Hailing from Minneapolis, MN, Prof's musical career began at a very young age when he attended Ramsey, a school he describes as "a place where they try to put as many instruments in inner city kids' hands as possible." By the end of his junior high career he had found his way to emceeing and there was no turning back. Prof needed a producer, though, and it wasn't until high school, and the horrific events of 9/11, that he met one he clicked with; Rahzwell. Prof remembers, "we had a class together first hour and the teacher had the TV on. We just looked at each other like 'damn, this is fucked up.'" They quickly found out about their mutual love of Hip-Hop and have been working together ever since. Prof recently finished shooting a video for his song "Rocket Man" with director Doug Urquhart and this week he took a few minutes to sit down with me to discuss what qualities he feels make for a good album, a bad interview, and what exactly a gampo is. Read more here...
April 7, 2008
Artist Of The Week - Prof
Hailing from Minneapolis, MN, Prof's musical career began at a very young age when he attended Ramsey, a school he describes as "a place where they try to put as many instruments in inner city kids' hands as possible." By the end of his junior high career he had found his way to emceeing and there was no turning back. Prof needed a producer, though, and it wasn't until high school, and the horrific events of 9/11, that he met one he clicked with; Rahzwell. Prof remembers, "we had a class together first hour and the teacher had the TV on. We just looked at each other like 'damn, this is fucked up.'" They quickly found out about their mutual love of Hip-Hop and have been working together ever since. Prof recently finished shooting a video for his song "Rocket Man" with director Doug Urquhart and this week he took a few minutes to sit down with me to discuss what qualities he feels make for a good album, a bad interview, and what exactly a gampo is. Read more here...
