MS WILLIAMS  (August 2008) | Interview By: Chad Kiser & Jonathan Hay

Coming from the Bay area, Ms. Williams is as versatile as they come. Not only can she hold it down with the best of them on the mic, she’s a very beautiful woman, and an up and coming actress. We talk a lot about her myspace page, which has generated over 7.2 million hits, and is growing! One look at this gorgeous & stunning woman and you’ll understand why she is such a sought-after young lady.



As ever, you can read this exclusive interview below and we urge you to leave feedback on our forums or email them to chad@dubcnn.com or haywire@dubcnn.com.

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Interview was done in July 2008

Questions Asked By: Jonathan Hay & Chad Kiser

Interview Assistance: “Black” Chris Thompson
 

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The Ms Williams Interview
A Woman’s Touch (The Special Dubcnn Series)
By: Chad Kiser, Jonathan Hay and Sabrina
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Dubcnn: Being from the west coast I would assume that you had a lot of influences from around there. Who is some of your main influences from around there that made you want to get into the rap game?

Oh man first and foremost I would have to say Too Short, Dre, Pac, and my brothers.


Dubcnn: What about Too Short sticks out to you?

I guess his swagger and his confidence; I grew up on Too Short being from the Bay area, so you
know it was always on the radio.


Dubcnn: Speaking from a west coast perspective, any artist dead or alive who would you have wanted to collaborate with?

I would have to say Pac; I mean who wouldn’t want to do that? He defines the West Coast, with Dr.
Dre and Uncle Snoop also. The unity is messed up, but people know if it is really a West Coast thing or not.


Dubcnn: I have talked to a couple of artists out in the West Coast about the unity and why is it so hard, why would you say it is so hard more so than some of the other areas.
You know, I have wondered that. Being from the Bay area its not really out there international wise.

In the Bay you can be a local artist and you will get play on the radio all day. In L.A. it is different because you are into Hollywood now. Everybody is looking out for themselves and not each other. I don’t understand to this day why it isn’t more unity out here.


Dubcnn: Who would you say are some of your female emcee influences?

Queen B, Kim she just did the damn thing, and Foxy too.


Dubcnn: What is different about you from the other female artists in the game?
I don’t know I am different because when people look at me that don’t expect me to sound the way I do. They always ask me if I am a singer. You really can’t name a female rapper that has come from the Bay ever that has hit real heavy. The simple fact that I am from a different area that people isn’t used to and my look don’t match my sound.


Dubcnn: You definitely have an East Coast vibe too, as far as lyrically speaking…

I think that that is hot! A lot of people say that I have that east coast sound and I am not trying to it just comes out that way.


Dubcnn: A lot of people said the same thing about The Game when he first came out and we wouldn’t know where he was from unless he didn’t tell us all the time…

Yep


Dubcnn: You could have chosen to have gone into the modeling industry, but you chose to go into the rap game. Why did you choose music?

Because of my parents and my brothers. When I was growing up my parents were in a rock band and always playing and singing around us so we always had instruments; it was always around us. My brothers were always like spit something spit something because they rapped all the time so I had to keep up with them. To me it is in our blood.


Dubcnn: You lost a brother in a car accident, how did that affect your life? What kind of impact did that have on you?

Man it is kind of indescribable, I was 17 at the time and he was 19 had a full football scholarship. It was more like a nightmare. I would say it impacted me to want to take care of my mom. I still have nightmares to this day of seeing my brother in a body bag so imagine how that feels it is still kind of tough to talk to about.


Dubcnn: Looking at your pictures on MySpace, I just got to ask, how do you stay in such good shape?

I never used to look at eating healthy but the older that I get I just started to realize how important it is. I mean I have family members that had to have parts amputated so that keeps me motivated to stay healthy. Life is already short enough.


Dubcnn: Now, do you have a workout schedule or a certain plan that you stick to food wise?

French Fries are my workout plan. I don’t exercise I am quite lazy actually. I guess it is hereditary, my mom always says it is going to catch up to me, but I am not at the point where I am going to change my eating habits yet maybe later on; as long as you feel comfortable in your own skin.


Dubcnn: Tell us how you hooked up with Drift City Records?

Well, I hooked up with them through MySpace actually and had the opportunity to work with Drift City so I was lucky enough to have them roll across my page so I got to fly out and meet with them. A lot of stuff goes on MySpace, the internet is amazing.


Dubcnn: Is your MySpace blowing up like all day, everyday?

It is a job with-in itself between the messages and the friend requests. If I am not in the studio, I am on there handling business and I do personally do that myself. I have friends who get mad when I take them off my top 5 on there and everything.


Dubcnn: How do you juggle your personal life and your business?

It is a mental thing you have to know how to separate everything. I am going to take time out to do the family thing.


Dubcnn: You have music and modeling, but that isn’t the only thing you are doing right.

No, I act too. I went on set to meet Cedric the Entertainer, and it was just a meet and greet. The next day I got a call from them and they wanted to play a role. So that was a real good situation to get to go up there and meet him cause he is so down to earth. Drift City wants to take it to the movies too. I was excited and nervous at the same time.


Dubcnn: So really is there anything you can’t do?

I play guitar and piano, too. I am going to bring them out when necessary.


Dubcnn: Have you produced anything before?

I have done one that got a good response on my MySpace. I have a home studio where I have been learning how to mix and engineer songs cause I will be able to utilize it in the future.


Dubcnn: What are some things that you are working on that we can look forward to in the future?

I just went to Atlanta last week and worked on this remix called “Swag Check”. I did the remix with Diamond from Crime Mob and I am also staring to work on my first mix tape album. Expect a whole lot of magic on that. With Drift City nothing is small.


Dubcnn: What is the whole Interscope Records situation like?

About a year ago MySpace music came to me and said that they were amazed by my numbers and how well I have been doing and they wanted to take it to Interscope which I guess is their big brother. If they believe in their artist they take you straight to Interscope to start your project.


Dubcnn: Have you ever actually met Tom from MySpace?

No, I keep missing him when I am up there so I am sure the next time I am up there they will have me take one and put it on my myspace. Its headquarters is in Fox's building. It is a big operation that goes on in there. She wasn't allowed to tell us that she worked there and we didn’t know until she quit but then I found out all the kinds of stuff that goes on behind closed doors *laughs*.


Dubcnn: When did your myspace page really take off?

It was weird because at the time I was dating a football player and guys would come up and say have you seen blah blahs myspace and I was like what is a myspace. So I am reading the comments and it is chicks leaving messages saying hey baby sorry I didn’t call you back last night, and good seeing you the other night. So I was like this is myspace huh? So, I go home that night and took a bunch of sexy pictures and put all the football guys in them, so we broke up because of that, but after that I was addicted. Everybody has been addicted to myspace at one time.


Dubcnn: I read an interview that you did with another publication and some of your comments were misconstrued about Jay-Z, Would you like a chance to clear that?

Nothing about Jay-Z was ever said. I was under bad management at the time and I never did really talk to those people. So there really isn’t anything to clean up because I didn’t say anything that needed to be cleaned up. I was scared because that was my first time that something has happened like that but it wont be the last. I think that Jay is one of the greatest.


Dubcnn: Who would be your top 5 emcees of all time?

Oh, this is going to be hard and I might forget somebody but Biggie, Pac, Hova, Kim, and Left Eye. It is kind of random, but that is who I would say.


Dubcnn: Final Thoughts?

Shout out to Jonathan [Hay], Chad [Kiser] and the whole Dubcnn staff!!! Big shout out to Drift City Records!!!






Check out Ms Williams on MySpace