Brooklyn just got that energy to me that’s so hip-hop and so New York City. You know, New York City is the grittiest city in the world. Statik Selektah Read Quote
I had completely changed from being a mixtape DJ to being a producer and working with Nas and stuff like that. Statik Selektah Read Quote
I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody’s album. Statik Selektah Read Quote
I started radio, actually, when I was 13. I started DJing when I was 13, but later in that year, I started a high school station at Phillips Academy. I didn’t actually go there, but it was in the town I went to high school in. So literally, within six months of DJing, they started mailing me records; it was crazy. Statik Selektah Read Quote
My mother used to stop me from going to DJ battles. I’d, like, cry, get really upset. Statik Selektah Read Quote
I kinda gave my childhood to hip-hop, literally. I didn’t go to parties in high school. All I did – well, I was DJing parties in high school. Statik Selektah Read Quote
I grew up in a city – it’s called Lawrence, Massachusetts. It’s about half an hour north of Boston. When my parents got divorced, I moved to New Hampshire because my father worked up there. Statik Selektah Read Quote
