Creative: 1. the state or quality of being creative; 2. the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination.
Hailing from the Eastside of New Orleans, Louisiana, music artist and future fashion mogul FMP Dutch is setting out on a mission of success. He is most definitely a creative soul who will certainly make his mark on the world in the very near future.
We caught up with FMP Dutch recently and here’s what we learned:
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: Where are you from ?
FMP DUTCH: I’m from the Eastside of New Orleans, from a neighborhood called Little Woods (Esho).
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: How long have you been doing music ?
FMP DUTCH: I been doing music since 2011.
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: What interested you in entertainment?
FMP DUTCH: I’ve always been connected to music from my older brother. He used to be signed to a local label in the early 2000’s, so that kind of sparked that initial interest which later became a passion.
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THE HEAT MAGAZINE: What plans do you have in the industry, other than music ?
FMP DUTCH: I have this MOB thing going on, which “MOB” means “Motivating Other Brothers”. My plan and mission is to show people that no matter the background, you can still come from behind and win wit
hout taking the street route – teach people the concept that it don’t work unless we all win. I also started my own clothing line, ForeverMade (FVMD), and my plan with that is to bring that flavor back into the game. I noticed a lot of people wanting to be different, but different wasn’t out there so they went with the flow. ForeverMade is that new flow in fashion. We bringing the game to the art museum and putting masterpieces together.
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: Growing up, who influenced you musically and why?
FMP DUTCH: For me as a kid growing up, you had to be hard, so I was influenced by artists like 2Pac, Jay-Z, Master P and the whole No Limit Family, Cash Money, DMX, 8Ball & MJG, etc. I mean, as I got older of course, the list grew. But when I heard these artists I felt where they was coming from. I felt the passion they had for what they believed in and I wanted to feel like that one day.
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: What projects have you released? When I first started doing music, I released a CD called Smoking Session. It started out as a 4 part series, but was ended after 3 . I released 2 on Dat Piff and kept the 3rd one for myself. After wrapping up the Smoking Session project 1, 2 and 3, I ended up back in jail for another year and decided not to continue the Smoking Session project. I felt as if I needed something new so I dropped ForeverMade on June 10, 2015 on iTunes. I recently released my second CD since the Smoking Session series, PlayaMade released on March 24, 2016 and like ForeverMade, it’s on iTunes and everywhere else music is sold. I plan to release an LP sometime in 2017, but not sure on a name or release date.
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THE HEAT MAGAZINE: If you could pick any artists/producers to work with, who would it be and why?
FMP DUTCH: If I had to pick an artist to work with, it would definitely be Jay-Z first, then Young Jeezy, and then Frank Ocean – I feel like from a rapper’s standpoint because of the passion and because they are able to relate outside of music in so many ways and as far as with Frank, I like his sound. It’s not too many cats that have that raspy R&B voice and Frank has that, so that’s why I’ll collab with him.
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: Where do you see your career in the next 2, 5, and 10 years?
FMP DUTCH: In the next 2 years, I see myself breaking in the mainstream circuit and establishing the MOB as a brand and as a force to be reckoned with and with me, FMP DUTCH, as a household name. Within the next 5 years, I plan on taking ForeverMade the brand and making it out to be the next Sean John, Roca Wear, etc. – pushing my sense of fashion and eye for art. And with the next 10 years, I plan to continue on improving my brand as a whole and to keep myself and my family straight, constantly finding new ways to stay relevant.
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: If you could change anything about the state of today’s hip hop, what would it be and why?
FMP DUTCH: If I could change anything about the state of today’s hip hop, it would definitely be the overall seriousness of it and when I say seriousness, I mean from a passion standpoint. In the early 90s you had to have passion and purpose in your music. Everybody couldn’t be rappers. Nowadays you have artists putting out songs that have no meaning or purpose versus in the 90’s and in my music, you hear the passion from the stories and the purpose for every song.
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: It is more difficult for hip hop artists to make it in today’s industry than in any other genre. In terms of being a businessman, how will you work to bring about change and how are you working around this as an artist?
FMP DUTCH: I feel that in today’s hip-hop, the trouble a lot of artists are having is not necessarily because it’s a hard market to break in, but more so because the business side of it was lost in the glamour of being an artist. In the glory days of hip hop, they had what you call artist development which is basically a street team hitting the ground putting up flyers, building great relationships with publicists and DJs, etc. More or less, it’s all about strategy knowing how and who to market your music to. What I am doing is learning the industry first and what it took those who came before me to succeed and in the process, I’ll teach those willing to listen and learn what key fundamentals are being overlooked.
THE HEAT MAGAZINE: What advice do you have for youth that you believe if they listen and take your advice, it would keep them out of trouble and on a straight path?
FMP DUTCH: The advice I have for the youth is basically look at those who tried to live the street life. Look at their outcome. It’s only two places it leads – to incarceration or the grave. It’s more ways to be a hustler than selling drugs. I would show them ways to keep that hunger, yet do it in a legal manner.
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