PopMatters have been informed by our current technology provider that we have to move off their service. Music and Cannabis With Hip-Hop Artist Chester Watson, Budtending Is The New Bartending: Rocker & Pot Pro Priscilla Ray, Portugal. Jeremy Bixby 8. Welcome to Hustle Beach. That's when I heard Cam'ron "Oh Boy" for the very first time and it made me get serious about making music. I continued to play bass with friends in my 20s but always as a hobby. His residences can be heard throughout his work; producer Shaka Girvan (GLDN_EYE aka Tom Cruz) worked with Tony on his debut 2010 studio album RABDARGAB while he was in Houston, and the two linked up again in Brooklyn with 2012’s Double Dragon and 2013’s Smart Ass Black Boy. I'm open to whatever feels fun and up my alley. New Beginnings 7. the Terms of Use The first time I got serious about making music was in 2002, walking to my 8th grade history class, listening to my Walkman. Fat Tony is a rapper, TV host, Instagram master-- and a DJ. On offer are numbers like "Cut That", which appropriates a synth-as-guitar-as-harpsichord riff into the moody, pulsating shuffle. Over the past 10 years, Houston's Fat Tony has continued to drop off solid bodies of work that helped him grow a solid underground buzz. “Different styles on the same show always made sense to me,” Fat Tony says on his DIY-ethics. You can find him telling terrible jokes on his Twitter, @AOLNetscape. © 1999-2020 PopMatters.com. The friends I played with were in other bands that did it professionally. “I like weed, I just can’t smoke it all the time,” Fat Tony tells Leafly. I can’t do dabs or edibles. Dude has been kicking out smart, funny, emotionally resonant hip-hop for the better part of … 10,000 Hours was an effort to be a bit more autobiographical in an album, so it felt right to recreate "Charles" for the record. Directed by Callum Hanlonhttp://callumhanlon.com@fattonyraphttp://instagram.com/fattonyraphttp://twitter.com/fattonyraphttp://anthonyobi.comMacGregor Park … By accessing this site, you accept The original Charge It To The Game version is my favorite. Tony exists as one of the few rappers who blur the line between musician and rapper persona—Fat Tony is as much an artist as he is a human being, and it’s that genuine motion that captures so many people’s ears, and 10,000 Hours’ magic. Tell us about your beginnings in hip-hop, particularly learning hip-hop production. I read Spin, The Source, Vibe, Ego Trip, Frank 151, XXL, Maximumrocknroll, Wire, Murder Dog, O-Zone, and Wax Poetics whenever I could. Fat Tony’s net worth is estimated at 550 thousand dollars. Intimate 9. Third Ward, Houston is the best neighborhood in the world. Just to be able to relate. He's extremely sick on bass and guitar. Your influences range between hip-hop and punk-rock. “Charles” is yet another turn, as Tony pens and delivers a heartfelt poem about his non-verbal, autistic brother through a quiet and minimal soundscape. Anthony Salerno. We’ll email you updates on local dispensary deals, new products, and industry news. Fat Tony says a pair of trips this year to places he’s never been before changed his life. He’s a jack-of-all-trades, known for rapping, but also booking shows, being a dominant figure in LA’s art scene and hosting Super Deluxe’s (now defunct, RIP) Thrift Haul show for YouTube. “I went on tour at the top of summer 2012 pretty much until the winter,” Fat Tony recalls. I wanted the entire album to contain the same energy. I booked shows at a performance art venue called Super Happy Fun Land because they were the only ones who returned my teenage-ass inquiries. 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