Listening Party: Mr. Get Money

It didn’t take long to find an artist that was in dire need of some coverage, and Mr. Get Money is precisely that man. His bio on his MySpace page reads …

A Yung Rapper Straight Outta Spartanburg Sc 21 Years Of Age Who’s Rap Name Is Know As Mr. Get Money For Those Who Know Him He Goes By Da Nick Name DJ He Decided To One Day Pick Up A Pin And Pad And Find A Beat On His Computer And Freesyle To It When He Figures That Its A Hit Or The Next Club Banger He Lets Da World Hear His Fantastic Lyrics He Also Has His Own Solo Song Called (Spartanburg Sc) Its A Pretty Hot Track Mainly In His Free Time He Likes To Have Fun Chill With Friends Text All Day And Talk On Da Phone All Night Yea This Guy Right Here Is Pretty Cool One Day You Should Decide To Send Him A Msg, Friend Request, Comment, Picture Comment, Or A Voice Comment AnyThing You Can Send Just To Keep In Touch With Him I Will Return Da Love Fa Show!

Aside from the obvious lack of spelling and grammatical skills, Mr. Get Money has more in his corner than many of his constituents. That is, the ability to KISS — ‘Keep It Simple Stupid’.

DJ’s lyrics don’t venture far outside the realm of your basic rhyme scheme. Furthermore, Mr. Get Money doesn’t seem to attach himself to some wicked vocabulary, drawing that line between hip-hop and rap. Simply put, he is a guns-and-money kind of rapper, reppin’ the Burg. Considering the current rap climate, Mr. Get Money could definitely find himself a place among the greats like Lil’ Wayne, T- Pain, etc, if he only had auto-tune.

In fact, DJ lists those as his influences saying, “Everybody That’s Hot Its Alot Of Them That I Could Name From Lil Wayne To T.I. From Young Jeezy To Kanye West And Others…”

If Mr. Get Money were to start performing live, build a reputation, save his funds for better equipment and begin sending his demo off to record companies, we may very well see Spartanburg’s own DJ/Mr. Get Money on MTVU in no time. If you find the time, please visit Mr. Get Money’s MySpace and listen to “Lay Ya Body Down” and “Spartanburg, SC.”

Oh and Spartanburg, don’t forget, you can follow ya boy on twitter @ www.twitter.com/MrGetMoney09.

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Daniel Hagerman is a writer and blogger based in Spartanburg, S.C.