DJA: "On July 13th I'm bout to. But yeah I'm getting my bro's initials tatted on my left shoulder 'cause he has my initials tatted on his right shoulder.
KMC: "Alright, another lyrical question. On 'Trap House,' you say 'disabled don't mean impossible, just not as able as possible.' What do you mean by that?"
DJA: "It's about how everybody has a disability whether that be mental, physical, social, psychological, financial, etc. and that doesn't mean that life is impossible it's just a setback that's bigger than an obstacle but depending on willpower and hard work is at least partially able to overcome."
KMC: "Do you have any personal disability?"
DJA: "I have ADD, and some other stuff, but yeah mostly due to my social class and circumstance growing up in the "hood" people always labeled me a loser and lame and shit."
KMC: "What programs do you use to record and where have you performed?"
DJA: "I use mainly mixcraft and FL Studio. I've performed all around the Madison and Middleton areas but my favorite performance and probably biggest so far was when I opened for Grammy award-winning legends Bone Thugs N Harmony at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI on June 20, 2011.
KMC: "What are your influences outside of Madison? i.e. Rappers, singers, clothes and if you had to choose a favorite line of yours what would it be?"
DJA: "I don't really have any influences that are famous, my influence is my brother because he definitely played a huge role in how I developed socially growing up as a kid. I wear A LOT of Ralph Lauren Polo, Osiris, Nike, and LRG but I don't strictly stay to that it's just what you'll usually find on me. And I don't think I could choose one favorite line because I'm really a lyrical almost punch-line rapper and I'm also versatile so I have lines I like because they are real and I like other ones because they are tricky and clever and mean so many things at one time then I like different likes because they sound cool and unique."
KMC: "Lastly, if you could collaborate with one other Madison artist, who would it be?"
DJA: "If I could collab with ANY Madison artist it would hands-down be F. Stokes, who I have actually talked to about doing such a thing with, if I had to choose a favorite rapper it would probably be him, he's the only real rapper who has had a lasting personal impression on me, I respect the man highly, and I think his talent puts almost all, if not all, other artists to dust in my opinion because of what he brings to the table. But I love collaborating and there are a ton of artists around here who I give respect to."
KMC: "One more question-- why did you choose the name DManDJA?"
DJA: "DMan is my nickname and initials are DJA, put them together and you get DmanDJA."
Shoutout to DManDJA for participating in the second Kid Melo Company interview. Look out for updates on his releases and performances!
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