ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:NOV GANON

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Say whats good to Nov Ganon,another young gunner in the game making his mark on the music today.With a style of his own ,He's not afraid to be himself in a game full of copy cats.Reppin the NYC.This cat is another breath of fresh air.I caught up with him and heres what happened.

1.FOR THOSE THAT DONT KNOW WHAT LABEL OR GROUP ARE YOU SIGNED TO PRESENTLY?

I'm unsigned and currently the voice of F.H.M(Flew Humble Martians), The group pretty much covers all angles from a business aspect. We got a stylist, Dj, photographer, artist, skaters the list goes on. Check us out at FHMNYC.blogspot.com

2.HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TODAYS HIP HOP,AND WHEN I SAY THAT I MEAN IT ALL THE HOT SHIT THE WACK SHIT....HIP HOP AS A WHOLE AND ITS DIRECTION?

I personally feel like hip hop is in an evolution stage, It basically changes around every 4 or 5 years. A lot of new artist are emerging, some hot and some wack. Hip hop is going in the direction that it should being going in with artist such as Lupe, Wale, Mickey Factz, and Theo. As for, the wack ish they shall forever remain nameless.

3.AS A UNDERGROUND MC ,IS IT HARDER FOR YOU TO GET YOUR MUSIC TO THE MASSES,OR ARE THINGS STARTING TO SWING YOUR WAY?

As an underground artist it is always going to be hard work to get noticed. Things are definetly starting to pick up due to the internet. With the internet I can reach people in Tokyo and china, basically the sky is the limit.

4.HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MIXTAPES.

Mixtapes are a good to build a fanbase and establish yourself as a artist, but on the same time it can break a artist because its raw material polished. Whereas, an album shows complete perfection. Some artist get so caught up in making mixtapes that they forget why they started making them in the first place. Mixtapes are for promotional use only.

5.DO YOU THINK,THE INTERNET IS DESTROYING HIP HOP,LIKE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT?

The internet is a double edged blade. Some established artist are hurting due to the fact that record sells are going in a state of depression. But for a up and coming artist the internet could help him promote with a little bit of money. The internet is making people famous but isn't really putting money in their pockets. But if you grind it won't matter if you use the internet or a full fledged marketing plan, it's going to pay off in the long run regardless.

6.HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHERE YOUR AT IN YOUR CAREER THUS FAR,AND WHERE TO YOU ULTIMATELY WANT TO TAKE IT?

I feel like my career is heading in the right direction, but I won't stop grinding. I ultimately want to take my career whole different dimension involving acting. But my music will always come first.

7.FAV. BIGGIE JOINT AND WHY?

Juicy hands down. That song impacted the hood in such a way that people that never own a biggie album can listen to this one song and see the struggles he went through.

8.FAV. TUPAC JOINT AND WHY?

All eyes on me. Now that's hip hop at its best didn't hear a cut like that in a while.

9.SANNI LATHAN OR NIA LONG AND WHY?

ummmmmmm im going to go with Stacy dash because she's like 40 plus and looks no older than 23 and that's crazy lol

10.BALD , BUSH ,OR NEATLY TRIMMED?

Squeaky Mr. clean lets mop that up lol

11.AIR FORCE ONES,DUNKS OR SB NIKES.

never been into air forces but SB's , dunks and Y-3's

12.TOP 5 MC'S (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

(excluding jay-z, biggie, tupac, nas because that's everyone's choice)

Jadakiss, Eminem, Fabolous, Myself, Busta

13.ANY WORDS,OR THOUGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THINK HIP HOP IS ALL NEGATIVE?

For all the people that think hip hop is negative don't make assumptions about our personality and character it doesn't show who we are as normal people, it shows our everyday struggle. Don't judge it till you listen to all forms of hip hop

14.DO YOU THINK A PROMOTION SITE LIKE THIS WILL BE HELPFUL FOR ARTISTS,SUCH AS YOURSELF AND DJ'S,AND FANS WHO WANT TO ESCAPE FROM THE SO CALLED HIP HOP,THAT THEY PLAY ALL DAY ON T.V AND JUST CANT FIND THE HOT SHIT WE'RE LOOKING FOR?

We need more sites like this to promote underground music that don't get the chance to break the mainstream mold. The internet is the new radio, with a site like this underground artists can get the exposure they deserve, and as for the fans they can open their minds and get away from the radio that plays the same songs over and over.

15.WHEN CAN WE DO SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL STRICKLEE HIP HOP MIXTAPE?

Anything Stricklee hip hop I'll def cosign

16.LASTLY,WHERE CAN A DJ CONTACT YOU AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY TO ALL YOUR SUPPORTERS AND NEW FANS OUT THERE.AND ANY SHOUT OUTS.

You can reach me at www.myspace.com/novganon or novganon@yahoo.com I want to shout out my F.H.M family Ak, Rich, Von, Lex, Reg, Fresh prince, Jason S, the big homie Mdot, Piff, G5 Ky ,Triz, brian, shawn, jay dub, my twin ena, and justin. I want to shout out all my supporters and fans. Anyone I missed if you know me then you know what it is. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!!! F.H.M we all we got!!!

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