R.A. the Rugged Man Talks With Hip Hop Dx

HipHopDx recently caught up with R.A. the Rugged Man for a very in-depth interview. This is definitively a must read if your a fan or if you want to know more about R.A. the Rugged Man. He discusses things like working up with Hopsin, the Inconsistency In Hip Hop Censorship, Media Coverage Of Hip Hop, The 20 Year Span Of Crustified Dibbs & R.A. the Rugged Man and more. Be sure to check out the full interview, the link is at the bottom of the page. Here is part of the interview:

There was once a time when R.A. the Rugged man was banned from entering the offices of at least one major record label. That wasn’t a ban in the hyperbolic, “Banned From TV” sense, but a literal, standing order not to be within a specified distance of the label’s headquarters. Luckily, things have changed. “And, you know, I was young, crazy and had issues in my mind back then,” R.A. explains almost wistfully. “So they were scared of me. You get a little older, you calm down, and now everybody says, ‘Oh, R.A.’s the nice guy. We like him. Let him in the house, and let him have dinner with the kids.’” There’s no standing dinner date. But on a typically sunny day, R.A. does appear at HipHopDX’s Hollywood office with a friend for an interview. There’s playful banter back and forth, and a hilarious story about performing in the boonies of East Tennessee with Cappadonna (who somehow ended up doing “The Twist”)—none of which should lull you into believing R.A. isn’t still intensely passionate about his craft. He’s still liable to get kicked off of a commercial flight for wearing a shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Every Record Label Sucks Dick.” These days a faux pas by this particular site or an inconsistent review of his new album is laughed off, but not before he calls bullshit. At a time when rappers are pre-screening interview questions as if they’re vetting a potential political candidate, his candor is becoming increasingly rare.

R.A. the Rugged Man’s latest album, Legends Never Die was released April 30 via Nature Sounds. It is currently available at retailers, online and via iTunes.

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