Each week brokencool.com will profile your average Hip-Hop fan and get inside their head, finding out what makes them tick and gauging their opinions on the current state of the music. If you want to be profiled email brokencool@gmail.com. The seventh installment features Kurt Givens.
broken cool: How old are you?
Kurt Givens: 23.
bc: Where are you from?
KG: Columbus, Ohio.
bc: When did you first start listening to Hip-Hop?
KG: I can't even remember the year but it was when Kool Moe Dee's "Wild Wild West" was poppin'. I used to make my parents play it all the time.
bc: Do you remember the first Hip-Hop album you bought?
KG: Da Brat "Funkdafied."
bc: Do you have an all-time favorite album?
KG: It's a tie between "Reasonable Doubt" and "Blueprint." Honorable mention to Nas' "I Am" and "God's Son."
bc: What 5 current rappers do you think are the dopest?
KG: Jadakiss, Young Jeezy, Kanye, T.I. and Drake.
bc: What 5 current rappers do you think are the wackest?
KG: Jim Jones, Tony Yayo, Mike Jones, Swizz Beats (rapping anyways), and all the dance song craze rappers excluding Soulja Boy (You HAVE to respect his hustle!).
bc: What are your favorite blogs and websites?
KG: Boxden, RapRadar and WorldStarHipHop.
bc: Where do you get most of your new music from?
KG: Limwire and the bootlegers. Piracy is the sh*t! Ha!
bc: What kind of MP3 player do you have?
KG: iPod Shuffle.
bc: What is one thing you wish Hip-Hop artists would do more?
KG: Stop Lying and don't let radio dictate how they make music.
bc: Outside of Hip-Hop, who are some other artists you listen to?
KG: Lloyd, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park, oldies.
bc: What are some of your favorite clothing brands?
KG: Anything that isn't what everybody is wearing at the time. All the Coogi and that mess is lame.
bc: How can other Hip-Hop fans connect with you? Do you have Twitter? Myspace? etc.
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