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Where are you from ?
A: BORN AND RAISED IN DUVAL MAN. MARCH 1ST 1988! I WAS RAISED UP IN 2901! EVEN THOUGH I DONE MOVED OUT N MOVED UP, IT WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER BE BEACHWOOD 4 LIFE!
-How did you get the name for your recent album ?
WELL AS I BUILT MY BRAND AND ESTABLISHED MY SELF AS A TOP ARTIST IN DA REGION ONE WORD WAS ALWAYS SAID IN CONVERSATION REGARDLESS OF WHO I TALKED TO.... "ICONIC" I WAS ALWAYS TOLD MY SIZE, STATURE, AND ABILITY WAS "ICONIC"! I ALSO JOINED FORCES WITH I'CANDY MAGAZINE AND MY BIG HOMIE SAM SO I'CANDY + ICONIC = "I'CONIC"!
- When did you decide to start your career in Entertainment ?
WELL THIS HAS BEEN A BATTLE INSIDE FOR A VERY LONG TIME! I'VE ALWAYS DONE MUSIC FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER! BUT BEING 6'9 & 350lbs FOOTBALL ALWAYS CAME NATURAL! I WAS GOIN HARD IN THE STREETS AND BATTLING AROUND THE AGE OF 16, MY BROTHER JIMBO & I STARTED A HOOD LABLE "SO COLD ENT" WE WAS JUSS MAKING MUSIC AND ACTIN A ASS! IN 2008 BO GOT CAUGHT ON AN ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE AND ATE A 12 YEAR SENTENCE. AFTER THAT I SAID FUCK MUSIC! I PLAYED ARENA BALL FOR A WHILE AND ENJOYED THAT, PLAYED SEMI PRO BALL AND ENJOYED THAT AS WELL. BUT NOTHING COULD ACCOUNT FOR THE FEELING YOU GET WHEN YOU TOUCH THAT STAGE, THE CROWD GOING CRAZY, THE LIGHTS FLASHING, THE BASS POUNDING, & ITS ALL FOR YOU AND YOUR CREATION! THEN I GOT A CALL FROM MY BIG HOMIE HOLLYWOOD IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, HE MADE ME AN OFFER I COULDNT REFUSE AND I HOPPED ON THE NEXT FLIGHT TO K.C. JUNE 17TH 2011 I BEGAAN MY RISE TO THE TOP!
- How did You come about the idea for your last album ?
WELL THE I'CONIC ALBUM WAS A FUNNY STORY MAN! I LINKED UP WITH I'CANDY, WE HIT O-TOWN FOR ALL STAR WEEKEND! WE OUT DER LIVIN IT UP! WE GET BACK AND GET A CALL FROM UNIVERSAL! THEY WANT ME IN L.A. ASAP WITH A 12 TRACK ALBUM! THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR. 2 DAYS, 5 RED BULLS, & 3 PACKS OF NEWPORTS LATER.... THE ALBUM IS COMPLETELY WROTE. WE LINKED UP WITH MY FAM M'GEEZY & CHRIS FLOWERS AT THE WIN LAB AND LAID THE ENTIRE ALBUM DOWN IN 24 HOURS!
- Where did the idea for your stage name ?
WOW! THE NAME WAS A BIT OF AN EVOLUTION! I STARTED OUT AS GIT! I ALWAYS WAS DA YOUNGEST IN ANY CAMP I WAS WIT SO I WAS DA GIT! THEN I STARTED USING IT AS G-I-T, FROM THAT I WENT TO JUST "G", "G THA MASTAMIND", & FINALLY LANDED ON GORILLA-MAYN-FROST! GORILLA REPRESENTS MY SIZE & ATTITUDE! MAYN IS OBVIOUSLY STATING THOUGH I AM A GORILLA IM STILL 1/2 MAN! AND FROST MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CAME ALONG DO TO A HISTORY OF COCAIN TRAFFICING IN A PREVIOUS LIFE. HAHA. CANT INCREMINATE MYSELF!
- What is your favorite song ?
MY FAVORITE SONG? HMM, WELL IMMA LOCAL HEAD! I LOVE INDEPENDENT MUSIC BECAUSE THOSE WHO MAKE THIS MUSIC ARE STILL STARVING AND THERE HUNER IS HEARD THROUGH THEY MUSIC! RIGHT NOW MY FAVORITE TRACK WOULD BE FROM MY N.W.O BROTHER YOUNG CHULO!! HIS 32 BAR TAKE OFF STAY ON REPEAT IN MY SHIT!! & MY N.W.O SISTER MIRA MIRA HAS A POP BANGER "BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE" DAT IS MY SHIT!! AND MY LIL BRU TRYF JUST DROPPED A STOOPID SMASH "CHECK"!! LOL! AS U CAN SEE I GOT ALOT OF FAVORITES! I JUSS LOVE GOOD MUSIC!
- Pro's and Cons's to the industry ?
WOW!! WE COULD LITERLLY SPEND THE NEXT 6 HOURS OF THIS INTERVEIW TALKING ABOUT THIS! IMMA BE REAL THOUGH AND TRY TO SUM IT UP QUICK! LETS STATE THE OBVIOUS FIRST!! THE PRO'S ARE EASY, YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET PAID IN THE UPWARDS OF $75 RACKS EVERY TIME YOU STEP ON STAGE FOR 30-60 MINS! AND YOUR DOING WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO!! WHAT OTHER BUSINESS CAN YOU DO DAT?!? YOU GET THE FAME, THE MONEY, THE WOMEN, THE POWER... I MEAN ITS A HELL OF A LIFE! NOW THE CON'S RANGE ANYWHERE FROM BEING STUCK IN AN OVER SATURATED, WATERED DOWN INDUSTRY WHERE TALENT NO LONGER MATTERS TO NOT BEING ABLE TO LIVE A REGULAR LIFE WITH YOUR FAMILY! THE GAME AINT THE WAY IT WAS IN DA 60'S THERE IS NO MO'TOWN RECORD BUILDING WHERE YOU CAN WALK INTO, SING A SONG, SHOW YOUR TALENT, AND SIGN ON THE SPOT! THE LABLES ARE LAZY NOW! THEY WANT A PREPACKAGED ARTIST! IF DEY SIGN YOU THEY WANNA KNOW YOU HAVE BUILT YOOUR OWN FAN BASE TO THE POINT WHERE YOU DROP AN ALBUM TOMORROW AND YOU SELL 1 MILLION UNITS! THERE IS NO MORE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS NO MORE TALENT! ITS ALL ABOUT WHO HAS THE BIGGEST POCKETS! THE LABELS HAVE TURNED INTO A BANK! YOU CANT WALK INTO A BANK AND ASK FOR A LOAN WITH BAD-NO CREDIT! IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, YOUR FANS, YOUR YOUTUBE VEIWS, YOURS BDS SPINS, YOUR TWITTER FOLLOWERS, YOUR NUMBERS!! ARE YOUR CREDIT SCORE!! BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT HAS FORCED US AS ARTIST'S TO LEARN N GROW INTO TRUE BUSINESS MEN BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW INDEPENDENT IS THE WAY TO GO!
- You prouduced a video this year(2012) what inspired you to do such ?
I HAD A SMASH HIT! GOIN DUMMY PUT ME ON!! THANKS TO EASY E FROM 93.3 & DJ SMACKSILLY WIT M.M.G!! EASY PUT THE RECORD IN ROTATION AND SHOPPED IT TO DIFFERENT REGIONS! SMACK GOT IT SPINNIN IN CLUBS ACROSS THE STATES & PUT ME ON STAGE AFTER STAGE! THAT BUILT A HUGE BUZZ AROUND THE SONG! I HAD TO HAVE A VISUAL TO GO ALONG WITH IT! OFF THE RECORD I HATE THAT SONG AND THAT VIDEO LOL BUT THATS HOW IT NORMALLY BE! THE SONG YOU HATE THE MOST IS THE ONE THAT BLOWS YOU UP!
- What adivce do you have for the people that are trying to do, what you have already mastered ?
STUDY!! I TOOK THE SAME LOGIC I USED IN FOOTBALL AND APPLIED IT TO MY MUSIC! I GOT UP AT 6 AM AND WORKED OUT FOR A REASON, I RAN LAPS FOR A REASON, BENCHPRESSED FOR A REASON, DID DRILLS FOR A REASON! EACH THING IMPROVED MY GAME ON THE FIELD! I USE THAT SAME APPROACH IN MUSIC! I WATCH 1000'S OF DOCUMENTARIES AND STUDY HOW THE STARS DID IT! MY FORMER COACH, COACH WOOD TOLD ME. DONT TRY TO BE YOU ON THE FIELD, CUZ YOU MIGHT SUCK! WATCH HOW RAY LEWIS PLAYS LINEBACKER AND TAKE BITS AND PEICES OF HIS GAME, WATCH HOW PAYTON PLAYS QUARTERBACK AND IMITATE HIM! THAT STUCK WITH ME! SO I STUDIED HOW JAY Z DID IT, HOW SOULLJA BOY DID IT, HOW EMINEM DID IT, EVERYBODY STORY THOUGH SIMILAR IS VERY DIFFERENT! EACH HAD THEIR OWN COME UP! LEARNING THEIR STORY ALLOWS YOU TO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES! YOU CAN NOT BE A TRUE ARTIST WITH OUT FIRST UNDERSTANDING YOUR CULTURE AND THE INDUSTRY! OH, AND STOP MAKIN MUSIC FOR YA HOME BOIS!! DEY NOT GON BUY SHIT!! MAKE MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GON SPEND MONEY ON YOUR RECORDS & TO ATTEND YOUR SHOWS!! IM NOT HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH! I HAVE EXPERIENCED MORE IN 1 YEAR THAN 98% OF ARTISTS DO IN 16 YEARS!! HIT ME UP I HAVE NO PROBLEM GIVING ADVICE!
-What can people expect from you in 2013 ?
REGIONAL TAKE OVER! MY TEAM THE N.W.O HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TAKING OVER EVERY VENUE IN THE CITY! WE HAVE A BATTLE COMPETITION SPANNING FROM JAX TO MIAMI! WE ARE DOING EVENTS IN YULLE, GAINESVILLE, N FERNENDINA! OH DID I MENTION WE ONLY FORMED ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO! LMAO!! WE ARE THE STRONGEST CAMP EVER FORMED TALENT, HUMBLENESS, AND DRIVE! WE WILL HAVE THE ENTIRE SOUTH EAST REGION LOCKED DOWN BY MID 2013!
- What inspired your last song ?
MY LAST SONG? WELL ACTUALLY MY LAST SONG IS GOING TO BE MY NEXT SINGLE! IT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF GOIN DUMMY!! ITS A POP/CLUB BANGER FOR THE LADIES! IM DOING SOME SINGING ON THERE! ITS AN OVER ALL SMASH! I WAS INSPIRED BY THE NEED TO SHOW MY VERSITILITY! THE MIX TAPE IM WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS TITLED "#IAMARTIST & REPRESENTS THAT FROST IS NOT A RAPPER! FROST IS AN ARITIST! FROST SINGS EVERY GENERA OF MUSIC! FROST PLAYS GUITAR, BASS, AND PIANO! FROST WRITES EVERY GENERA OF MUSIC! FROST IS AN ARTIST! I AINT GON GET BOXED INTO THIS LANE BECAUSE IMMA FIRE ASS RAPPER! I AM TALENTED ALL DA WAY AROUND AND I PLAN ON PROVING THAT!
I PRECIATE THE INTERVEIW MAN! SHOUT OUT TO THE NWO! I LOVE MY TEAM! BOOCHIE YOU MY MOTHA FUCKIN BROTHER! SHOUT OUT TO MY FANS, MY CITY, EASY E, SMACKSILLY, WIN SQUAD, T-RONE, SWORDZ, KING BREAD, BEASTBOY, RAW, ALL DA CATS I FUX WIT! I WOULD SPEND ANOTHER 6 HOURS NAMING EVERYBODY LOL! N SKYLIFE I FUX WIT YA HOMIE! #NWOLYFE
