND KNOW WHATS GOING ON WITH THIS INDUSTRY,KEEP GRINDIN PLAYBOY
CRACKIN
my nigga AG what it is,always fire G,i’m loving the music,see you in south beach fam
GOOD INTERVIEW WITH MY NIGGA AG,I REMEMBER MY NIGGA SMASHING VIRGINIA AND DC AROUND 1999,2000,MY BROOKLYN PEOPLES,WHAT UP AG SCREAM AT ME HOMIE…………………
GRILLZ
Brooklyn we go hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ayo AG whats good my G,sending some love from Harlem World,1199 you know how we do!!!!!!!!! DIPSET!!!!!!
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! my man DA CORONER,when we goona hear a Ghostface/Coroner collab,I know thats one of your favorite niggas A!
my nigga what up,great to see you still doing what ya doing,I believe you will leave your mark on the industry one way or another
whats goog patna,this cutty from VA,slick cuzin,I remember dat battle back in 99 at the partyhouse,you killed everybody cuz,when you gon swang back out here?
Coroner is poppin!!!!!!!!!!!! EAST NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve had this man in my studio,he’s a complete professional and really is on top of which direction he wants to go with each recording,i’ve seen him write a whole song with the hook in less than 30 minutes,AG is going to fit into this world of hip hop wether it be rapping,producing,A&R or whatever he decides to do,people gravitate to him and he shows everybody love and treats them with respect,much love to AG and future success
my nigga A! what up my brotha,dis avery from down in the Atl,good look playboy,come get some of dis gwop!
Ag my nigga,had to get through a couple of pages before I found you Gee,I know how you do my niggs,keep rippin dem mic’s and rippin niggas faces off
Poppin my nigga,I see you still doing it!!!! The east is always in our hearts A,make it pop for all of us my nigga,you always stood out so I know what you capable of,peace my G
What’s good AG,need to jump on one of my DVD’s my man,get at me