Overcoming adversity with two strikes, Charlie Hustle is now swinging for the starzz.
Strapped with hot lyrics and delivery, he is building his blueprint to be known as one
of the faces of the Hip-Hop industry. Roll with Inkstarzz through the streets of Brooklyn
as we catch up with Charlie Hustle



Inkstarzz.com: What's good with you? What's going on in the world of
Charlie Hustle right now?

Charlie Hustle: Man it's a lot of shows, a lot of female fan base. I'm gathering more
material, got my mixtape ready, hoping for an album release date, single's doing
spectacular, I can't complain. Staying in shape, working out and staying out of trouble.

Inkstarzz.com: Ok you just said you have a pretty big female fan base. How is that working out for you?

Charlie Hustle: Real good man. You know I got that single out right now called "Go Hard" featuring Rebel and it's
doing really well. Everybody's lovin it but, for the most part, females definitely grew on it real fast.

Inkstarzz.com: I heard the single and I like it man. It's hot.

Charlie Hustle: Thank you

Inkstarzz.com: So how long have you been spittin?

Charlie Hustle: Most of my life, man. Since I was a kid. I would say about 12 years.

Inkstarzz.com: What were some of your favorite artists when you were coming
up?

Charlie Hustle: Of course, you know, Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, [Tu]Pac, [Big] Pun,
Eminem, Jadakiss  just to mention a few. The greats!

Inkstarzz.com: With a name like Charlie Hustle, one would assume that you're
a grinder. Let us know what the daily grind is like for Charlie Hustle.

Charlie Hustle: Well right now, studio sessions, interviews like this one, promo shoots,
shows, radio interviews. But you know Charlie Hustle, that name really came from when
I caught my case for hustlin' (laughs).

Inkstarzz.com:So How are you feeling about the industry right now?

Charlie Hustle: I feel like it's a little funny and it keeps changing a lot, but I feel like I'm gettin' in there. For the most
part, I'm not too concerned with what they doin' with everybody else. I'm tryna focus on me and what I gotta do and
what I gotta bring forth and present my story musically so when I present it to the world, everybody will understand
why my name is Charlie Hustle.

Inkstarzz.com: You have a song called "My Life" and you let a lot out in that song. How would you say
that your past helped you with your present?

Charlie Hustle: I think that I have a strong fan base in certain areas because of my past. Then when I made my
record "Go Hard", a lot of people that love that record don't really know my past. So I just have plans of hitting the
[inter]net really hard in the next 6-8 weeks with visuals, videos explaining a little of my past but still making them big
records for the girls cus that's what I do, and just getting my story out more because I haven't really put it out there
enough.  So I think that I'm gonna have fans because of my past and what I've been through and then I'm gonna
have fans like the ladies because they probably think I'm more sharp looking or whatever they like or whatever. I've
always had a lot of girls, so that aint nothin'. So it's only right to make records about that. I'm just tryna build a big fan
base, but not only some hard, street fan base. I want it worldwide. I wanna touch the females at the same time and
then the females will hear the story and maybe they'll like me more. I might scare a few people away too though cus I
think my story's a little more real than any story that's been out there and you can quote that.

Inkstarzz.com: So what would be like the dream collaboration for you?

Charlie Hustle: Dream, You just said it! Dream! (Laughs)  

Inkstarzz.com: Oh The Dream?

Charlie Hustle: I would love to do a record with The Dream right now. He's hot. But as far as like rappers, if I could
work with someone like Jay[Z], that would be hot. But for the most part, I'm just focusing on myself and just tryna
build myself up so I aint really been into rappers lately.

Inkstarzz.com: If you had to choose out of fame and money, which would you
choose?

Charlie Hustle:  Fame or Money?  To tell you the truth, money.  Everybody loves
money, right?

Inkstarzz.com: Yeah that's true!

Charlie Hustle: The  fame is just gon come. The swag is just automatic. I was born
with it. I mean, don't get me wrong, I've had a lot of money too but there's always room
for a lot more. I'm far from the richest guy in the world, so, maybe money.

Inkstarzz.com: If you could use one word to describe your flow, what would it
be?

Charlie Hustle: One word to describe my flow? Original. Charlie Hustle. Myself. Like no other. I would have to say
original cus today, in the game, there's a lot of copy cats and stuff and I just feel like I'm myself cus I've been doing
this for awhile. I don't really copy cat off nobody or nothin' like that and plus I have my own story so when I sit down
and write, I'm writing about myself. It's not like a facade, it's not made up or nothin'. It is what it is.

Inkstarzz.com: What's the name of the mixtape you got coming out?

Charlie Hustle: I didn't exactly name it, but I have a cover and a concept. I'm still waiting on the name cus I want the
name to be big cus the cover's gon be a lil ill. When people see it, they'll catch my drift. I can't say I really stamped a
name on it yet. My first mixtape was one that I had put out called "Promote Me Right" with DJ Whoo Kid. I don't know
if you're familiar wit it, but I had did a mixtape wit him. This mixtape, I still haven't settled on a DJ or a solid name, but I
came up with the cover already and about 40% of it is done. I'm working on some features and stuff like that too so it
should be a pretty big mixtape for the streets, the internet and my fans out there. I just wanna feed them and keep
them tuned in on Charlie Hustle.

Inkstarzz.com: If you could change anything in Hip Hop, what would it be?

Charlie Hustle: Vote me in. Hip Hop needs me, that’s how I feel. I feel like there's certain elements missing because
of new artists and the new structure of music and radio kinda dictates what an artist puts out and everything. I just
feel like Hip-Hop needs somebody like me that, when you buy that alum, you gon be able to listen to it from 1 to 15
and love every track. I think that's kinda missing in Hip-Hop. We only get that now every once in a blue moon. Like
Kanye West might put out a dope album like that and Lil Wayne but everybody else, a lot of other people, their
albums are not like that-where you could just listen to it and enjoy their lyrical content and feel, like, full off of it. Like
"This is great music". Back in the day, going back 7 years ago or even 8, 10 years ago, it was like everybody was
The Greats. Their albums were so highly anticipated cus you knew when you bought it, most of the time you were
gonna be satisfied. Today, you go buy an album, you might be like, "yeah that single is dope, this record is cool" but
the rest of the album is regular.

Inkstarzz.com: Yeah you gotta skip through too many. Trust me I know!(Laughs)

Charlie Hustle: You feel the same way, right?

Inkstarzz.com:  Definitely. Would you ever consider doing any acting?

Charlie Hustle: Yeah! Hell yeah! Yeah I would act, no problem. If it was something
that had to do with something that fit in my lifestyle and what I've been through, I
would love to do it cus it would be easy. I'm a natural.

Inkstarzz.com: Have you ever done any production?

Charlie Hustle: Well as far as me producing. I wouldn't say that I'm the guy to push
the keyboards and stuff, but I have picked the sounds on certain tracks because I
have my own production team-shout out to Icon-and I'd help him out. But for the most part, I don't really concentrate
too much on the production side. I write. I write the hooks, I write my verses or whatever and I put myself into the
music. But every once on awhile, I might hear something and I look for that sound and I'll ask my partner Icon to go
and find it for me. Most of my album is a variety of big producers. I also still have a lot of other tracks in the works
and stuff I haven't put out yet. It'll be a lot of big producers on my album too.

Inkstarzz.com: Do you have any contact info you wanna leave for everybody?

Charlie Hustle: myspace.com/chustle1, you can YouTube me "Go Hard Charlie Hustle". I would give out my
number, but Mike Jones already did that.

Inkstarzz.com: Right!

Charlie Hustle: Imma keep that one to myself. I got enough stalkers already. I'm gettin a lil nervous with these girls,
man, writing me love letters that I never met.

Inkstarzz.com: But you gotta enjoy it....

Charlie Hustle: Man,  I'm tryna enjoy it, man. To be honest, I'm just looking for the success. All of that is fun, but I
just wanna it to the next level where I have the opportunities of acting and everything else that comes with it. I been
through a lot and the streets right now for me aint really an option. I got two strikes. One more strike, it's a wrap. But
don't get me wrong, I might still put a hand or two on a rapper if I have to.

Inkstarzz.com: Well thank you for the interview.
                                                                                    Interview By: Sonnie_Inkstar
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