Illuminati 2G

Lee-Coc, a young OG from Houston, TX putting in work. Met recently through Zin at the Trickle Down studio and instantly we started talking about an absence of Chicano leaders, our community and how music can bring healing to our people. Lee-Coc has his Warrior crew and is down with dead prez also so read up on Lee-Coc and see why Texas is talking about the awakened artist known as Lee-Coc.

Jehuniko: In this time when so many people sound the same, what is it that sets you apart?

 Lee-Coc: 1ST N 4MOST I AM THE ONE N ONLY"HOLDER OF THE LIGHT" I AM RAP'S BROWN GANGSTER! N MY REASON 4 RHYME IS STRICKLY REVOLUTIONARY I SOUND LIKE MYSELF N MYSELF ONLY! IN A TIME WEN BITING LYRICS N STYLES HAS BECOME DA NORM I REMAIN ME N ME ONLY! I DON'T RECYCLE RHYMES OR HOOKS I MEAN I REALY DONT EVEN LISTEN 2 ALOT OF 2DAYS HIP HOP CUZ ALOT OF ITS GEARED TOWARDS MORE OF DANCE TEEN POP TYPE CROWD 2 TRY N DUMB MY PEOPLE DOWN N ALOT OF ITS BEEN SAID ALREADY BY SOME OF HIP-HOP'S LEGENDS DAT HAVE COME B4 US N DAT STARTED IT ALL N NOW MC'S R COMMITING PLAGERISM REWRITING THEIR LINES! SO ID RATHER LISTEN 2 DA REAL 2PAC, BIG, RAKIM, DEAD PREZ OR OTHER GREAT'S ORIGANALITY DEN SUM MODERN DAY SWAGGER JACKER DAT SPITS LOLLIPOP LYRICS ROTTEN DA MINDS OF R YOUTHS WITH NO SUBSTANCE 2 DEY MUSIC! BUT IF DATS WUT U DO, DO U BUT I AM GOING TO DO ME!

Are you from Houston originally?

 NO I WAS BORN IN SOUTH TEXAS AN AREA KNOWN AS DA VALLEY BUT I MOVED 2 HOUSTON WHEN I WAS ABOUT 3

I have lived in many places, the illest of LA neighborhoods, but when I came to Houston, I learned real quick that Houston is gangster as fuck. What is it about Houston that makes it different than Austin & San Antonio.

 I MEAN WE ARE LIKE DA NEW YORK CITY OF TEXAS WE SET PRESEDINCE N STANDARDS 4 DA REST OF THE LONE STAR STATE! HOUSTON IS MOSTLY A CITY OF HUSTLE, BANGN EXISTS BUT ITS NOT LIKE ON DA WEST COAST TRUST ME IVE LIVED DERE 2, BUT WEN IT COMES 2 DIS G-SHIT THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS NO CHOICE BUT 2 RESPECT MY CITIS GANGSTER!  THE ATX N SA BOTH REP IT HARD 4 TX N I GOT ALOT OF PEOPLE N LUV 4 BOTH SPOTS BUT HOUSTON IS LIKE DA 3RD OR 4TH BIGGEST CITY IN DA US SO U KNOW FOLKS KNOW WHO WE R! IVE HAD DA OPPERTUNITY 2 TRAVEL 2 MANY PLACES OUTSIDE OF TX N PEOPLE DAT HAVENT BEEN HERE B4 THINK WE STILL RIDE HORSES N ALL WEAR COWBOY HATS BUT SHIT I AINT NEVER RODE A HORSE B4 "ITS MO LIKE SLABS N 84'S W FITTEDS REPPN DEM STROS"! U KNOW! I MEAN DAMM WE GOT DA WHOLE WORLD PUTTIN DIAMONDS IN DEY MOUTH SO SOMEBODIES PAYIN ATTENTION!

I know you grinding, you got a show with Rob G this weekend, what’s cracking in TX with Raza and hip hop?

 RIGHT NOW HONESTLY I FEEL LIKE NOT ENOUGH! OUR PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BIG ON FAMILY N UNITY N HARD WORK DATS N R BLOOD BUT I FEEL LIKE DATS WUTS LACKIN HERE IN HOUSTON I MEAN DA LATINO,MEXICANO,HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS HUGE HERE N WE SHULD BE TAKIN OVER BUT ITS LIKE EVERYONE HAS DERE OWN AGENDAS NO ONE SEEMS 2 WORK 2GETHER HERE UNLESS ITS 4 DA BENIFIT OF SELF N DATS A SHAME CUZ STRENGTH COMES IN NUMBERS!

You have an album out, tell us about that, who’s on it, when did it come out and where is it available?

 YEAH BUT ITS MORE LIKE A MIXTAPE WITH ALL ORIGINAL TRAX. ITS CALLED "LIGHT OF THE DARK MUZIK B4 DA ALBUM" IT FEATURES MY MENTOR N FELLOW COMRADE M-1 OF DEAD PREZ, MY HOMIE AZTEK ESCOBAR OF LA-ROC-FAMILLIA AND A FEW OF MY LABLES ARTIST BIG-B N DA HONORABLE, AND A COUPLE LOCAL ARTIST LIKE KRIMINAL OF HATA PROOF RECORDS,PIC MOBSTA OF LEGENDARY PRODUCTIONS, AND T.HIGH OF MOJO INC. ITS AVALIBLE ON www.cdbaby.com/leecoc  or www.myspace.com/leecoc ALSO ON ITUNES,ZUNE,RHAPSODY,AND ALL DA DIGITAL ONLINE STORES I GOT RINGTONES 4 DA ALBUM ASWELL, U CAN PIC IT UP IN DA GALLERIA MALL IN HOUSTON @ 467 STREET AND A FEW OTHER LOCAL MOM N POPS SPOTS IN DA HOUSTON AREA AS WELL. ITS A PROJECT I DID LAST YEAR, I WAS FACIN SOME PRISON TIME ON A CASE I WAS FIGHTING N I HAD JUST GOT AN OFFER 4RM A LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANY 4 MY LABLE W.A.R.R.I.O.R. RECORDS SO I WANTED 2 HAVE SOMETHIMG 4 MY FAMILY,COMRADES N LABLE 2 GENERATE REVANUE WILE I WAS LOCKED UP N I ONLY HAD A WEEK 4RM DA DISTRIBUTION DEAL NEWS 2 DA SENTENCING OF MY TRIAL SO I WROTE N RECORDED AND HAD MIXED 35 SONGS IN 5 DAYS AND I LET MY ENGINEER AND PRODUCTION TEAM PIC 16 SONGS DEY ADDED 3 BONUS SONGS N I ADDED A COUPLE SKITS N WAA-LAA DERE U HAVE IT RAW UNCUT DOPE! BUT INSTEAD OF A MICROWAVE, BAKIN SODA, WATER, A PIREX N A FORK, I USED SOME HOT TRAX, A PEN AND A PAD W A MIC AND A LAB! I GOT 2 NEW PROJECTS IM WORKING ON ONE IS MY DEBUT ALBUM TITLED "WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING" FT DEVIN THE DUDE, M-1 OF DEAD PREZ, AZTEK ESCOBAR N A FEW OTHER SURPRISE FEATURES I DONT WANT 2 MENTION RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL SAY DIS AFTER I DROP DIS ONE ALL DA MAJORS AND THE WORLD IS GONNA KNOW WHO LEE-COC "HOLDER OF THE LIGHT AND W.A.R.R.I.O.R. RECORDS IS! I ALSO GOT A COMPALATION CALLED "ONE MEXICAN,A MILLION STRONG" IM FINISHING UP FT. ROB G,V-ZILLA,AZTEK ESCOBAR,JUAN GOTTI,SPM, AND YOU OF COARSE AND  IM   WORKING ON GETTIN WITH BABY BASH,LUCKY LUCIANO,CHINGO,AND A FEW MORE MEXICAN ARTISTS AS WE SPEAK 4 FEATURES SO WE CAN RAP DIS ONE UP AS WELL! SO BE ON DA LOOK OUT WORLD CAUSE I’M COMING!

What is one thing that you want to communicate in your music?  

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU APPLY IT! POWER 2 DA PEOPLE LET'S BANG ON DA SYSTEM! 

What is your strategy to get your music to the people?

GRIND HARD! PERSISTINCE WEARS DOWN RESISTINCE! WORK WORK WORK! HUSTLE HUSTLE HUSTLE! PLOT, PLAN AND STRATIGIZE U KNOW HOW IT GO..THE HOMIE DATS PUTTIN IN WORK IS DA HOMIE DAT BLOWS!!!!!!!!!! 

From the murder of Sean Bell, the Minute Men killing innocent Mexicanos along the border, to Obama getting elected now, what are your thoughts on the world today?

WE R AT WAR N IF WE DON'T WAKE UP OUT DIS STATE OF HIPNOSIS THAT WE R ALL IN WE R JUS GONNA B CATTLED N LED 2 DA SLAUGHTER HOUSE! OBAMANATION SWEEPS DA NATION LIKE A SMILING BLACK HURRICANE N OUR PEOPLE R RUNNING 4 SHELTER UNDER IMPERIALIST'S UMBRELLAS CUZ OURS R STILL UNDER PRODUCTION! ALL I CAN SAY IS DON'T FALL 4 DA OKIE DOKE FOLKS! OPEN UP UR EYES!

What is something that people wouldn’t expect to know about you?

I AM A KNOWLEDGE JUNKY!  

Jails and prisons are dominated by people of color, yet the military steady markets the armed forces on BET and the Spanish speaking channels, what do you think of the system that steady tries to kill off people of color?

 FUCK EM! SINCE DA HOMIES WANNA BANG LETS ALL UNTE N BANG ON DA SYSTEM! R B G 4-LIFE! 

When we met, we were speaking about an absence of Raza leaders in recent years. Why do you think that is and how can this music unify all righteous people?

IT IS WHAT IT IS CUZ WE ALLOW IT 2 BE LIKE DAT I MEAN WE R SO CAUGHT UP IN LIVIN DIS MATERIALISTIC LIFE STRICKLY 4 SELF ENJOYMENT N SELF GRATIFICATION DAT WE ARE NOT THINKIN OR PREPARING 4 DA FUTURE WE HAVE NOT EMBRACED R YOUTH OF 2DAY NOR DA QUEENS WHO BRING R CHILDREN N DIS WORLD N MOST OF DA FATHERS OF OUR CHILDREN R IN PRISON OR FORCED 2 WORK LIKE SLAVES JUS 2 SURVIVE WHILE DA YOUTH IS BEIN CURROPTED N RAISED BY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED DAYCARES, SCHOOLS, AND DA MEDIA DAT DESTROY R HERITAGE N TAKE US FURTHER N FURTHER AWAY FROM OUR CULTURE. ONE THING DA MUSIC CAN DO IS 2 HELP US USE DA MEDIA AND ITS INFLUENCE N A POSITIVE MANNER 2 HELP REACH N TOUCH DA YOUTH OF 2DAY N HELP 2 COMMUNICATE N SPREAD A POSITIVE MESSAGE IN OUR MUSIC, W DA MONEY WE CAN ACCUMULATE 4RM DIS MUSIC WE CAN ALSO HELP BETTER OUR COMMUNITIES BY BUILDING N FUNDING POSITIVE SCHOOLS N PROGRAMS 2 HELP TEACH OUR PEOPLE 2 B SELF SUFFICIENT

N 2 CONTINUE 2 FURTHER EDUCATE DEM, ALSO WE CAN OBTAIN POLITICAL POWER N GIVE OPPERTUNITIES 2 DOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE DAT CHANCE BECAUSE OF FINACIAL ISSUES OR RACE ISSUES 2 ENTER INTO POLITICS OR RUN 4 OFFICE N ACTUALLY FIGHT 4 DA RIGHTS OF OUR PEOPLE LIKE WE DESERVE! NOW N DAYS SMART IS BECOMING DA NEW GANGSTER N 4 DA 1ST TIME EVER THE SO CALLED ELITE IS BEING EXSPOSED N MORE N MORE PEOPLE R OPENING DERE EYES N BECOMING HIP 2 DA CURRUPTION N EVIL! I MEAN LIKE D OLD G I JOE CARTOONS USE 2 SAY " KNOWING IS HALFH DA BATTLE!" SO IT’S TIME WE STAND UP N UNITE 2 FIGHT 4 OUR RIGHTS THEIR IS 2 MANY OF US N NOT ENOUGH OF DEM WE JUS GOTTA WAKE UP!!! THEY CAN'T STOP US IF WE ALL WORK 2GETHER! SO 2 ALL MY RAZA OUT DERE..ITS TIME 2 STEP IT UP!

Alright holmes, thank you for taking the time to get down with us. Any shout outs?

1 LUV 2 MY MENTOR N COMRADE M-1! WUT UP STIC MAN? R B G 4 LIFE! 2 ALL DA RAZA ALL OVER DA WORLD..LETS GET IT! ALL GAS NO BRAKES ITS TIME WE UNITE N PREPARE 2 FIGHT!! 1 LUV 2 ALL DA HOMIES DATS DEAD OR LOCKED UP KEEP UR HEAD UP U WILL NEVR B 4GOTTEN! 2 MY 3 LIL W.A.R.R.I.O.R.'S DADDY LUVS U! DA WORLD IS YOURS! 2 ALL MY REAL COMRADES N FELLOW W.A.R.R.I.O.R.'S I RIDE 4 U DEATH B4 DISHONER!

                                                                                                                            lee-coC

"holder of the light"

W.A.R.R.I.O.R. RECORDS

W.A.R.R.I.O.R. 4-LIFE!

R B G 4-LIFE!

P.S. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!