In anticipation of an upcoming
Crocs tour stop,
MyCentralJersey.com spoke with Yung Joc on Hotstylz, the tour, his next album and more.
"I might get 5,000 extra fans (from the tour)," Joc said. "That what makes it worth it, that and a love of the artistry, it's definitely good. If it doesn't work, pity's also good." A rapper using pity as potential marketing ploy? Now that's unorthodox.
DogHouseBoxing.com has the story.
Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist Yung Joc and rising R&B sensation Keri Hilson will be performing just before former WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster makes his return to the ring against contender Danny Batchelder for the vacant NABA heavyweight title. The performance will last approximately 20 minutes.
You can listen to and download "Shawty Got Me," a new song by Ray L (Ray Lavender) that features Yung Joc, on the
Ray L MySpace.
The Jamaica Observer has a quick interview with Yung Joc.
TEENage: What projects are you currently working on? Any albums soon?
Joc: Yeah there is a new album that will be released soon. It's entitled Mr Robinsons Neighbourhood and it will be released in November. There are a few collaborations on the new album, but I can't talk about them just yet.
This interview may have been done a little while ago, even if it was just posted, as I last heard his album was slated for 2009.
From the
press release:
Interactive One, LLC, the digital division of Radio One, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROIAK and ROIA), will offer on-going coverage of the Democratic National Convention featuring unique content, all- access blog reporting and on-site celebrity journalists reporting exclusive to NewsOne.com and BlackPlanet.com.
Celebrated rapper and music producer, Big Boi, one half of the multi- platinum Grammy Award winning hip-hop duo OutKast, will anchor a series of webisodes exclusively to NewsOne.com and BlackPlanet.com. See first interviews at http://www.newsone.com/elections. ...
Big Boi's webisodes, "We the People," will be exclusive to NewsOne.com and BlackPlanet.com. Big Boi will conduct sit-down interviews with influential political and media players as well as host "man on the street" interviews to capture the many voices of Black America during this historic period. Confirmed guests include, Professor William Jelani Cobb, song writer and producer Bryan Michael Cox, Atlanta City Councilman Ceasar Mitchell, rapper Yung Joc and Elder Bernice King, the daughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Billboard's Gail Mitchell reports that Yung Joc will be featured on "True to the Game," an upcoming compilation album. A portion of profits from the album will go to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Joc's contribution is "Knock It Outa Da Park," which you can check out in our
audio player. The album will be released October 21.
On Monday, Yung Joc appeared on the Ryan Cameron Show on the V-103 radio station, in Atlanta, to discuss the recent
allegations regarding late or short child support payments, made by the mother of his son, Fatimah Jester.
"My mom, my sister, my dad - everybody told me, you know what I'm saying - protect yourself and I did that," Joc said. "So, what I did, as soon as I got on, I was only ordered to pay $114 a month. And I was like, what the hell is that? Like, who could survive on that? So, I was paying extra money, anyway, because at that time, when I had got on, the court couldn't determine how much money I was gonna make or I was making. So, they was like... well, as far as it looked to them... I didn't have a job. So, I was ordered to pay $114 a month. So, I was paying more."
He said that something came up where more money was required, so they involved attorneys and came to an agreement that Joc would pay her $2,000 a month and that he would take care of any of his son's medical costs, extra curricular activities and any other expenses related to his son.
"I never missed a payment," he told Cameron. "If you consider me not paying on the first and me paying on the third or the fourth being late, then I think everybody in America is late all the time. It is what it is. I pay it. You saw how she said it on the show today, on Porche Foxx [another host on V-103], saying that, well, I'm not saying he don't pay it, he just pay it late. Now, you really gonna take the time out of your day to go on the news and slander my character and say that, you know, I'm a dead beat dad because the child support a few days late. I don't pay it directly to her. I pay it through DHR [Department of Human Resources]. My banker wires the funds right to DHR, they wire the funds to her account. However long that takes, she need to discuss that with them and not put me out up there like that."
To be fair, if I pay my credit card bill one day late, they don't care, they are still going to add finance charges. So, whatever the due dates are, they need to be met. I'm not saying whether or not they are, just commenting on what Joc said. But, a day or two late is still late and payments should be made on time.
Finally, Joc commented that a lawsuit against him had been dropped, but he didn't specify who had filed it and Cameron didn't ask. However, there is only one lawsuit that I know of and that is the one with the
stereo equipment company.
Yung Joc is featured on a new single from singer Bobby Valentino, titled "Beep Beep".
