Kid Ink recently sat down with VIBE and went over a few things. After signing onto a major label like RCA, Kid Ink is feeling the pressure build up. “It’s definitely a pressure to try to exceed what people expect from you — and then also exceed what I expect from myself,” the inked up kid says. You have to have higher expectations, since he’s no longer an independent artist. However, the pressure to work harder has not taken away from his tattoo sessions. He’s gotten so many that he doesn’t even know how many he has. “I lost count on my tattoos after about 22. It really got to a point that I was getting tattoos that I was forgetting about.” The two most important tats he does know, which are the two portraits on his chest of his mother and grandfather (the two people that raised him he says). Kid I just hope that when you’re 60, your still in shape. LOL. Ink fills us in on the collaborations he’s done with Meek Mill. “Bada**” wasn’t the first track that they did together. Well before the two were signed to any label they were making hits. Despite the fact that the two haven’t spoken about how their hustling as independent artists has turned in to pressure forced work on major labels is a good thing. WHY? “Because no one’s every really had that time to sit down. Everyone’s been working so hard,” Kid Ink mentions. I’m happy for…
(Video) DJ Whoo Kid Sits Down With Kid Ink
With the “Bada**” track blowing up, and him signing a deal with RCA, Kid Ink had to make his rounds, and one of his stops was in the studio with DJ Whoo Kid. The tatted up rapper talks about him being an independent artist up until recently, and why he made the decision to sign. He really didn’t have to because, he sold a major amount of records in the first week. 20,000+. Ink also, explains why he thinks Chris Brown is off the hook lately. “He all the way turnt up off that Cali tree. It’s a party every night, and he’s young and rich.” Forget that, turnt up is an understatement. He done lost his damn mind. Check out the interview down bottom.
(Video) Kid Ink – Be Heard Sessions [Freestyle]
Boost Mobile links with Kid Ink for their “Be Heard” segment that features a brief interview and a freestyle. Hear him out below. Marisa Mendez
Kid Ink Expresses His Excitement About Signing A Deal With RCA
Deals are being signed left and right. Kid Ink had announced on January 3rd that he is a member of RCA records. The same label as A$AP Mob members Rocky and Ferg. The first single with RCA will be “Bad A**,” with Meek Mill and Wale (LOVE). He’s def. one of the men of the hour. Kid Ink checks out XXL Mag and gets into things like how he felt about signing that deal, a video for the “Bad A**” single, why he signed with RCA, and what other record labels he was looking into before he signed. “They understood what we were doing independently as a whole and I felt like they had a good background of people in there, like J. Grand, who come from an independent background and understand us and understand the creativity and the music and the control we wanted to have,” the Kid says about RCA. Kid Ink explains that it takes a while for a deal to be completely set in stone, but before he sat down and made the long-term decision labels like Atlantic (on his heels heavy), Bad Boy, and even MMG’s own Rick Ross reached out to him personally. That would have been dope, because he’s different from Meek, Ross, and Wale. Kid was doing major things as an indie artist, but making this choice will show to be a GREAT one. I’m happy for the Kid. Cheers to 20,000+ in the first week of sales off this deal. Drop down…
NEW MUSIC: Kid Ink Feat. Meek Mill & Wale – Badass
Kid Ink celebrates his new milestone of inking a new deal with RCA Records the best way any artist should… By dropping some new music. Check out newest single featuring MMG’s Meek Mill & Wale. DJ RellyRell
Kid Ink Signs With RCA Records
A big congratulations to Kid Ink on signing with RCA Records!! The L.A. rapper cause such a huge buzz this year as an independent artist so I’m sure he’s going to cause even more of a wave as a signed artist. Hopefully we get to hear some new music from the Kid soon! Julie. A
