Mc Magic Talks 'So Fly' & 'Pretty Girl', Meeting Lil Rob, Labels Taking Advantage Of Artists & More

Mc Magic talks about his early days, becoming a DJ, producer, labels, Bootleg Kev, Snow Tha Product, and more! ----- 00:00 Intro 0:44 - MC Magic on why he’s so passionate about making love songs 2:08 - Taking it as a compliment when everyone thinks he is from LA. DoKnow was heartbroken when he found out 3:57 - Watching his older sisters run away with their boyfriends after their father left 4:52 - Teaching himself about music as a kid by studying pop music on the radio 6:23 - Magic sings the first song he ever wrote at 10 yrs old 7:18 - Being one of the few Latinos in a band in high school, became a DJ after getting kicked out of the band. Making his own turntables 9:27 - Lying to get his first DJ gig. Experiencing “Rappers Delight” and the beginning of hip hop in the 80s 12:45 - Bringing out 2,000 kids to Teen Night every week at his first club gig in Phoenix 13:38 - Originally DJing as “The Magic Mixer” and shortened to “MC Magic” when he started rapping 14:03 - Life changed after “Lost in Love” in 1990. Holding on to it for 2 years and recording the final version in one take 15:45 - Origins of NB Ridaz. Accidentally formed ‘Nasty Boy Klique’ with his second album. Leaving his record label forced him to change the name to NB Ridaz 17:05 - Rejoining his original record label with better terms after NB Ridaz's first big song “Runaway” blew up in 1999 18:18 - Magic explains how he wrote the legendary intro on “Pretty Girl" 25:26 - The difference between music today is the people try to sound like whoever’s hot 26:05 - Being inspired to do talkbox Roger Troutman. Borrowing 10K to get Roger on his song. Being blessed with a talkbox from Roger’s family after he passed away 29:12 - Working at the same swap meet as Bootleg Kev where he would bootleg MC Magic CDs. Magic admits he also bootlegged CDs as a DJ 30:24 - Dominating LA radio in 2004 led to the first NB Ridaz show in LA in 2005 32:36 - Magic remembers recording “Love Again” with Jenny Rivera and shooting the music video with Estevan Oriol 37:53 - Only regret fr