 How did you get the rap name Sos?
Sos: My real name is Osa, everybody calls me Sos around the way and that shit just took. It only reps me right, I don't have no made up persona. I just ride with who I am.
What are some of your goals as far as being an entertainer? Is it all about being a star and being rich?
Sos: Hell yeah! I want to be a star. I want some money, I want to be rich and all that good stuff, but at the same time I want to do some other things, but I'm going to keep that on the low until later.
Sos: How about starting your own clothing line? That seems to be the new trend for a lot of rappers.
Sos: I ain't goin to start a clothing line because I can't dress worth a motherfucka (laughs). But I got some other plans, you know a little publishing company.
Who were you musical influences growing up?
Sos: My parents. They've always been a major influence in my life. My pop had his own band and he was doing big things. My mom plays the saxophone, piano anything you can think of. I've been around music my whole life.
What was your first experience to Hip-Hop?
Sos: My first experience was the Sugar Hill Gang, but that didn't make me like it. KRS-One made me like it.
How long have you been rapping?
Sos: I've been rapping since I was like twelve. Me and my boys had a rap group?
What was the name of the rap group?
Sos: The Full Deck and I was the ace of spades. I told my Dad we were rappers, so you know my pop being the musician that he was he said come on and battle me then. So the next day I wrote a whole rap and we battled and he crushed me (laughing).
What made you get serious about rap?
Sos: Well, I saw other dudes get on that I use to beast when I was younger.
Who were your influences in rap?
Sos: I definitely got to ride with my man Kool G Rap, I gotta ride with Nas you know I'm a old school dude. They always had something intelligent where you have to read between the lines. You know KRS-One. I like a little Jay-Z a little bit. That's about it, I ain't influenced by the rest of them suckas.
How was it performing in front of a crowd for the first time?
Sos: That shit was rough, I'm not no real performer. I ain't got no dance moves or no shit like that (laughing). So I just try to become one with the crowd and get that good eye contact and make them feel what I'm doing and you know they felt in the end.
How did you get your buzz?
Sos: The mixtapes, we did two mixtapes. We did them straight from the crib, recorded them our self and mixed them our self. Then we gave them out and the streets were loving it.
Have you been on any DVDs?
Sos: I've done two of them DVDs, but I'm not really riding with the whole DVD thing. I did em just because it was some free publicity. But I'm not really riding with them because I don't want to be one of those same ol dirty DVD niggas because after a while you sound like everybody else. I can't even watch them joins now. They make my head hurt!
Where you battling?
Sos: Na, I wasn't battling anybody. I was just spitting some bars.
What was the name of the DVD?
Sos: Spazz Out Part 6 the summer time join.
How long have you been producing?
Sos: About 8 or 9 years.
What producers influenced you?
Sos: I definitely say originally, I got to go Primo (DJ Premiere) all the way. That was my dude right there. But as time progressed, I liked a little Dre, a little Timbaland. There's a lot of different dudes. I'm a big Clark Kent fan. You know everybody a little bit.
Are you a versatile producer?
Sos: Man, I can do everything. It don't matter what you want as far as party music, you what some r&b shit. Anything I can do it for you.
Is there any wrong with the game to you right now?
Sos: Definitely, just all this extra fakeness.
These dudes are so overly tough. We call it OG'ing, they OG'ing it, we call it overly gangsta.
They falling out left and right. Too much overly gangsta fake shit. Everybody hustles, everybody's killing everybody man, and the shit is ridiculous and the young guys are really believing this shit. They really think that's where it's at, and we as grown ass men need to stop and check ourselves and put out some shit that makes a little bit more sense.
 Any shout outs?
Sos: The whole West Philly. The whole 6. My moms and my whole family. To the whole Get It In staff, everybody booked right now, keep ya head up. And everybody look out for my nigga Stizz! Ery!
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