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MIL: MUSIC IS LIFE MAGAZINE IS IN THE STUDIO WITH PARLAE OF DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ, CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR READERS?

P: I AM PARLAE!!!!! FROM THE PLATNIUM GROUP DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE GROUP IM THE ONE WHO USED TO HAVE THE DREADS.

MIL: BEFORE WE GET INTO YOUR MUSIC, CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR HISTORY ABOUT HOW YOU GOT INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY?

P: WELL, IT REALLY LITERALLY FELL IN MY LAP. I STARTED OUT JUST PLAYING AROUND FREESTYLING AND I JUST DECIDED TO WRITE A SONG. THAT SONG CALLED "M.O.N.E.Y" AND IT WAS A UNDERGROUND SUCCESS IN ATLANTA. AFTER THAT I GOT KICKED OUT OF COLLEGE AND CAME HOME TO LINK UP WITH DA FRANCHIZE BOYZ AND WE RECORDED "WHITE TEE". I WOULD GO TO PERFORM MY SONG "M.O.N.E.Y" AND WE WOULD PERFORM "WHITE TEE" BEFORE IT AND "WHITE TEE" TOOK OFF TO BE ON THE RADIO THEN 6 MONTHS AFTER THAT THE DEAL CAME.

MIL: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO LATELY?

P: WELL LATELY I BEEN WORKING ON BRANDING MYSELF AS A SOLO ARTIST AND ALSO BRANDING MY LABEL "WHITE TEE KARTEL". I ALSO BEEN WORKING ON MY MUSIC SIDE BY PUTTING OUT MIXTAPE AFTER MIXTAPE TO GET THE STREET FAMILIAR WITH HEARING ME BY MYSELF. I BEEN SHOOTING VIDEO AFTER VIDEO AND ALSO PRODUCING THESE VIDEO AS WELL, SO IM JUST WORKING ON BEING A ALL AROUND ENTERTAINER.

MIL: A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLED YOU A RINGTONE RAPPER, BUT JUDGING FROM YOUR NEW MUSIC YOU ARE FAR FROM A RINGTONE RAPPER. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?

P: WELL WHAT IS A RINGTONE RAPPER? IT SOUNDS LIKE A RAPPER WHO SELLS RINGTONES AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND EVERY RAPPER SELLS RINGSTONE SOME JUST SELL MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION PEOPLE CAN THINK WHAT THEY WANT MY STORY AND MY MUSIC SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IF I WANNA DO DANCE MUSIC I CAN DO THAT, IF I WANNA DO SONGS FOR THE LADIES I CAN DO THAT, IF I WANNA DO DOPE BOY MUSIC I CAN DO THAT BECAUSE IM ALL OF THEM PEOPLE. I DON'T STERIOTYPE MYSELF..

MIL: MANY TIMES WE SEE ARTIST GO SOLO AND EVENTUALLY FLOP. ARE YOU FEELING ANY HESITATION OR PRESSURE ABOUT DELIVERING A QUALITY SOLO RELEASE?

P: NO NOT AT ALL, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IS THE STREETS AND I HAVE THEM. ITS JUST ABOUT PUTTING PRODUCT OUT THERE FOR THEM TO CONSUME BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THE STREETS DECIDE WHO GETS HOT AND WHO DON'T, NOT RADIO OR THE LABEL. THE STREETS WHO MAKE YOUR SONGS HOT FROM JUMP THEN EVERYBODY ELSE JUMPS ON AND THE STREET BEEN WANTING TO HEAR 'PARLAE' SO I CAN'T WAIT.

MIL: HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN YOUR LYRICAL STYLE?

P: WELL THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS THAT I HAVE A SOUTHERN JUICE (SWAG) WITH EASTCOAST LYRICS. I USE A LOT OF METAPHORS AND SIMILIES; A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT IMA PUNCH LINE RAPPER BUT I LIKE TO SAY THAT IM JUST A VERSITILE AND WELL ROUNDED ARTIST.

MIL: PARLAE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT ONE OF YOUR NEW SINGLES "SHE NASTY" FEAT. KOOL ACE AND PINKYXXX? HOW DID YOU LINK UP WITH PINKY FOR THE SONG?

P: WELL SHOUT OUT TO MY HOMIE KOOL ACE THE MOST ENTERTAINING PERSON SINCE THE GREAT JAMES BROWN AND I WILL PUT THE HOUSE ON THAT. HE INSPIRED THE WHOLE SONG BECAUSE HE HOST A LOT OF STRIP CLUBS SO I WANTED TO DO A SONG WITH HIM TO PLAY IN THE CLUBS AND HE CAME UP WITH THE HOOK AND WE LAID IT DOWN. AFTER I WAS LISTENING TO THE SONG I SAID IT WOULD BE THE SHIT IF I COULD PUT A PORNSTAR RAPPER ON HERE. I REACHED OUT TO ROXY REYNOLDS TO DO IT BUT SHE WAS ON SOME HOLLYWOOD SHIT LIKE SHE SOLD MORE RECORDS THEN ME, LOL!!! SO MY HOMIE DRENO-SALUCCI PLUGED ME IN WITH PINKY. I SENT IT TO HER AND SHE LAID THAT BITCH DOWN, STR8 UP!!

MIL: CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT KO-OP MUZIK GROUP (KMG)? WHO IS ALL SIGNED TO KO-OP MUZIK GROUP?

P: WELL KO-OP MUZIK GROUP IS LIKE A POWER LABEL FOR JY ENTERTAINMENT (YA YA AKA YERP), 7 GRAMS ENTERTAINMENT (JON GEEZY) AND WHITE TEE KARTEL (PARLAE). WE PUT OUT LABELS TOGETHER TO CREATE A MOVEMENT AND USE ALL OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKS TO BETTER OURSELVES. TEAMWORK IS THE KEY AND WE AS BLACK BUSINESS MEN WANTED TO STICK TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER. AS OF RIGHT NOW MYSELF AND JON GEEZY ARE THE ONLY TWO ARTIST BUT WE HAVE YOUNG TAY (7 GRAM ENT) WHO WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT MUSIC FOR AND BANG BANG GANG (WHITE TEE KARTEL) WHO WE ALSO WILL BE PRESENTING TO U.

MIL: COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT WHITE TEE KARTEL INK AND WHO IS ALL A PART OF WHITE TEE KARTEL INK?

P: WELL IM THE CEO OF WHITE TEE KARTEL AND I SIGNED MYSELF FIRST OFF BUT BANG BANG GANG IS UP FIRST ON THE MUSIC SIDE. THEY HAVE A CRAZY MOVEMENT ON THE EASTSIDE OF ATLANTA. THAT'S MY ONLY ARTISTS RIGHT NOW BUT I HAVE THREE PRODUCERS ALSO TRAP BEATZ, ITS YA BOY LUKE, AND MR 808 AND THEY ARE FROM ALABAMA SO THAT'S MY LINE UP FOR RIGHT NOW.

MIL: WHAT MADE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH WHITE TEE'S?

P: WELL WHITE TEE'S WAS AFFORDABLE AT THE TIME. EVERY MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL I WOULD STOP BY THE CORNER STORE AT THE TOP OF BOWEN HOMES PROJECTS OFF BANKHEAD AND BUY ME A WHITE TEE BEFORE I WENT TO SCHOOL. I WAS LIKE A UNIFORM BACK THEN FOR DOPE BOYS, TRAPPERS AND STREET NIGGAS.

MIL: I HEAR DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ ARE BACK IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON A NEW PROJECT. IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THAT?

P: YEAH WE ARE IN THE LAB OFTEN, WE HAVE LIKE 20 SONGS RECORDED BUT WE JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT RIGHT SINGLE BEFORE WE START PUSHING ANY MIXTAPES OR TALKING BOUT A ALBUM. DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ ARE COMING BACK OUT FOR ALL OUR FANS AND NO WE HAVE NOT BROKEN UP, LOL!!!

MIL: RIGHT NOW IN THE MUSIC WORLD IS THERE ANY ARTIST OUT NOW THAT INSPIRES YOU TO MAKE SURE YOUR MUSIC STAYS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL AND KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES?

P: THE SONGS I HEAR ON THE RADIO INSPIRES ME A LOT BECAUSE THEY PLAY SOME REAL BULLSHIT ON THE RADIO AND THEY KNOW IT. HALF OF THESE SO CALLED STREET RAPPERS WHO SAY THEY DO THIS AND DO THAT AND THEY BE HERE AND THERE AND I DON'T SEE THEM. THEY MOTIVATE ME TO TELL THE LISTENERS REAL STREET STORIES AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY RELATE TO AND THAT WILL CHECK OUT IN THE STREETS WHEN THEY ASK AROUND.

MIL: WHAT RECORD WOULD YOU SAY WAS THE BIGGEST ONE YOU HAVE FEATURED ON OR RELEASED?

P: GROUP WOULD BE ""LEAN WIT IT ROCK WIT IT BECAUSE WE CHANGED HIP HOP WITH THAT SONG AND I ALSO PRODUCED IT. AS A SOLO ARTIST AND FEATURE WOULD HAVE TO BE "JEWELRY" A SONG WITH JON GEEZY WHERE WE WAS TALKING ABOUT RAPPERS WHO GOT THEIR CHAINS TOOK, THAT SONG WAS BIG IN THE STREETS.

MIL: WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?

P: WELL I LISTEN TO TRICK TRICK, JON GEEZY, CHIP AND RICO (ATL UNSIGNED BEAST), BANG BANG GANG. I LISTEN TO A LOT OF UNDERGROUND MUSIC AND A LOT OF MIXTAPES WITH ALL OF THE HOTTEST SONGS THAT'S OUT AT THE TIME BUT I LISTEN TO A LOT OF THAT BOY "PARLAE" HE BE GOIN IN, LOL!!!!

MIL: WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOU WORKING ON RIGHT NOW?

P: WELL IM BOUT TO DROP"STREET BIBLE" HOSTED BY DJ SWAMP IZZO AND DJ KUTT THROAT THAT'S ABOUT TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE STREETS. THE MIXTAPE IS THE PARLAE U NEVER GOT TO HEAR WITH DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ BUT THE ONE YOU USED TO SEE ON THE NEWS AND READ ABOUT IN THE PAPER. IM TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF PERSONAL THINGS ON THIS MIXTAPE AND I HAVE BIG FEATURES LIKE A ALBUM…. TITI BOI, SHAWTY LO, YO GOTTI, GUCCI, TRICK TRICK, GUDDA GUDDA, GRAMPS MORGAN AND MORE.

MIL: WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2011?

P: MY PLANS FOR 2011 IS TO KEEP WORKING ON MYSELF AS A BUSINESS MAN, ARTIST, PRODUCER, AND ENTERTAINER. IM GOING TO BRAND MY SELF "I AM PARLAE" AND JUST KEEP WORKING TO BE THE BEST I CAN BE. IM NOT GONE SAY WHAT EVERBODY ELSE SAY…"I'MA TAKE OVER IN 2011"BUT DAMN WHAT HAPPENED TO 2010. IM JUST TRYING TO SEE ANOTHER BIRTHDAY AND ANOTHER YEAR!!!

MIL: HOW CAN YOUR FANS STAY UPDATED ON YOU?

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MIL: MUSIC IS LIFE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE INTERVIEW WITH US TODAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS FOR YOUR FANS?

P: IF U STAY DOWN WITH ME I WILL STAY DOWN WITH U. PARLLAAEE!!!! KEEP IN TOUCH!!