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“THE RHYMES HE COMES OUT WITH ARE JUST UNBELIEVABLE”

Ell Jay Cee on the scene. Teen sension on his own mission to become the biggest HipHop arti st in the world. He says he is ready for the challenge but

he isn’t sure if the rap game is ready for him.

When did you start your obsession with music?[Laughs] Well I wouldn’t say it is an obses-sion but it’s defi nitely a hobby, well it started off as a hobby, something I liked doing in my spare ti me when i was about 13, 14 ish. I was sti ll young so i was energeti c and I was ready for any challenge. So it began as a hobby.Who inspired you?Well, it’s a number of people. 50, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and all that but i guess it was mainly one person who inspired me the most, Lil Wayne. He is just so unique his voice it’s diff erent to everyone else’s to make it his own style and the rhymes he comes out with are just unbelievable. He truly is a genius.How old where you when you started re-cording properly?I was about 15. I had writt en down some lyr-ics and i got a beat. So then my friend en-couraged me to go to a studio and record it so i did and next thing you know i was doing it more oft en.What makes you diff erent from other art-ist?I am very relaxed and I enjoy writi ng my lyrics and my songs, whereas other arti st perhaps treat it as a job, I simply do it for my own entertainment but if people like it then I am not going to stop them from listening to my music.

Which arti st would you want to record with?All of them to be honest, but it is always going to mainly be Lil Wayne because he is and will always be special to me. I know it sounds funny but I probably wouldn’t be where I am without his inspirati on. I know he probably isn’t the best role model, yeah he smokes and all that but no one is perfect.What did you want to be originally?I wanted to be a boxer mainly but the training was always hard for me and I struggled because of my asthma especially in the winter season but music always calmed me down and moti vated me to do things that maybe I didn’t think I could do.Where were you born?I was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. It’s an African country. My parents are both from there and to be honest I think it was a great place, I enjoyed my ti me there. I was sad to leave but I suppose at this stage I really can’t com-plain [Laughs]

Ell Jay Cee is about to start work on his debut album. It is promised that the album will feature his no.1 track ‘Straight Up’ and a few more others. If all goes well with the album, it is expected that he will be the youngest ever double plati num album seller. At only 17, Jay Ryder clearly has lots of ti me to way up his opti on. Our reporter, Timothy Burns was very excited to carry out this interview with him. So we got him relaxed and ready to tackle the questi ons that we have for him.

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