Interview with Mike Cobain

Check out our one on one interview with South East Hip Hop Magazine featured artist MIKE COBAIN!

South East Hip Hop Magazine:  How are you Mike Cobain? 

Mike Cobain:  I'm good working on my project like always. 

South East Hip Hop Magazine: Why do you call yourself Mike Cobain? 

Mike Cobain:  Because of Kurt Cobain.  One day I was listening to Nirvana because my brother listens to all ties of genre, happened to play a song and said I should call my self Mike Cobain as a joke and we laughed then thought that sounded good.   

South East Hip Hop Magazine:  Were you ever a fan of Nirvana? 

Mike Cobain:  Yea not really a say "fan", but I'm familiar with they music. 

South East Hip Hop Magazine: How would you describe yourself as an artist? 

Mike Cobain:  As a artist I'm a perfectionist because I will record a song 3 or 5 times different ways to see which one sounds better to different people but I'm humble and still i have that self confidence to. 

South East Hip Hop Magazine: What inspired you to want to become a rapper? 

Mike Cobain:  I started rapping after I heard Get Rich or Dye Trying by 50 cent when I was 'lil but really didn't want to be a rapper till i heard The Black Album & Villmatic.  

South East Hip Hop Magazine: Who were some of your influences coming up? 

Mike Cobain:  Nas, Jay-Z, Kanye, Pusha-T, Pac and Biggie.

South East Hip Hop Magazine: Who do you listen to right now?  What's in your iPod? 

Mike Cobain:  I don't listen to other artists because I don't want to sound similar to anyone because when you hear something a lot over and over in your mind you think this is hot so you start to sound and mimic that so i listen to myself.

South East Hip Hop Magazine: Who are some of the people you've worked with? 

Mike Cobain:  I work with a few people, Gave an artist out of Macon, Raw Rome and Taye Teezy. 

My engineer, but that's it really I don't really pay other artist attention. 

South East Hip Hop Magazine: Who are some of the artists you would like to work with in the future?

Mike Cobain:  I'd like to work with Kanye and hopefully Jay-Z.  O.G's like that no new artist really catch me.

South East Hip Hop Magazine:   Speaking of future, what projects do you have coming out in the near future if any?

Mike Cobain:  I'm working on one now trying to get it all together with my manager but i don't have a date or name but expect it next year soon.

South East Hip Hop Magazine: Where do you see yourself as an artist in the next five years? 

Mike Cobain:  Next five years I see God willing, Grammy or something in that nature couple number 1's singles and album.

South East Hip Hop Magazine: What are your plans for the rest of this year? 

Mike Cobain:  Plan for this year promote myself as a artist and person.

South East Hip Hop Magazine:   Is there anything else you would like to plug? Any shout outs you want to give? 

Mike Cobain:  Taye Teezy and the whole OTM.