Hip-hop
runs deep in Doug E. Fresh "s family. The Hip-Hop legend "s sons, 22-year-old
Dayquan "Slim" Davis and 20-year-old Solomon "Trips" Davis,
have joined forces as the rap group Square Off, taking inspiration from their
father "s generation of rappers including Grandmaster
Caz, DJ Hollywood and Big Daddy Kane.
"My pops had us around these guys and it was crazy to have conversations
with Hollywood and Caz.
It was like being a skateboarder and meeting the dude that created the skateboard,"
Slim told DNAInfo.com. "We got
to rap with Big Daddy Kane. A lot of new school artists copy his flow but don "t
know who he is. My father says new artists don "t know where hip-hop came from,"
stated Trips.
The Harlem, New York brothers, who both graduated from Rice High School, are
gearing up to release their album Money, Moet & Memories in June and credit
themselves as pioneers of the style "new old school," denoted by a
"1990s flow" with a modern sound.
"I feel like we are nothing like today "s artists. Our style and the way
we do music is different. It "s a new sound like when Drake came into the game
he brought a new sound," Trips said. "What makes us different from
other artists is we are versatile" echoed Slim. "We have different
styles and we make good music. We are not stuck to one dimension."
While some might think that they have it easy thanks to their dad, they state
that they "ve been grinding for years. "A lot of people think we might have
had it easier because of our father, but we "ve been rapping since 11 and are
still putting out mixtapes and still in the streets. It hasn "t been easy at
all," said Trips. "My father told us this industry is not built for
weak people."
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