I've always been like the No. 1 Boston hip-hop fan.

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• Statik Selektah:

  I get mad if I'm not presented as an actual artist on tour. I don't want to be seen as just some DJ

• Statik Selektah:

  I had completely changed from being a mixtape DJ to being a producer and working with Nas and stuff

• Statik Selektah:

  When I made 'Detroit vs. Everybody,' I knew. I knew this for Eminem.

• Statik Selektah:

  I come from a traditional hip-hop background.

• Statik Selektah:

  Sampling is very important for me. It's the backbone of hip-hop.

• Statik Selektah:

  I grew up in a city - it's called Lawrence, Massachusetts. It's about half an hour north of Boston.

• Statik Selektah:

  I kinda gave my childhood to hip-hop, literally. I didn't go to parties in high school. All I did -

• Statik Selektah:

  My mother used to stop me from going to DJ battles. I'd, like, cry, get really upset.

• Statik Selektah:

  I started radio, actually, when I was 13. I started DJing when I was 13, but later in that year, I

• Statik Selektah:

  I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album.