Joell Ortiz is the name of the newest addition to Dr.Dre‘s Aftermath roster.
The Brooklyn born rapper has been compared to Big Pun, not only because of his Latin origin, but also because of his voice and flow, check out his Big Pun tribute on his MySpace page.
“So far it’s been great and I’m glad people are feeling me now but I know I have a long way to go before I’m running with the big boys like Jay-Z or 50 Cent. That’s where I’m trying to reach, nothing less”, Ortiz said in a statement.
Ortiz told XXL about how the deal was arranged:
“I actually just got a phone call in May that Dre wanted to fly me out, that he had heard some songs through a friend of mine, Karen, up at Interscope. I think she had hooked it up or whatever. But he flew me out and it was crazy. It was like 10 or 15 minutes of me playing songs. He was just like, ﾓYo, Iﾒm feeling you.ﾔ Iﾒm like, ﾓYo, what the dilly, yo?ﾔ Heﾒs like, ﾓYo, you wanna be Aftermath?ﾔ Iﾒm like, ﾓYouﾒre damn right I wanna be Aftermath!ﾔ
Read the whole interview on XXLmag.com.
