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.
