RAW, UNCENSORED WEST COAST RAP SHIT featuring ozone award nominees DPG KEAK ROCCETT THE PACK G MALONE DA THE JACKA MISTAH FAB SNEAK WILLY NORTHPOLE & MORE OZONE MAG // // OZONE MAG OZONE MAG // 3 4 // OZONE MAG OZONE MAG // // OZONE MAG I’M JUST SAYIN’ THO Publisher Julia Beverly BY D-RAY Editor-in-chief Jessica “Mz Jae” Hagmaier Editor-AT-LARGE D-Ray GRAPHIC DESIGNER David KA Music EditorS Randy Roper Maurice G. Garland got to catch a shot of him at a show, and boy, I waited! I would’ve been gone if it wasn’t Wayne in ADVERTISING SALES the Bay. He shut the shit down. He’s made history Che Johnson not only for his first day record sales but for selling Isiah Campbell LL Cool J - Everyone knows the OG in the game out the latest Wild Jam just two days after The Carter 10 can’t deny his fame. I’m a female at a LL Cool J show III hit stores. He rocked the house and ended his Contributors in San Jose, and I must say that he is an all-around show by thanking his fans and telling them he is Big Fase 00, DJ BackSide, five-star entertainer. I’ve never been able to photo- thankful for them, and it’s because of them that he DJ E-Z Cutt, Gary Archer, graph his show because I’m too busy watching it! can make his living. So beautiful! Wayne’s Carter III Jelani, Jessica Essien, has not left my deck. He’s deep! If you’re hating on Joey Colombo, Kay Newell, Run-DMC - I saw them on my birthday at a club in Weezy, get a better hobby, or a better day job cause Keita Jones, Luvva J, Nippy 9 San Francisco called DV8 and I recall just putting my you’ve got too much time on your hands. West Coast Swagga, Portia Jackson, camera down to enjoy “My Adidas.” That’s OG. End Zone issue #8, peep my shot! Shemp, Todd Davis, Ty Watkins Mary J Blige - Mary is so in touch with her feelings. Tech N9ne - I knew his music, I knew his face from 8 She sings about real-life moments to put her fans 3 magazine ads, I knew his wrapped truck - well, Street Reps in that hypnotic mood. I recall shooting her show that’s a lot to know about this guy considering Anthony Deavers, Bigg on Mother’s Day in Concord, CA. There were mothers, that DJs don’t play his music like they should. He’s P-Wee, Bigthangs, Big Will, boyfriends, and husbands in the building, and the serious and promotes his projects, with or without Dee, Demolition Men, DJ whole place had a memory to go home with on a radio. I happened to be in Vegas one year when he Jam-X, DJ Juice, DJ KTone, very special day. Her message is always deep and had a show at the New Orleans Casino with Busta DJ Nik Bean, DJ Quote, DJ passionate. Mary is the only female on this list for Rhymes, DMX, and Mistah FAB. That was my first Tech Skee, DJ Strong & Warrior, J a reason! N9ne show and it was so dope I talked about it a Hype, Jasmine Crowe, John lot. See, I’m still talkin’ about it! You have to see his Costen, Juice, Kewan Lewis, Snoop Dogg - This was just a plain dope experience, show. He’s on point at all times during his set. Do Luvva J, Maroy, Rob J Of- 7 not to mention that it was history: Snoop perform- you, Tech! ficial, Rob Reyes, Shauntae ing in his hometown of LBC for the first time! He Hill, Sherita Saulsberry, killed it. He did “Murder Was The Case” alongside Mistah FAB - I have so many stories about his Sly Boogy, Syd Robertson, a dope interview with Power 0’s morning show, 2 growth, I could do a whole Top 0 list of him Tonio, Twin, William Major, Backstage Breakfast with Big Boy! What it do Fuzzy? through my camera. Fab does the dopest freestyles Zack Cimini at his shows! The real freestyles, not pre-styles. Eminem & D - This was one of my first press Fans get a real heart-felt show. I captured a picture COVER CREDITS 6 junkets with a magazine. I got to go kick it with Em, of him at the Wild 94.9 Bomb concert with him facing Keak da Sneak photo by and I had just seen him not too long before he blew the crowd of 0,000 with their T’s up for Mac Dre. Trevor Traynor. at a Bomb concert in San Jose in his grimy-looking long-sleeved Budweiser Beer t-shirt. I was told, David Banner - I recall my first David Banner show “Take his photo. He’s going to blow!” I looked again 1 at the Tech.Nitions Conference in Vegas. He jumped and said, “Ummm, no.” So I learned to never, never off the stage and swung off the ceiling pipes into underestimate someone based on their fashion the crowd and just stayed there rockin’, giving love sense (or lack of). I was blessed with a great chance to his fans. That was early in his career, so to see CONTENTS to be at their meet and greet and also shoot the him rock at a show today, nothing has changed. He’s show, where I saw Em in person kill it. Not to men- a wild man in the crowd, letting the fans that paid 9 THE JACKA tion, I got a great shot of him and Proof on stage to see him remember him with no blurred vision! 0 ROCCETT together that I love. My bad for judging you, Em. Banner keeps that humble side to him that has DPG Thanks to one of my favorite publicists, Tresa! taken him to where he is today! 3 MISTAH FAB 4 JAY ROCK Mac Dre - I’ve been a Mac Dre fan since the late TOO $HORT 5 80s, no lie. When I started shooting Dre’s shows, I would just try to get in with my digital camera. All my memories are gone except a few because I 0- was premature to the digital game and didn’t back up the computer, and it crashed. Now that a hater KEAK DA SNEAK murdered him, all I have is memories and a frozen moment of his last birthday performance that he WILLY NORTHPOLE left us to remember him by! He was so fly that night, 8 GLASSES MALONE just gigglin’ and bustin’ all his hits. T.I.P. Dre! Lil Wayne - Wayne, the youngest Hot Boy! The swag 4 he brings to the stage is straight RockStar. He’s got a great show. I was one of the select people that OZONEOZONE WEST MAG // 8 // OZONE MAG I Am The Streets – Street credibility is always important. Even 10 though I’m out here on the radio and doing my thing I don’t forget where I came from. I know the dudes I looked up to might have rapped, but they were getting their paper in other ways. I just want the lil dudes lookin up to me to see a dude that’s actually getting paid for this rap shit. I’ve Been To Jail – Anyone who’s been there before can tell you it’s 9 a good place to master your craft. It can be a good place for a rap- per because you’re around different kind of attitudes and different kind of people. You’ve got a lot on your mind in there, so it’s a good place to really learn what to say. I’m Independent – There’s really nothing more that needs to be 8 said. I’m The Hardest Working Rapper In The Game – I’ve never had a 7 record deal. I sell a lot more records then probably anyone with a deal, doing the same thing I’m doing and I’m killin’ ‘em. I’m A Cool Ass Dude – When you meet me I’m the same person with 6 everybody. I’m the same dude whether I’m wit’ my grandma or wit’ the A&Rs. You know what I mean? I’m A Handsome Ass Dude! – I’m definitely handsome enough to be 5 one of the top artists in the world! I Have My Own Label – I don’t have to be signed as an artist. They 4 gotta come at me with a distribution deal! I’m The Underground Artist Of The Year – I’m the Bay Area’s Under- 3 ground Artist of the Year. I won an award for that. OZONE Magazine – I’ve been in there a million times. That’s one 2 thing the industry knows me for, and that’s always a big deal. I’m Actually Dope – I’m not a gimmick. The only thing I use to sell 1 records is the pure gift. A nigga’s fly when it comes to this music shit. A nigga’s raw, you know what I’m saying? That’s why they “All Over Me.” I’d bring swag to the whole staff, man! Nominated for Patiently Waiting: California As told to Mz Jae OZONEOZONE WEST MAG // 9 Stop Wearing Shirts that Don’t Fit You – Where can you hide 10 the burner at? Where you gonna put your burner if you got on a s/medium? If you’re 00 pounds you shouldn’t have no tight shirt on.