What's up y'all? It's poison. And we vibing with all hip hop. New York City
What's going on? World? It's your man Chuck Creeker A K A Jigsaw here at oneworld Studios and we're here with a new rising star
Queens. New York is in the building poison. What's up? What's up
How you doing for me? Yeah, we met out in L A. I instantly knew you were from New York
There was no question. You know, that, that's a good thing. That's definitely a good thing
Well, that's nice. We in two different states in less than a year we see each other, right
So that's a nice little connection. Yeah, you were in the Bet House. How did, how did that feel
That was your first time? Right. Yeah, it definitely was my first time. Um It felt pretty good
man. It's a different experience, a special experience. A lot of black excellence
Um just creating memories and it's amazing. I loved it. I mean
whenever I see people in the Bet House, it gives me an idea of who they are or where they're heading
you know, because that's what they call entertainment's biggest night. So, Yeah
I definitely knew it was a little bit hectic so I knew we weren't gonna really get a good interview
but I knew we were gonna tap in. No, I'm happy to connect. So
tell, tell, tell you've been, you've been working for a minute but tell people a little bit about yourself
Um, ok. And, and your background. Yeah. Um, well, my name is Poison
I'm from Queens, New York. I'm from Ozone Park. I'm not even
I'm not, I'm not from south, south or any of those like li areas
but I'm from Queens. So Forest Hills is lit too, all the area
you know, I'm an artist. I'm a singer, rapper, songwriter. Uh I do a lot of dope things and I'm artistic
I'm having a good time, you know, I'm here to start, I'm here to start some chaos
You know what? Um Well, first of all, let's, let's talk about your new records
Um You were cast co Yeah. You know, he's definitely, you know
he's on, he's on fire right now. Talk about y'all's collaboration. Me hearing you uh is a song that I had
did and uh some people that I'm connected to uh was just like
you know, you know, this, this guy I'm like, oh man, he's the hottest in the city. He's like
yeah, let's, let's put something together and I instantly knew what song to send him
Um It's a little different from what he normally does, but um you know
we, we had a great time, you know, uh he gave me a great verse. I'm appreciative of that
I feel like, uh I brought him to a different space and he gave me a little bit of him too on a
on a record. So, yeah, where do you, you know the so New York is always on top
right? Because, you know, you have people like Naz Nicki Minaj, et cetera, et cetera queens by the way
Um But um it's a new energy. How do you fit in
Oh, definitely. Um I feel like I'm, I'm the cause of a new vibration
I'm a part of that. You feel me like some people might, might not be tapped into who I am
But as time progresses, you know, I got stamina, I'm about to move around and
and show you, you know why I am a part of that. I'm just, I'm, I'm gonna be different
you know, I'm, I'm gonna be raw. I'm gonna be, you know, I'm gonna have fun. I'm gonna dip into glue books and
and have a great time and just, you know, but I'm gonna still say something, you know, and um I think that's gonna touch people
and that's, that's gonna connect with the people and I'm a part of that new energy
Yeah, I've noticed that, you know, some of the lyrics that you have, you're definitely talking about things
topics. Um One of the biggest complaints people have is like, oh, they're not saying nothing and I'm like
some of them are. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's, that's why I'm excited
That's why I feel confident because, um, I feel like, you know
not to get too deep, we in a space where, you know, we don't really feel, you know
so I feel like with what I'm talking about, I'm gonna make them feel, you know
that's why I explain that. Um I mean, you heard some of the stuff I'm about to drop
I feel like um you, you could relate probably in your own journey or just
or enjoying it to get to know my job journey through, through what I'm creating
Like I feel like with the energy that you gave off, like it's obvious that I'm
I'm just saying something I'm saying something while I'm having fun and, you know
that's, that's not an easy line to threat. What's the song you have about pills
What was that song? Oh Pills For The Pain? That, that hit me that class
Yeah, that, that definitely, that's definitely a classic talk about that record a little bit
And what made you frame it that way? What does that mean? Um Well
Pills For The Pain was um a very organic song like, um I remember I was just doing a lot
I mean, living, living Good but not internally happy, went to a friend's studio and uh we recorded the song No
no, no, I'm, I'm cutting it short, went to a friend's studio and um I just kept expressing like how I felt and he was
like, yo, just record something. And then honestly, that's literally the first thing that came to mind pills for the pain on a sunny day
I don't know what love is. It just fade away. Like, I don't know, it was just so organic recorded
dropped it and it went viral. People were like really liking that song still to this day
People hit me about that song. I like that. I was talking to somebody the other day
I was like, man, I wish I had some happy pills, man. I would just take them right now. I mean
I know they got pills but I mean just not serotonin like
yeah, yeah, I mean, that's what I plan to do with my music. I plan to connect and give you some serotonin
you know, encourage you to, to, to feel better, you know, even if you don't feel good about it
just you just gonna feel something at me. So I know I'm coming with that
Definitely fan wise. How, how are your fans like, do you have fans
Because you know, it's kind of hard nowadays to catch somebody on when they
when they, when they rise and like it's usually they already have a ride
but I feel like you are creating fans and bringing them. I'm having fun
I feel like I'm at like a massive workout right now. Like I'm just going up the stairs
like, feel me. Like I'm meeting people, I'm connecting people with people and it's just different people now
You know, it's still the same people that were listening to me three years ago
But yeah, it's like new people and I'm, I'm grateful for that
Like, yeah. Who did you grow up listening to? Oh, that's, that's a good question
Um Little Wayne, definitely Little Wayne. Um I love Madonna Lady Gaga
you know. Um Yeah, I like Kevin Gates and be a young boy
you know, like I can see the look in your face. Kevin Gates is the homie
I'm a huge fan. I'm a huge fan. I've, I've met him a few times
Yeah, he's amazing. I think he, he's one of those people that thread that, that fine line of expression of being passionate while still being
you know, still catching a vibe. He's, I could appreciate that about him
So let me get from you. Wait, let me ask you this. Do you consider yourself an MC
a rapper or, or a multi hyphen? Like, what do you consider yourself
I consider myself a, a musician, you know, like um I'm a writer
you know, I'm, I'm not the best singer but I could sing a little bit
you know, I know my way around instruments, you know, I might not be at uh the
the, the advanced level, but I'm pretty cool in a lot of different areas when you were little
What did you want to be when you grew up? Oh, that's a, that's a good question
Um, I thought I wanted to play basketball. Ok. Ok. I can see that from you
Why, why didn't you pursue it? I fell in love with music
Really? But now basketball players do it all. They do music. I mean
I don't know, my journey just took another, another route, you know, I can appreciate those that do it
But you know, still ball in real life like doing crossovers. So when you mentioned the people you look
up to it makes me think obviously superstar mega star like Madonna
Come on, that's an icon. I mean, same with Lady Gaga Wayne is an
is an icon. Um What do you kind of want to ultimately do and be
Um that's a great question. Um I just, it's like I've thought that far but I haven't thought that far
I'm taking life in pieces. I just know that I got a purpose
you know, and it involves art, it involves music, it involves the people
it involves fashion, you know, it involves, I, I I'm, I'm brought to connect with the people
you know, so I think that's great. I think I'm gonna be great other stuff like what
what other parts of your creativity have you for sure, for sure. Um I
I've dived into the video directing and, you know, the producing and
you know, just, just dabbling, you know, just the time when, when's the first
when's the, what's the first record? If there was one that you heard
what, what initiated you want to be a musician? Like, was it a song
Was it an artist? Well, I grew up around music. My sister's a professional drummer
My mom's in the church so she sings so I just grew up around it
It, it's in me, it's, it's in my blood. Like is therapy
Life led me in that direction no matter what I was doing, you know what I mean
Um So in this climate, we're dealing with a lot of different things
We're dealing with streaming services, we're dealing with algorithms, you know, Facebook
social media. It's a lot that goes into being an artist. Um How
how are you gonna work through that part of it? Like the artistry is one part and then there's a whole another universe you have
to deal with. Do you have a plan or do you for sure? For sure
You know, um I plan to just go about it just effortlessly
man. Like when you're doing the right work, the universe kind of aligns
you know, like doors start opening, people start coming, business starts happening
plays, calls start, start getting made when that I just plan on keep
I'm gonna keep walking like I want some other matrix vibe like I don't know
like I'm gonna just keep going. That's how I plan on doing it. You um how was it working with styles
P uh styles? P Wow. Um I got a lot of love for styles
P That's the big bro. Uh gentleman, super cool, super talented. Uh There's
not much I could say, man, it was like I got something for you. Send it in
got the verse. Amazing, verse it, you know. Um we did the video
we, you know, we, we put out a message, yeah, talk, talk about that message because it's a
it's a serious message for young girls. Yeah. Big boys basically just uh that song was just
I feel like a anybody can relate to that song if you haven't had any like male uh figures in your life or not that
I haven't, I'm, I'm not but um which I'm blessed, I'm blessed with that
But basically big boys is about not having that male figure and learning about your mistakes and
how to, how to make the right decisions and you know, and he
it was awesome for him to bless me and give me that brotherly advice that I needed on that song
You know, like I was in his verse, I was asking questions in my verse like
you know, yeah, I got my heart broke, he should have got his heart poked, you know what I mean
Like I was just talking about my feelings and then we had a conversation on the song
I think that's the best way to put it. It's funny when I heard that line I was like, heart poked
Oh my God, what are we doing? You know? But I think ended up after that the next line
but heartbreak is a part of life. Like it's literally heart, heart
I got my heart. I was like, oh my God, I'm going to die. What's going on
I, I hated it. I had to keep it 100 with that
Yeah, definitely. Um Who would you like to work with? Who's on your bucket list
That's a really good question. I'm, I'm, I'm throwing all the good questions at you today
Um I wanna work with uh Kimi Casanova. I think he's dope
Yeah, you got to check him out. He's dope, he's different. I got something for him
Um I mean, so, so many amazing talents. I don't know. That's a big question
Um I'm not sure, I'm not sure. I'm not sure like
a bucket list. Like little Wayne. I would want to work with little Wayne
Um Boss Man Delos. Do I would love to work with um Akon
Yeah, I would love to work with the Dream, you know, because there's a whole another side of me that I wanna engage into as
time progresses. So I wanna make some really dope, fun songs, big songs
big songs, big records. I heard the song with Too rare that feels like a big record but it's not out yet
So tell us about that preemptively. Um Bus. It uh it's a fun song
It's a fun song. Um Shout out to my boy exclusive. That's his beat
He sent me the beat. Uh the verse, I feel like I was super vulnerable in the verses
I think that's what makes it fun. I was honest. What are you talking about on that record? Because I was listening and I'm like
what am I hearing here? What's going on here? All right, for example, like
like, like I said um in the verse like um can I curse on this
No, but we don't want to cause youtube acts funny. OK. Um I messed up like
for example, for example, in the verse, I said, I messed up a bag again. I'm spending that sacks again
addicted to fashion trends and then I get sad again like it
I'm in a, I'm in a club with girls. I just met like, I'm talking about real
real shit. Like you know what I mean? Like real stuff. You get what I'm saying? And I think that's
that's what makes it fun on top of a party b like we just, we going up like that sounds like that's a fun song
You gotta do like a dance to it. You gotta bring, we, we gonna
we gonna, we gonna, we gonna dance, we have a good time. OK. Good
good. What's your favorite fashion brand. I like the, the, the um Y three
It's like I'm trying, I feel like I'm gatekeeping right now. I like, you know
far fetched. You know, we go on to far fetch, we go, we do, we do the Balen
we do the golden goose, we do, we do, we do, we do everything that's dope
You know what I mean? I, I feel like I'm gatekeeping on this one. But have you ever thought of doing
uh, a line of your own? I mean, everybody thinks about it
I mean, everybody has thought about it, believe it or not, but I thought about doing it as a ghost
Like, not even putting, like, just like back in the back. I mean
do you think, um, somebody I wanted to ask you about, you know
you had a working relationship with money. Um, how was that working with him
Oh, it was dope. Money is a queen's, uh, general. You know what I mean
Like, he's done so many good things for music and hip hop and it was amazing working with him
Did you learn anything? Of course, um, you know, we had private conversations and
you know, just keep going. Don't, don't, don't get in your feelings about things
like, just good conversation from someone who's been. He, he tells me you just keep going
He definitely has kept going. So that's great advice. That's simple. That's a fact
1 ft in front. Of the other is like the best way you have an album you're planning to drop
So what are you gonna offer people with the debut album? Do you have a name for it yet
I don't have a name for it. Um The project is dope
I think it's necessary. So I'm, I'm a, I'm a energy that's missing
you know. Um We gonna put some dope art to it, some dope videos to it might have a listening party
I'm gonna move around, do some shows, like just, just gonna connect with the people collaborations
just different things going on. How do you feel about the city now
Overall for, for music? Um I think, I think, I think, I think we're pretty strong right now
There's a lot of people doing their thing from New York, I think energetically is
is, is definitely we, we, we on fire. It feels good. What's next for you like
you know, got the album but I call it like a or something but you know
they're not that long. You do a lot of shorts, some are short
some are long but it's not that long. Um The project, it's fire
I, I really, I don't know, like I just want, I can't wait for y'all to hear it
Like, yeah. Well, I'm gonna encourage you to come back to one world at some point when the project drops so
we can discuss it. Dissect it really break down. Yeah. Let's do it
I think you, I think you, I think you're gonna enjoy it. Like it's refreshing
Like I feel, I feel like I got some refreshing. I think in general hip hop needs that
Like just new energy. It feels like everybody's listening to the same thing
doing the same thing, putting out the same type of I got you
I got you. That's why I'm poison. 911. Pull up on an emergency
What's up? I got you though. I'm gonna put some, some, some new energy out there
I'm gonna hold you to it. Definitely do it. And how did you get that name
Uh Poison? Uh, it comes from Batman. Yeah, I love Poison Ivy
Um, I, uh, connected with the character. She's into plants. She's into
you know, I'm into Marvel like I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm into that kind of stuff
anime, things like that and, you know, I just connected with the character
She became me, I became her, we are, she, you know, you should dress up for a Comic Con
Pull up. Oh, yeah, maybe I will. Ok. All right. We're going to Comic Con so we can all pull up
Yeah, that sounds like fun. All right. Any final words, anything else you wanna tell the people
Um, uh, I'm excited, I'm excited to put out some new music
Uh, I know you guys are gonna enjoy it. Got that new energy, that new vibe. Uh
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