Southern Drega -BMF and Maybe (Freestyle)
Shouts to Rocko and Rick Ross!
Listen: BMF Freestyle
Download: BMF Freestyle
Listen: Maybe
Download: Maybe
Is It Possible to Make the Perfect Album?
I'm close to 60% finished making Man of the Year and I'm a little stressed out as I want it to be as perfect as I can possibly make it. All through my life I've been on the search for perfection, knowing I will never make something absolutely 100% perfect. With this album, and the team I'm working with it (Shout out to Neo, Andre, etc) I think we just might come close.
Drega – The Promise (Produced by J. Staffz)
Toronto, Canada - Drega connects with talented producer J. Staffz (produced for G-Unit, Wiz Khalifa, Yung Berg and Joe Budden) to create a song about the immigrant experience.Touching on subjects from racism to seeing snow for the first time, Drega paints a picture of a kid coming to terms with his differences and ultimately succeeding because of them.
Drega told Desihits.com, where the song was first premiered, "I want to talk about things that have never been touched on in music such as the Desi experience, but I want to do it in a way that's universal and technically savvy".
Currently Drega is in the studio working with Neo Tempus from The Anime Boyz and will be releasing his first single shortly.
Download: Drega - The Promise
The Bilz & Kashif “On The Dance Floor” Video
Get the first single of their Breaking Barriers album on iTunes right over here.
I'm feeling this heavy!
Drega “Run This Town” Dj Pack (Includes Clean Version)
For all the deejays hitting me up. Sorry it took so long I've been in the process of getting my condo furnished.
Drega - Run This Town (Dj Pack)
Lindsey Lohan Gets Brownie Points in India
I'm not sure what Lindsey Lohan's intentions for going to India to shoot a documentary on child labor are but her heart seems to be in the right place. Having been to India and even shooting a video for Hottest Goan in the Hood there, I know first hand about what goes on there. Not to justify child labor because it is horrible and all that but that's honestly all these kids have as their families cannot afford school, let alone basic food.
Most people in India live off between $200 and $4000 ruppees a month, which is like between $4 and $100 US per month. Per month! Yes per month. Imagine living off $100 US per month. Some like to make the argument that they have a lower standard of living but to me that's no standard of living if you making $4 per month!
Anyway peep the documentary below.
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
Props to Desihits.
Vote Royalty Radio
As you probably know I am not only an artist but am also a radio host for one of the hottest shows in Toronto called Royalty Radio. We've been doing it since September '07 and have come along way having interviewed just about everyone in the scene (not to mention we play about 90% Canadian content).
Me, Dj Andre 904, E. Williams and CEO Fase would appreciate your acknowledgement of our contribution to the the Canadian hip hop scene and to independent artists worldwide by nominating us for a Stylus Award.
You can vote for Royalty Radio by going here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Drega “Over” Remix
Mp3: http://usershare.net/7iikv07owpg0
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=374724622849
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHYXlBxPYA
Drega & Dj Andre 905 “Run This Town”
Drega "I know Gandhi didn't die so I could spit it nice".
FEBRUARY 18, 2009 - Toronto rapper Drega hooks up with his Royalty Radio co-host and deejay extraordinaire Dj Andre 905 for the remix to Jay-Z's "Run This Town". The fifty some odd bar verse features Drega touching on a number of subjects from buying a condo to the work of Mohandas Gandhi. "I feel like people take what Gandhi did for granted, I mean he stopped the British so we could be free, not so I could talk about how big my dick is, even though I do anyway" says Drega facetiously.
The song is a renewal of sorts for Drega as he reignites his passion for witty and raw lyricism. "I decided I don't want to do fluff anymore. There's way too much fluff on the radio and even indie artists have their fluffy radio single" said Drega.
Currently Drega is in the studio with producer Neo Tempus from The Anime Boyz working on his next album.
Download Mp3: http://usershare.net/l1lxtpt9cszj
Alternate Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/jl3c2u
The Bilz & Kashif feat. Drega, Nivla “Candy Girl (Bed Rock Remix)”
I hooked up with The Bilz and Nivla for a remix to the Young Money smash "Bed Rock".
Klasic feat. Drega, John Q and Junia T “THIRST”
When I got back from India, I did a session with Klasic, John Q and Junia T and this was the end result.
Download MP3: Klasic feat. Drega, John Q and Junia T - Thirst
My Trip to India: Hottest Goan In The Hood Video
I went to India for three weeks in October and while I was there shot the video for "Hottest Goan In The Hood". I wanted to create a video that shows the vastly different areas of India from the slums, jungle, city and desert. I do wish I had taken more shots of the poorer areas but I felt I didn't want to be overly exploitative. Anyway, in the above video you'll find shots from Mumbai, New Delhi, Goa, Jaisalmer, and Jaipur.
As for my performance I know I'm smiling way too much, but it was hard for me not to think like "I'm in a dessert rapping...this is insane".
DOWNLOAD MP3: Drega - Hottest Goan In The Hood
Welcome to the New India
Here's some footage of me and my homie Suri at Ambiance Shopping Mall in Gurgaon (South Delhi), the mall is 1 km long and 4 stories tall. Welcome to the New India?
Drega in Casino Royale
I posted this a while back on my facebook and people went crazy over it. Who says rappers can't be silly?
My “Interview” With Producer Boi-1da
Here's my epic fail of an interview with producer Boi-1da. The funny thing about is that this was done the night that Drake's Forever was released so I was thinking "ah man I'm going to get a million hits", however, things didn't go according to plan. Thanks to Famous and bad lighting!
Drega feat. Jay Grind “Hottest Goan In The Hood” REMIX?
Rapper Jay Grind from Hamilton hollar'd at me to do a track after I interviewed him on Royalty Radio, so I asked him to jump on "Hottest Goan In The Hood", even though he's not Goan.
Download "Spaceships & Ferraris"